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AGREEMENT Between UNC School of Medicine <br />and Orange County Health Department <br />Page 4 of 8 <br />5. Clinics are operational during the normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to <br />5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Some clinics may run beyond 5:00 p.m. <br />and the Department is responsible for completion of medical activities <br />conducted during the entirety of these hours. <br />6. On-site physician attendance shall occur twice a week for three (3) <br />hours each day in Family Planning/STD clinic and for three (3) days <br />for four (4) hours each in Maternal/Child Health Clinic each. Days and <br />times of this on-site coverage will be mutually agreed to by the <br />Department and OCHD. Although Medical Director or back up physician <br />attendance is not required on premises at other times, it should be <br />available as stipulated above. On~site back-up coverage is expected <br />during vacations and other anticipated absences. If physician attendance <br />is impossible due to unremediable circumstances, physician phone coverage <br />will be provided and nurse practitioner charts will be signed within five <br />(5) working days. <br />7. The Medical Director or other designated physicians will be available <br />for phone consultation during all business hours and emergency phone <br />consultation shall be available as needed during non-business hours <br />through a pager system. Phone coverage will also be provided for <br />consultation and direction for communicable disease/epidemic control. <br />L:\patsy\contract\uncfamil\uncconl.doc <br />