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One of the graduate residents that rotated through the Health Department from the School of Dentistry, Dr. Mike Zaritsky, is completing residency at the end of June. Dr. Zaritsky has indicated that he would be interested in a one-year commitment to provide dental services to the Health Department. Dr. Zaritsky holds a Canadian dental license and successfully completed his graduate dental residency at UNC this June; however, because he does not hold a North Carolina dental license, he cannot practice dentistry in North Carolina unless he is a faculty member at the UNC School of Dentistry and providing dental education. The UNC School of Dentistry is offering Dr. Zaritsky a position as a Visiting Clinical Professor and is willing to contract with the Health Department to provide clinical dental services for fiscal year 2006-2007. The dentist under this contract arrangement would also be supervising the Graduate Dental Resident that typically provides services to the Health Department and would supervise all dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental assisting students currently rotating through the Health Department. This one-year arrangement would give the Department time to work through the details on a loan repayment option and still provide services to County residents. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Funds to support this contract would come from cone-year transfer from the Health Department's personnel line to professional contract services. The total amount of funds allocated for the salary and benefits far this position is $102,410, The contract amount is for a total of $102,291 and includes salary, benefits (at the university rate), and renewal license fee. The total is currently part of the proposed 2006-2007 fiscal year budget for the Health Department. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the contract and authorize the Chair to sign.