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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20080707 - VI-06V~~6 HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT MICHAEL T. SCHUTT, FIRE & EMS DIRECTOR 115 West 5'h Street Hastings, MN 55033-1815 Business Office (651) 480-6150 Fax (651) 480-6170 TO: Mayor Hicks and City Council Members FROM: Michael T. Schutt, Fire and EMS Director A /~~~ DATE: June 30, 2008 /" ' SUBJECT: Clinical Experience Program with Century College Description: Attached is a renewal agreement between Century College and the City of Hastings. The purpose of this agreement is to allow the Hastings Fire Department to provide an educational mentorship clinical experience for paramedic students attending Century College Paramedic Program. Background• For over 20 years, Century College has been one of the leading paramedic programs in the United States. Part of their program is to provide clinical experience in the emergency medicine field by allowing paramedic students learning experiences and mentorship opportunities in the 911 arena. The students will not be employees of the City of Hastings and will maintain their own insurance. Over half of the Hastings Fire Department's paramedics are graduates of Century College's Paramedic Program. Other agencies that participate in the clinical program through Century College are: Regina Hospital, Health East Ambulance, North Memorial Ambulance, Life Link Ambulance Air and Ground, Regions Hospital, North Memorial Hospital. Requested Action: Staff is recommending executing the renewal agreement allowing Hastings Fire Department to be a part of the mentorship program with the Century College Paramedic Program. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me anytime on my cell phone at 651-775-5547. I will be in attendance at the July 7, 2008, city council meeting if you should have any questions at that time. Attachment FIRE SUPPRESSION - FIRE EDUCATION - FIRE PREVENTION - AMBULANCE SERVICE CenturyCollege 3300 Century Avenue North White Bear Lake, MN 55110 651-779-3300 www.century.edu June 10, 2008 Chief Mike Schulte Hastings Fire Department 115 West 5t" Street Hastings, MN 55033 Dear Chief Mike Schulte: Enclosed please find two copies of the contract between Century College and Hastings Fire Department for our Emergency Medical Services program. I have changed the terms of the con#ract to a five year contract. If this is not acceptable, please let me know and i will send a new one year contract. Please sign and return both copies in the enclosed envelope. Once all the signatures are obtained, I will mail you a fully executed copy. If you need any further information, please feel free to contact me at 651-747- 4024 or at Suzanne.wennen(~century.edu .Thank you for your continued participation and cooperation as a clinical site. Sincerely, ~(~.~~ Sue Wennen Contract Specialist Enclosures An Equal Opportunity Employer and Educator A member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system STATE OF MINNESOTA MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN Century College and Hastings Fire Department This Agreement is entered into between the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, on behalf of Century College, White Bear Lake, Minnesota {hereinafter "the College/ University") and Hastings Fire Department, Hastings, Minnesota (hereinafter "the Facility"). The Agreement, and any amendments and supplements thereto, shall be interpreted pursuant to the Laws of the State of Minnesota. WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, the College/ University has established educational programs for qualified students preparing for and/or engaging in Emergency Medical Services careers; and WHEREAS, the Board of Trus#ees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is authorized by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 936E to enter into Agreements regarding academic programs and has delegated this authority to the College/ University; and WHEREAS, the Facility has suitable clinical facilities in emergency medical services for the educational needs of the emergency medical services program{s) of the College/ University; and WHEREAS, it is in the general interest of the Facility to assist in educating persons to be qualified or better qualified emergency medical services personnel; and WHEREAS, the College) University and the Facility are desirous of cooperating #o furnish a clinical experience program for students of emergency medical services programs enrolled in the College/ University. NOW, THEREFORE, it Is Mutually Agreed By And Between The Parties: i. COLLEGE RESPONSIBILITIES A. The College! University, which is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, is responsible for offering Emergency Medical Services programs. Each program is approved by the Minnesota Department of Health and! or accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. B. The College/ University will supervise its students during the clinical experience program at the Facility through preceptors assigned by the College/ University. The College/ University will provide its emergency medical services faculty to effectively implement the clinical experience program at the Facility. The College/ University faculty so assigned wilt hold current paramedic or emergency medical #echnician certification valid in the S#ate of Minnesota. C. The College/ University faculty will be responsible for scheduling student clinical experience program hours, reviewing student evaluations written by preceptors, and grading each student. The College/ University faculty will attend the Facility's orientation for clinical experience instructors as deemed necessary by the College/ University and the Faciii#y. D. The College/University will provide the Facility, at its request, with objectives for the clinical experience program. Implementation of those objectives will be accomplished by the College! University in cooperation with the Facility's designated representative. E. The College/ University will provide the Facility with a list of the students who are participating in the clinical experience program, the units within the Facility where they are assigned, and the dates of each student's participation in the program. F. The College/ University will inform its faculty and s#udents of the Facility's policies and regulations which relate #o the clinical experience program at the Facility. G. The College/ University will inform its faculty and the students who are participating in the clinical experience program that they are encouraged to carry their own health insurance and are responsible for carrying their own professional liability insurance if professional liability insurance is not provided by the College/ University. H The College/ University will maintain a record of students' health examinations and current immunizations and shall obtain studen# permission to submit data regarding their health status to the Facility- ll. FACILITY RESPONSIBILITIES A. The Facility will have current licensure by the Minnesota EMS Regulatory Board_ B. The Facility is responsible for the safety and quality of care provided to its patients by the students who are participating in the clinical experience program at the Facility. C. The Facility will provide the College/ University with a copy of its policies and reguia#ions which relate to the clinical experience program. D. The Facility will permit the College/ University facul#y and students to use its patient care and patient service facilities for clinical instruction according to amutually-approved plan. E. The facility will allow a reasonable amount of Facility staff time for orientation and joint conferences with College/ University faculty, for planning with College/ University faculty, and for such other assistance as shall be mutually agreeable. F When available, physical space such as offices, conference rooms, and classrooms of the Facility may, upon request, be used by the College/ University faculty and students who are participating in the clinical experience program. G. The College/University faculty and students participating in the clinical experience program will be permitted to use Facility's library in accordance with the Facility's policies. H. When available, the Facility will, upon request of the College/ University, make lockers, cloak rooms, or similar spaces available for College/ University faculty and students during assigned clinical experience program hours. The Facility m ay require College/ University faculty and students to share such spaces. 1. The Facility assumes no responsibility for the cost of meals, uniforms, housing, parking or health care of College! University faculty and students who are participating in the clinical experience program. The Facility will permit Coiiege/ University faculty and students who are participating in the clinical experience program to use any cafeteria on the same basis as employees of the Facility. The Facility will permit College/ University faculty #o use Facility parking spaces under the same policies governing Facility personnel. J. The Facility recognizes that it is the policy of the Coliegel University to prohibit discrimination and ensure equal opportunities in its educational programs, activities, and all aspects of employment for all individuals, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran's status, marl#ai status, age, disability, status with regard to public assistance, or inGusion in any group or class against which discrimination is prohibited by federal, state, or local laws and regulations. The Facility agrees to adhere to #his policy in implementing this Agreement. 111. MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES A. The College/ University and the Facility assume joint responsibility for the orientation of the College/ University faculty to Facility policies and regulations before the College/ University assigns its faculty to the Facility. B. Personnel of the College/ University and the Facility will communicate regarding planning, development, implementation, and evafua#ion of the clinical experience program. The communication may include but not be limited to: 9. Communication to familiarize Facility personnel with the clinical experience program's philosophy, goals and curriculum; 2. Communication to familiarize the College/ University faculty with the Facility's philosophy, policy and program expectations; 3. Communication to keep both parties and the parties' personnel who are assigned to the Ginical experience program informed of changes in philosophy, policies and any new programs which are contemplated; 9. Communication about jointly planning and sponsoring in-service or continuing education programs (if appropriate); 5. Communication to identify areas of mutual need or concern; 6. Communication to seek solutions to any problems which may arise in the clinical experience program; and 7. Communication to facilitate evaluation procedures which may be required for approval or accredi#ation purposes or which might improve patient care or the College/ University's emergency medical services curriculum. IV. REQUIREMENTS OF STUDENTS A. Each student will be required, as a condition for participation in the clinical experience program, to submit the results of a health examination to the College/ University and, if requested, to the Facility, to verify that no health problems exist which would jeopardize student or patient welfare. The health examination shall include an update of required immuniza#ions. The health examination shall include a Mantoux test or chest x-ray and verification of immunity for rubeola and rubella. A lis# of those students with positive Mantoux or negative rubeola! rubella results may, at the request of the Facility, be provided to the Facility. B. Students participating in the clinical experience program are encouraged to carry their own health insurance C. Students participating in the clinical experience program are responsible for carrying their own professional liability insurance if professional liability insurance is not provided by the College/ University. V. EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPOSURE A. Any emergency medical care available at the Facility will be available to College/ University students and faculty members. College/ University students will be responsible for payment of charges attributable to their individual emergency medical care a# either the Facili#y or the College/ University. Any charges or expenses attributable to emergency medical care of a College/University faculty member at either the Facility or the College/ University which are not paid by the College/ Universi#y will be the responsibility of the College/ University facul#y member. B. Any College/ University student or faculty member who is injured or becomes ill while at the Facility shall immediately report the injury or illness to the Facility and receive treatment (if available) at the Facility as a private pa#ient or obtain other appropriate treatment as he or she chooses. All hospital or other medical costs arising from such College/ University student injury or illness shall be the sole responsibility of the student who received the treatment and not the responsibility of the Facility or the College/ University. Any hospital or other medical costs arising from such College) University faculty member injury or illness shalt, if not paid by the College/University, be the sole responsibility of the College/ University faculty member who receives the treatment and not the responsibility of the Facility or the College/ University. C. The Facility shall follow, for College/ University faculty and students exposed to an infectious disease at the Facility during the clinical experience program, the same policies and procedures which the Facility follows for its employees. D. College/ University faculty and students contracting an infectious disease during the period of time they are assigned to or participating in the clinical experience program must report the fact to their College/ University and to the Facility. Before returning to the Facility, such a College/ University faculty member or student must submit proof of recovery to the College/ University or Facility, if requested. VI. LIABILITY Each party agrees that it will be responsible for its own ac#s and the results thereof to the extent authorized by law and shall not be responsible for the acts of the other party and the results thereof. The College/ Jniversity's liability shall be governed by the provisions of the Minnesota Tort Claims Act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 3.732 et seq., and other applicable law. Vll. TERM OF AGREEMENT This Agreement is effective on the later of July 1, 2008, or when fully executed, and shall remain in effect until June 30, 2013. This Agreement may be terminated by either party at any time upon one year written notice to the other party. Termination by the Facility shall not become effective with respect to students #hen participating in the clinical experience program. VIII. FINANCIAL CONSIDERATION A.. The College/ University and the Facility shall each bear their own costs associated with this Agreement and no payment is required by either the College/ University or the Facility to the other party, except that, where applicable, the Facility shall pay the tuition and other educational fees of students it places in the clinical experience program. B. The Facility is not required to reimburse the College/ University faculty or students for any services rendered to the Facility or its patients pursuant to this Agreement. IX. AMENDMENTS Any amendment to this Agreement shall be in writing and signed by authorized officers of each party. X. ASSIGNMENT Neither the College/ University nor the Facility shall assign or transfer any rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the o#her party. Xl. STATE AUDIT The books, records, documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the Facility relevant to this Agreement shall be subject to examination by the College/ University and the Legislative Auditor_ Xli. VOTER REGISTRATION (When Applicable) The Facility shall provide nonpartisan vo#er registration services and assistance, using forms provided by the College/ University, to employees of the Facility and the public as required by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 201.162. X111. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) COMPLIANCE The Facility agrees that in fulfilling the duties of this Agreement, the Facility is responsible for complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U. S. C. Chapter 12101, et seq., and any regulations promulgated to the Act. The College/ University !S NOT responsible for issues or challenges related to compliance with the ADA beyond i#s own routine use of facilities, services, or other areas covered by the ADA. XIV. GOVERNMENT DATA PRACTICES ACT The Facility and College/University must comply with the Minnesota Governmen# Data Practices Act, Minnesota Sta#utes Chap#er 13, as it applies to all data provided by the College/University in accordance with this contract, and as it applies to all data, created, collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the Facility in accordance with this contract. The civil remedies of Minnesota Statute §13.08 apply to the release of the data referred to in #his clause by either the Facility or the College/University. In the event the Facility receives a request to release the data referred to in this clause, the Facility must immedia#ely notify the College/University. The College/University will give the Facility instructions concerning the release of the data to the requesting party before the data is released XV. OTHER PROVISIONS {attach additional page(s) ifi necessary) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed intending to be bound thereby. APPROVED: Hastings Fire Department By (authorized signature) itle Date By (authorized signature) itle Date 2. Century College Or. Larry Litecky College President 3. AS TO FORM AND EXECUTION: (authorized signature)