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2. Carolina Air Care will provide an ambulance for MRI transports, with the attendant being provided by the Hospital. In the event that all Carolina Air Care ambulances are unavailable, Orange County will provide an ambulance and a driver for MRI transports. 3. The new Ambulatory Care Center located on Mason Farm Road will be operational by November 1992. Patients at this facility requiring non - emergency transport and due to physicial limitations are unable to use the Hospital shuttle will be transported by the Carolina Air Care ground ambulance. It is anticipated that the weekly total will range from 2 - 5 transports. The Hospital will provide an attendant to accompany the patient to the Hospital from the Ambulatory Care Center (these are likely to be Day -Op patients needing further assessment or stretcher patients not able to ride on the shuttle). Orange County will provide an ambulance and a driver if the Carolina Air Care ground ambulance is not available. Any emergency transports will be called in by 911 and are not subject to the provisions of this contract. 4. THE HOSPITAL retains full authority and responsibility for the care and treatment of its patients and will have administrative and professional supervision of any Orange County EMS employee while said employees are rendering services to THE HOSPITAL under this agreement. During a transport THE HOSPITAL, its employees and members of the Medical Staff will be in charge of the medical aspects of the transports, including the authority to prescribe to the driver the degree of urgency of the transport, and the authority to order the vehicle to stop and remain parked while medical procedures are being performed. The driver will operate within Orange County EMS policies concerning the safe movement of the vehicle. 5. THE HOSPITAL will reimburse THE COUNTY for the services provided at the rate of $12,000 per month. TERM OF AGREEMENT 1993. This Agreement shall run from the 1 st day of July, 1992 to the 30th day of June, TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT This Agreement or its renewals may be terminated at any time without penalty by either party, provided that written notice of such termination is furnished to the other party at least ninety (90) days prior to termination. In the event of such termination, any payment due shall be prorated to the date of termination. The parties agree and understand that the Director of Orange County Emergency Services may temporarily suspend services under this Agreement in the event of a county -wide disaster. ACCESS OF RECORDS In compliance with 42 U.S.C. 1395x (V) (1) (1) and implementing regulations, Orange County agrees, until the expiration of four (4) years after the services are furnished under this Agreement, to allow the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Comptroller General access to this contract and to the books, documents and records of Orange County necessary to verify the nature and extent of the costs of this contract. If Orange County chooses to subcontract this service, such subcontract shall contain a clause to the effect that, until the expiration of four (4) years after the services are furnished under such subcontract, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Comptroller General shall have access to such subcontract and to the books, documents, and records of the