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. June 19, 2006 <br />Agreement between <br />Orange County Health Department <br />And <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <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 Program), <br />and; <br />Whereas, the Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) seeks to have the School <br />Nurse provide limited nurse 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 Memorandum of <br />Agreement with the Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools to provide medical direction to <br />school nurses by the OCHD Medical Director, and; <br />Whereas, the Department of Family Medicine of the LJNC School of Medicine <br />(Department) provides medical supervision to OCHD Nurse Practitioners through its <br />Medical Director contract and is agreeable to expanding coverage to provide medical <br />supervision to the CHCCS School Nurse Practitioner. <br />Therefore, the above parties agree to the following: <br />1. OCHD Medical Director (or other designated UNC Family Practice physician) <br />will provide medical supervision to the CHCCS School Nurse Practitioner from <br />August 15, 2006 to June 15, 2007 (10 months). <br />2. CHCCS will maintain medical malpractice insurance equal to or exceeding a $1 <br />million per incident and a $3 million upper limit coverage for its School Nurse <br />Practitioner and will furnish proof of insurance to the OCHD. <br />3. CHCCS will submit all nurse practitioner protocols to OCHD for review by the <br />Medical Director or designee prior to implementation of the protocols. <br />4. CHCCS will assure the School Nurse Practitioner has an approved Board of <br />Pharmacy registration and Registration and Approval to Practice by the NC Board <br />of Nursing and the NC Medical Board. CHCCS will provide OCHD with a copy <br />of the Nurse Practitioner's current license. <br />i~~ ~~ <br />~"f <br />5. CHCCS will assure the School Nurse Practitioner has a Collaborative Practice <br />Agreement completed with the OCHD Supervising Physician. <br />