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562 6. Coastal-supplied physicians on duty in the Emergency Department of Cabarrus Memorial Hospital will provide 24-hour backup to the jail for telephone consultation and the ordering of routine prescriptions. 7. The jailers and the Health Department nurse will refer all cases requiring emergency treatment to the Emergency Department at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, where they will 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 will record prescriptions and/or advice supplied by the physician on duty. This log will remain in the Hospital's Emergency Department. 10. Cabarrus County will pay Coastal Six Hundred Twenty-four and no/100's Dollars ($624.00) each month in consideration for the consultation service provided by Coastal-supplied physicians. Coastal will 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, 1990 to October 31, 1991. 12. This agreement may be terminated at any time for any reason by either party by the giving of sixty (60) days written notice of intention to the other party. Director, Cabarrus County Health Department /s/ Robert M. Canaday Sheriff, Cabarrus County Date lO/15/9o Date Vice President, Date Coastal Emergency Services of Asheville, Inc. AGREED to and adopted by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, meeting in official session on November 5, 1990. /s/ James W. Lentz 11/5/90 Chairman, Board of Commissioners Date This instrument has been preaudited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act. Director of Finance Date At 10:00 A.M., Chairman Lentz stated that this was the day and hour for a public hearing to consider an application by CHAR-MECK Ambulance Service, Inc., for a franchise to operate a non-emergency ambulance service in Cabarrus County. He opened the meeting for anyone who wished to address the Board regarding this matter. Mrs. Sarah Brooks, owner and President of CHAR-MECK Ambulance Service, Inc., reviewed plans to operate "CHAR-MECK of Cabarrus" as a non-emergency transport service in Cabarrus County. She outlined her company's procedures relative to billing practices, types of service, fees, and patient care protocol. During review of the franchise request, Mr. Michael M. Ruffin, County Manager, reported that the limits of liability insurance specified in the County's Ambulance Franchise Ordinance were in excess of State requirements and recommended that the automobile liability insurance amounts to reduced as follows: $100,000.00 per person, $300,000.00 per accident for bodily injury, and $50,000.00 per accident for property damage. Mr. Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr., County Attorney, recommended that the Board defer formal action on the award of the ambulance franchise until the amendment to the Ambulance Franchise Ordinance has been presented to the Board for consideration. The Board agreed to consider the proposed amendment at a recessed meeting to be held later in the week.