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5) Back-Up Coverage. Substitute coverage by a back-up Department ~ <br />physician is expected during vacations and other anticipated absences of the <br />Medical Director or back-up Department physician originally scheduled to <br />be .available. The Medical Director or designated back-up Department <br />physician shall be responsible for notifying OCHD of schedule changes. If <br />attendance as scheduled of the Medical Director or designated back-up <br />Department physician is impossible due to irremediable circumstances, <br />phone coverage of a designated back-up Department physician must be <br />provided. In addition to the foregoing described days and hours, at the <br />request of OCHD Health Director, the Medical Director or designated back- <br />up Department physician will provide on-site medical supervision at OCHD <br />Outpatient Clinics or other sites as necessary during communicable disease <br />incidents or other public health-related emergencies. <br />6) The Medical Director or designated back-up Department physician shall be <br />available six (6) hours per week for the following: phone consultation <br />during business hours and after-hours program coverage for clinical/patient <br />issues, phone coverage for consultation and direction for communicable <br />disease/epidemic control, emergency phone consultation as needed during <br />non-business hours through a pager system, and direct administrative and/or <br />consultative services as outlined in General Consultation Services provided <br />above. <br />7) Substitutions in the scheduling of the Medical Director or designated back- <br />up Department physician will be the responsibility of the Department in <br />consultation with OCHD Health Director. Vacation leave, continuing <br />education, and other assignments requiring temporary back-up coverage will <br />be mutually agreed upon by the Chair of the Department and OCHD Health <br />Director. <br />iv. The Department will assure that the Medical Director and designated back-up <br />Department physicians are in, and maintain, compliance with OSHA guidelines <br />regarding bloodborne pathogens including Hepatitis B and TB status as well as <br />documentation of immunization against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella. <br />In the event of a bloodborne pathogen exposure, the Department will be <br />responsible for .providing follow-up according to its policies and procedures <br />governing exposure incidents. <br />v. The Department will maintain current registration and licensure of the Medical <br />Director and designated back-up Department physicians and shall provide copies <br />to OCHD as appendices to the Designation of Medical Director attachment to this <br />contract. <br />4. Duration of Services <br />a. Term. The term of this Agreement shall be from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012, and <br />shall be renewable annually thereafter upon written notification executed by both <br />parties. <br />b. Scheduling of Services. <br />6 <br />