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601 This plan has been developed in consultation with the sheriff, health director, county manager, and representatives of the county medical society. By common agreement, the following health care services will be afforded prisoners incarcerated in the Cabarrus County Jail: 1. Prisoners with health complaints or health problems will be seen by a health department nurse, physician, or at the Cabarrus Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. 2. On admission, all prisoners will be screened for health problems utilizing the Receiving Screening Form recommended by the American Medical Association and the North Carolina Medical Society. Where possible, this will be done by an EMT trained jailer. Where appropriate, referrals will be made on the basis of this screening. 3. Screening clinics, by a health department nurse, will be held for two (2) hours, twice weekly, for prisoners with health problems. This nurse will be a part-time employee of the health department, whose sole responsibility will be jail health screenings. This nurse will refer, to the H & M Medical Clinic or hospital emergency room, any problem requiring physician examination or treatment. 4. The H & M Medical Clinic will provide twenty-four (24) hour physi- cian backup to the jail for referral, consultation and treatment purposes. 5. As soon as possible, and on a continuing basis thereafter, the jail will have a trained EMT jailer available on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to conduct routine health screening of prisoners. 6. The Cabarrus County Health Department will endeavor to ensure that those prisoners who must be brought to the health department will be processed as soon as possible and returned to the jail. 7. Prisoners needing medical attention during overnight stays in the Kannapolis branch of the county jail will be taken to the Cabarrus Memorial Hospital Emergency Room. This plan will become effective upon approval by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Health. Date 19 Chairman, Board of County Co~nissioners Health Director Date 19 Sheriff Date 19 Ladd Hamrick, M. D. H & M Medical Clinic Date 19 Mr. Fred Pilkington, Health Director, reviewed the proposed plan for the Cabarrus County Health Department to provide flu vaccine to the elderly and chronically ill of the County. He presented the proposal to purchase 800 doses of the vaccine at a cost of $1,540 with all unused vials of the vaccine to be returned to the vendor for credit. Mr. Charles McGinnis, County Manager, recommended that the Board approve the purchase of 1,000 doses of the vaccine and authorize any employee in County government to receive the immunization from the Health Department if the employee wishes to do so. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board authorized the Cabarrus County Health Department to purchase 1,000 doses of flu vaccine to provide immunization to persons age 65 or over, to the chronically ill over the age of 13, and to any employee in County government who wishes to receive the vaccine. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board appropriated $1,925 from the Commissioners' Contingency Fund to the Health Department budget to cover the cost of the purchase of 1,000 doses of flu vaccine for the immunization program to be conducted by the Health Department.