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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MEDICAL FOUNDATION, INC. FOR THE SERVICES OF MEDICAL DIRECTOR
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Wisconsin state statute requires Public Health-Madison and Dane County (Public Health) to have a licensed physician as its Medical Director. In 2013, the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County authorized the Director of the department to enter into an agreement with Jonathan Temte, M.D. for services of Medical Director via the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Inc. (UWMF), a nonstock, non- profit corporation organized under Chapter 181 of the Wisconsin Statutes, acting on behalf of the faculty physicians in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Services included: review patient care protocols and procedures used by Public Health as needed; review and approve health orders as needed for the control of communicable diseases consistent with WI Department of Health Services Administrative Rules Chapter 145; provide medical oversight for Public Health staff and programs; provide medical direction in the event of an emergency situation; among others.
Public Health requests continuing this agreement with Dr. Temte, via UWMF and the signatories above, for the provision of Medical Director services to facilitate and support the efficient operations of the department. The agreement shall be for a five-year term under terms and conditions negotiated by Public Health and UWMF.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Health for Madison and Dane County authorizes the Director, or their designee to enter into an agreement with the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, Inc., acting on behalf of the faculty physicians in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as...
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