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4 specialty services, for which care and services SHP is obligated to pay under this Agreement, the County will, upon prior request by SHP, its agents, employees or contractors, provide transportation as reasonably available provided that such transportation is scheduled in advance. When medically necessary, SHP shall arrange all emergency ambulance transportation of inmates in accordance with Section 1.4 of this Agreement. ARTICLE II: PERSONNEL. 2.1 Staffing. SHP shall provide medical and support personnel necessary for the rendering of health care services to inmates at the Jail as described in and required by. this Agreement. Such staffing plan is described in SHP's proposal dated March 1, 2000, including the optional .physician coverage as described in section (B) of the Pricing Proposal on page 33. 2.2 Licensure, Certification and Registration of Personnel.- Alt personnel provided or made available by SHP to render services hereunder shall be licensed, certified or registered, as appropriate, in their respective areas of expertise as required by applicable North Carolina law. 2.3 County's Satisfaction with Health Care Personnel. If the County becomes _. ----- ---- dissatisfied--with-any fiealth-care personnel -provided -~y SHP-hereunder,-or -by- ar~y- independent contractor, subcontractors or assignees, SHP, in recognition of the sensitive nature of correctional services, shall, following receipt of written notice from the County of the grounds for such dissatisfaction. and in consideration of the reasons therefor, exercise its best efforts to resolve the problem. If the problem is not resolved satisfactorily to the County, SHP shall remove or shall cause any independent contractor, subcontractor, or assignee to remove the individual about whom the County has expressed dissatisfaction. Should removal of an individual become necessary, SHP will be allowed reasonable time, prior to removal, to find an acceptable replacement, without penalty or any prejudice to the interests of SHP, as long as County is satisfied that no harm will result from leaving such individual in place. 2.4 Use of Inmates in the Provision of Health Care Services. Inmates shall not be employed or otherwise engaged by either SHP or the County in the direct rendering of any health care services. 2.5 Subcontracting and Delegation. In order to discharge its obligations hereunder, SHP will engage certain health care professionals as independent contractors rather than as employees. County consents to such subcontracting or delegation. As the relationship between SHP and these health care professionals will be that of independent contractor, SHP will not be considered or deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine or other professions practiced by these professionals. SHP will not exercise control over the manner or means by which these ~- f