Fiscal Note
No appropriation is required. There is no anticipated impact upon cost controls or the tax levy.
Title
To authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into a contract on behalf of the City, with the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents/School of Nursing to allow the use of the Madison Department of Public Health as a clinical education site for nursing students.
Body
WHEREAS, the Madison Department of Public Health operates clinical facilities suitable for community health educational needs of nursing students; and
WHEREAS, the University of Wisconsin-Madison has established clinical education programs in nursing which require observation of and participation in client care in community health settings; and
WHEREAS, it is to the mutual benefit of both the Madison Department of Pubic Health and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing that students have community-based opportunities for practical learning; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously participated in such a program with the UW School of Nursing and have previously signed affiliation agreements for such programs and the current agreement for the period of 2002-2005 is due to expire;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to enter into an Affiliation Agreement on behalf of the City of Madison, with the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents / UW School of Nursing, to establish and operate a Clinical and Educational Program at the Madison Department of Public Health, commencing September 1, 2005 with automatic annual renewal for successive 1-year terms, unless terminated by either party under the procedures described in the contract.