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spread of contagious disease among such prisoners, and to provide for emergency medical care for prisoners as necessary for their health and welfare. 3. At the time of Jail admission all prisoners ~ill be screened for health problems utilizing the receiving/screening form reco~euded By the American Hedical Association and the North Carolina Hedical Society. ~ere possible this screening viii be done by Jailers who have completed training in first aid and CPR. If appropriate and indicated by the screening~ referrals vii1 be made to area physicians. 4. Daily screening clinics or sick call yell be conducted by a Health Department nurse, who will be a part-time employee of the Health Department whose sole responsibility will be Jail health screenings. ~his nurse will refer problems reqnirii§ physician examination or treatment to qualified local physicians. 5. The Jail will have Jailers on duty on a continuing 24-hour basis who are trained in first aid and CPR to conduct routine health screenings of prisoners and to respond to prisoner health complaints of an urgent 6. Coastal-supplied physicians on duty in the Emergency Department of Cabarrus Nemorial Nospital will provide 2e-hour backup to the Jail for telephon~ consultation and the ordering of routine prescriptions. 7. The Jailers and the Health Depart=eat nurse yell refer all cases requiring emergency treatment to the Emergency Department at Cabarrus Hemorial Hospital, where they yell be seen by Coastal-supplied physicians on duty in the Emergency Department. 8. The Sheriff's Department will be responsible for transporting prisoners to and from the Emergency Department when needed and for ensuring the safety of the Emergency Department physicians and other Emergency Department patients while prisoners are being treated in the Emergency Department. 9. The Coastal-supplied physicians on duty in the Cabarrus Memorial Hospital will keep a log of telephone calls received from the Jail. This log yell record prescriptions and/or advice supplied by the physician on duty. This log will remain in the Hospital's Emergency Department. 10. Cabarrus County viii pay Coastal Six Hundred ~,'enty-four and no/100's Dollars (~624.00) each month in consideration for the consultation service provided by Coastal-supplied physicians. Coastal viii be responsible for paying the physicians. This fee will not include services rendered to prisoners in the Emergency Department, which services shall be separately invoiced. 11, This agreement shall cover the period November 1 , 19 90 . to October 31 19 91 · 12. This agreement ~ay be terminated at any time for any reason by eithe~ party by the giving of sixty (60) days written notice of intention to the other party.