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B, ' ~IE IlEAl. TH AUTHORITY AGREES TO: l. Assist the JAIL in developing and implementing policies and pro- cedures that assure high quality, health services, using the current "AMA Standards for Health Services in Jails" as a baseline guide. 2. Discuss the delivery of health services quarterly with the Sheriff, or his designee. 3. Review health services delivered by other providers at least once per to assure that quality health services are carried out according ko the policies and procedures developed for the JAIL. 4. Approve and/or conduct appropriate training courses for all levels of personnel delivering any kind of health service. 5. Arrange for "sick call" to be held by qualified health personnel at least times per week. C. THE JAIL AGREES TO: 1. Impose no restrictions upon the HEALTH AUTHORITY regarding the practice of medicine, except that security regulations apply equally to facility and health personnel. 2. Assign trained personnel on all shifts to provide necessary health servicma. 3. Provide adequate equipment, supplies, clerical assistance, and appropriate space for private medical examination of inmates and confidential storage of medical records and medications, as deter- mined by the HEALTH AUTHORITY. 4. Provide information from the inmate's confinement record if the HEALTH AUTHORITY believes that such information may be relevant to the inmate's health. D. IT IS FURTHER AGREED THAT: 1. ~%e JAIL and the HEALTH AUTHORITY will mutually arrange for all levels of medical care delivered by other providers. 2. No regulation of the JAIL shall involve the HEALTH AUTHORITY in any aspect of the correctional or disciplinary process which is not related to genuiue medical concerns, or which would unduly restrict or compromise his medical Judgment. 3. The JAIL and the HFEALTH AUTHORITY share the responsibility to assure that informed consent standards in the comanunity shall be observed and that signed authorization will be obtained before the release of any medical record information. E. This AGREEMENT may be amended at any time by mutual agreement of the parties. Before any amendment is valid, it must first be reduced to writing and signed by the parties..