Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution approves an agreement between the City of Madison and the Madison Area Technical College (MATC) that specifies the parameters under which MATC administers their Emergency Medical Services Program for City of Madison Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services Division students, which includes Firefighter-EMT recruits and Firefighter-Paramedic students. The proposed agreement does not include a financial transaction. No City appropriation is required.
Title
Authorizing a Clinical Affiliation Agreement between the City of Madison and the Madison Area Technical College, Inc.
Body
WHEREAS, the Madison Area Technical College (MATC) administers educational curricula for an Emergency Medical Services Program ("Program"), and seeks to provide, as part of the Program curricula, supervised clinical experiences for MATC students enrolled in the Program and employed by the City ("Students");
WHEREAS, the City through its Madison Fire Department (MFD) Emergency Medical Services Division (EMSD) serves patients in various health services through the provision of medical or other services consistent with the Program, and seeks to train future health care practitioners by providing Students with supervised clinical experiences at the clinical education setting sites, consistent with the educational objectives of Students and MATC;
WHEREAS, MATC and the City have determined that each may best accomplish its
objectives by mutual assistance, and seek to describe their affiliation in a Clinical Affiliation Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Clinical Affiliation Agreement includes but is not limited to MATC rights and responsibilities, MFD rights and responsibilities, joint rights and responsibilities, Student rights and responsibilities, student health policies, term and termination, indemnification and liability, insurance, and dispute resolution;
WHEREAS, this agreement shall be effective following final signatures of all parties for an initial term of one year and will automatically renew and continue in full force and effect for any and all periods during which any Student in a Program is placed at and accepted by MFD;
WHEREAS, either party may choose not to renew this agreement at the end of the then-current Program by providing the other with not less than one hundred twenty (120) days advance written notice of its intent not to renew prior to the end of then-current Program;
WHEREAS, the City Attorney’s Office and City Risk Manager have reviewed and approved the proposed agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign a Clinical Affiliation Agreement, as described above, between the City of Madison and the Madison Area Technical College, Inc.