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FY 2009-2010 <br />Addendum A to <br />Agreement between UNC and OCHD <br />For Medical Director Services <br />Whereas, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) employs one (1) <br />School Nurse who is a licensed and qualified Nurse Practitioner (Head Start <br />Program), and; <br />Whereas, CHCCS seeks to have the School Nurse provide limited nurse <br />practitioner services to students at her site, and; <br />Whereas, the School Nurse Practitioner requires medical supervision, and; <br />Whereas, the Orange County Health Department (OCHD) maintains a <br />Memorandum of Agreement with CHCCS to provide medical direction to <br />school nurses by the OCHD Medical Director, and; <br />10 <br />Whereas, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ('The University') through <br />its Department of Family Medicine of the UNC School of Medicine (Department) <br />provides medical supervision to OCHD Nurse Practitioners through its Medical <br />Director contract and is agreeable to expanding the contract to provide <br />medical supervision to the CHCCS School Nurse Practitioner. <br />Therefore, the above parties agree to the following: <br />l . OCHD Medical Director (or other mutually agreed upon UNC Family <br />Practice physician) will provide medical supervision to the CHCCS School <br />Nurse Practitioner from August 15, 2009 to June 15, 2010 (10 months) in <br />accordance with the term of the Agreement between The University and <br />OCHD. <br />2. CHCCS will maintain medical malpractice insurance equal to or <br />exceeding $1 million per incident and $3 million upper limit coverage for <br />its School Nurse Practitioner and will furnish proof of insurance to the <br />OCHD and the Department. <br />3. CHCCS will adhere to OCHD nurse practitioner protocols. <br />4. CHCCS will assure the School Nurse Practitioner has an approved <br />Registration and Approval to Practice by the NC Board of Nursing and the <br />NC Medical Board. CHCCS will have on hand a copy of the Nurse <br />Practitioner's current license to provide to OCHD upon request. <br />