HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 10-1983RESOLUTION NO. 10-83
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN
AGREEMENT FOR PARAMEDIC TRAINING FIELD IN-
TERNSHIP WITH STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
that'
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco
1. Execution of Agreement.
Execution of an Agreement entitled "Agreement for Paramedic
Training Field Internship Experience Between Stanford University Hospital
and South San Francisco Fire Department" is hereby authorized, and a copy of
said Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit "A."
2. Signature.
The Fire Chief is authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf
of the City, and the City Clerk attest his signature thereto.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly intro-
duced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at
a regular meeting held on the 19th day of January , 1983, by the
following vote'
AYES- Councilmembers Ronald G. Acosta, Mark N. Addiego, Emanuele N. Damonte,
Gus Nicolopulos; and Roberta Cerri Teglia
None
None
NOES'
ABSENT
ATTEST'
City
AGREEMENT FOR PARAMEDIC TRAINING FIELD INTERNSHIP
EXPERIENCE BETWEEN STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
AND SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO' FIRE DEPARTMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as of the ]gth day
of January , 1983, by and between the STANFORD
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, a California nonprofit corporation
(hereinafter referred to as "Stanford"), and SOUTH SAN
FRANCISCO FIRE DEPARTMENT, a political subdivision of the State
of California (hereinafter referred to as "Contractor").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS:
A. Stanford conducts a Paramedic Training Program which
provides pre-hospital care training for persons desiring to
become paramedics in accordance with the provisions of the
Wedworth-Townsend Act of California.
B. Stanford is desirous that its trainees participating in
the program obtain field internship experience by being
assigned to mobile intensive care units operated by Contractor.
C. Contractor has facilities for ~urnishing this field
internship experience to the trainees participating in
Stanford's program and is desirous of making its facilities
available for this purpose.
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NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. Contractor agrees to provide a supervised program of
field internship experience to the selected paramedic trainees
in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in this
agreement. Individuals supervising the internship experience
shall be mutually acceptable to the parties.
2. The period of time for each trainee's field internship
experience with Contractor shall be mutually agreed upon
between Stanford and Contractor prior to the beginning of each
trainee's field internship experience. Reasonable extensions
of the internship may be agreed to by the parties if a
particular trainee requires additional experience.
3. The number of trainees to participate in the field
internship experience with Contractor at any given time shall
be mutually agreed upon by Stanford and Contractor prior to the
beginning of the field internship experience program, and may
be modified from time-to-time by mutual agreement.upon the
request of either party.
4. Stanford shall be responsible for selecting the
individual trainees who will be assigned to Contractor and such
selection will be made without regard to the race, creed,
color, sex, handicap or national origin of the trainee. On or
about four (4) weeks prior to the beginning of each trainee's
field internship experience with Contractor, Stanford shall
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forward to Contractor the name, biographical data, report of
health status, and other appropriate information of each
trainee selected by Stanford to participate in Contractor's
field internship experience. Contractor shall have the right,
prior to arrival of the trainees, to request from Stanford
additional reasonable information concerning any or all of the
selected trainees.
5. Contractor may request Stanford to withdraw from
Contractor's field internship experience program any trainee
who Contractor determines is not performing satisfactorily, or
who refuses to follow Contractor's administrative and patient
care policies, proCedures, rules and regulations. Such request
must be in writing and must include a statement of the reason
or reasons why Contractor desires to have the traineee
withdrawn.
6. Stanford shall notify 'the trainees that the trainees
shall be responsible for:
(a) Following the administrative and patient care
policies, procedures, rules and regulations of
Contractor;
(b) ACquiring and using the necessary and appropriate
uniforms when not provided by Contractor;
(c) Arranging for his or her own transportation and
personal living accomodations and costs when not
provided by Contractor;
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(d) Arranging for his or her own health insurance.
7. Contractor shall maintain'completed attendance and
progress records and reports on each trainee's performance and
shall provide an evaluation for each trainee to Stanford on
forms provided by Stanford.
8. Contractor shall, upon reasonable request, permit
Stanford and/or appropriate governmental agencies charged with
the responsibility of accrediting or approving the paramedic
training program to inspect the Contractor's facilities,
services, trainees' records, and such other materials which
pertain to the field internship training program.
9. It is expressly agreed and understood by Stanford and
Contractor that the trainees under this program are in
attendance with Contractor for educational purposes, and they
are not considered to be employees of Contractor for any
purpose including, but not limited to, compensation for
serwices, employee welfare and pension benefits, or workers'
compensation insurance, unless a particular trainee or
particular trainees assigned to Contractor also happen to be
employed by Contractor and are participating in Stanford's
paramedic training program in accordance with the terms of a
separate agreement between stanford and Contractor whereby
Stanford has agreed with 'Contractor to train selected employees
of Contractor as paramedics. Further, it is agreed and
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understood that the trainees in attendance with Contractor are
not considered to be employees of Stanford for any purpose
including, but not limited to, compensation for services,
employee welfare'and pension benefits, or workers' compensation
insurance.
10. It is agreed and understood that the parties to this
agreement are independent contractors and that neither is the
employee or employer of the other and that the employees of one
are not the employees of the other.
11. Stanford agrees that it will be liable for any loss,
injury, damage or liability incurred by reason of anything done
or omitted to be done by the trainees, unless the particular
trainee or particular trainees which cause the loss, injury,
damage or liability are also employees of Contractor who are
participating in Stanford's paramedic training program in
accordance with the terms of a separate agreement between
Stanford and Contractor whereby Stanford has agreed with
Contractor to train selected employees of Contractor as
paramedics. Further, Stanford agrees that it will be liable
for any loss, injury, damage or liability incurred by reason of
anything done or omitted to be done by Stanford, its officers,
employees or agents in connection with performance of this
agreement.
12. Contractor agrees that it will be liable for any loss,
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injury, damage or liability incurred by reason of anything done
or omitted to be done by Contractor, its officers, employees or
agents in connection with performance of this agreement, and~
further, Contractor agrees that it will be liable for any loss,
injury, damage, or liability incurred by reason of anything
done or omitted to be done by the trainees, but only if the
paticular trainee or particular trainees'which cause the loss,
injury, damage or liability are also employees of Contractor
who are participating in Stanford's paramedic training program
in accordance with the terms of a separate agreement between
Stanford and Contractor whereby Stanford has agreed with
Contractor to train selected employees of Contractor as
paramedics. ~
13. Stanford and Contractor shall each maintain in full
force and effect during the full term of this agreement
liability insurance in amounts and written by insurance
carriers satisfactory to Stanford and Contractor respectively. ·
14. The term of this agreement shall commence on
December 1, 1982 and shall continue in effect through
November 30, 1983; provided, however, that this agreement may
be terminated by either party upon giving thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the other party.
15. The Director of Stanford's Paramedic Training Program
and Contractor's authorized officer may mutually agree upon,
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and may formalize by a separate writing, the operational
details of the field internship training program, and such
separate agreement and writing will be binding on both Stanford
and Contractor in the same manner as if they had been party of
this agreement.
16. This agreement may be modified or amended without
additional consideration at any time by'mutual consent of the
parties.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
agreement in duplicate as of the day and year first hereinabove
written.
Approved as to form
for Stanford:
STANFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
~oss E. Campbell
- MiCHAEL~BRES~R ~
Title Director - Paramedic
Training program
ATTEST'
C i ty Clerk ~d~;)~
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO FIRE
DEPARTMENT
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