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S 5 2.3 County's Satisfaction with Health Care Personnel. If County becomes dissatisfied with any health care personnel provided by SHP hereunder, or by any independent contractor, subcontractors or assignee, SHP, in recognition of the sensitive nature of correctional services, shall, following receipt of written notice from County of the grounds for such dissatisfaction and in consideration of the reasons therefor, exercise its best efforts to resolve the problem. If the problem is not resolved satisfactorily to County, SHP shall remove or shalt cause any independent contractor, subcontractor, or assignee to remove the individual about whom County has expressed dissatisfaction. Should removal of an individual become necessary, SHP will be allowed reasonable time, prior to removal, to find an acceptable replacement, wi#hout penalty or any prejudice to the interests of SHP. 2.4 Use of Inmates in the Provision of Health Care Services. [nmates shall not be employed or otherwise engaged by either SHP or County in the direct rendering of any health care services. 2.5 Subcontracting and Delegation. In order to discharge its abligafiions hereunder, SHP will engage certain health care professionals as independent contractors rather than as employees. County consents to such subcontracting or delegation. As the relationship between SHP and these health care professionals wilt be thafi of independent contractor, SHP will not be considered or deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine or other professions practiced by these professionals. SHP will not exercise control over the manner or means by which these independent contractors perform their professional medical duties. However, SHP shall exercise administrative supervision over such professionals necessary to insure the strict fulfilment of the obligafiions contained in this Agreement. For each agent and subcontractor, including all medical professionals, physicians, dentists and nurses performing duties as agents or independent contractors of SHP under this Agreement, SHP shall provide County proof, if. requested, that there is in effect a professional liability or medical malpractice insurance policy, as the case may be, in an amount of at (east one million dollars ($1,000,000) coverage per occurrence and five million dollars ($5,000,000} aggregate. 2.6 Discrimination. During the performance of this Agreement, SHP, its employees, agents, subcontractors, and assignees agree as follows: a. None will discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex or nations[ origin, except where religion, sex or national origin is a bona fide occupational qualifcation reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the contractor.