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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. 2012- 33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, TO APPROVE AN
AFFILIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
TAMARAC AND FLORIDA MEDICAL TRAINING
INSTITUTE (FMTI) AND AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE
CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT TO
ALLOW EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS)
STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FROM TAMARAC FIRE
RESCUE PERSONNEL IN AN EMS STUDENT
PRECEPTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR FIVE YEARS FROM
DATE OF EXECUTION BY ALL PARTIES; PROVIDING
FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Tamarac through the Fire Department provides
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) transport;
and
WHEREAS, Florida Medical Training Institute (FMTI) has requested that
the City of Tamarac allow Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and paramedic
students to ride along on the City's fire rescue units in order to gain the required
experience needed to become a State of Florida Certified EMT and/or
Paramedic; and
WHEREAS, Florida Medical Training Institute (FMTI) has provided the
City of Tamarac with an Affiliation Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and
WHEREAS, Florida Medical Training Institute (FMTI) has provided the
City of Tamarac with A Hold Harmless Agreement; and
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WHEREAS, the Agreement also enables the City to have our own
personnel attending school to ride on our rescue vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida deems it
to be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac to
approve the Affiliation Agreement with Florida Medical Training Institute (FMTI) to
allow EMS students to ride on Tamarac Fire Rescue vehicles.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: The foregoing "WHEREAS" clauses are hereby ratified and
confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
Resolution. All Exhibits attached hereto are expressly incorporated herein and
made a part hereof.
SECTION 2: That the Commission approves the Affiliation Agreement
between the City of Tamarac and Florida Medical Training Institute (FMTI) to
allow EMS students to ride on City Fire Rescue vehicles and authorizing the City
Manager or designee to execute the Florida Medical Training Institute (FMTI)
Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit "A").
SECTION 3: That all Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 4: If any clause, section, other part or application of this
Resolution is held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or
invalid, in part or application, it shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions or applications of this Resolution.
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SECTION 5: This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
passage and adoption.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this day of / / j" , 2012.
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PAMELA BUSHNELL
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Cr,TY CLERK
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE:
MAYOR BUSHNELL
DIST 1: COMM. SWEN ON -n'
DIST 2: COMM. GOMEZ
DIST 3: V/M GLASSER
DIST 4: COMM. DRESSLEI —
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I HAVE
APPROVED THIS RESOLUTION
AS TO FORM.
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FMTI
and
CITY OF TAMARAC
AGREEMENT FOR
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
This is an Agreement between FLORIDA MEDICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
(FMTI) (hereafter referred to as "AGENCY') an accredited not -for -profit
educational institution, having a principal address of 4400 West Sample Road,
Coconut Creek, Florida 33073 located in Broward County, State of Florida,
and
City of Tamarac, (hereafter referred to as "CITY"), providing emergency medical
services, whose principal address is 7525 NW 88th Avenue, Tamarac, Florida
33321 located in the County of Broward, State of Florida.
WHEREAS, the CITY agrees to collaborate in the education and training
of students in the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Program and the
Emergency Medical Paramedic Program (EMT-P) of the AGENCY.
WHEREAS, the CITY acknowledges the value of this collaboration and
agrees to provide optimum facilities, resources and expertise at their
disposal for the comprehensive education of the student, and
WHEREAS, this Agreement will benefit both parties by providing trained
EMTs and Paramedics.
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed by the parties as follows:
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AGENCY:
A. The AGENCY shall coordinate clinical rotations in
consultation with appropriate personnel of the CITY. These
rotations will be selected in accordance with the specific
learning required and opportunities accessible.
B. The AGENCY shall accept administrative responsibility for
the program and provide didactic and performance based
instruction as required.
C. The AGENCY shall ensure the quality of course content in
accordance with existing accreditation standards.
D. The AGENCY shall acknowledge and consult with proper
CITY personnel for administrative matters.
E. The AGENCY shall comply with existing operational policies
and procedures of the CITY.
F. The AGENCY shall require each student to secure
Professional Liability Insurance coverage of
$1,000,000.00/$3,000,000.00 and ensure each student has
secured same.
G. The AGENCY shall provide certification of each student's
medical insurance.
H. The AGENCY shall secure at its expense General
Comprehensive Insurance including Bodily Injury Liability
and Property Damage Liability, the limits of which must be
acceptable to the CITY. The AGENCY's liability policy shall
be endorsed to add the City of Tamarac as an additional
insured.
The AGENCY shall be responsible for compliance with the
Agreement, including but not limited to responsibility to
provide all of the AGENCY's allied health students and
faculty with (a) information and training about the hazards
associated with blood and or other potentially infectious
materials, (b) information and training about the protective
measures to be taken to minimize the risk of occupational
exposure to bloodborne pathogens, (c) training in the
appropriate actions to take in an emergency involving
exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials,
and (d) information as to the reasons the student and faculty
should participate in hepatitis B vaccination and post -
exposure evaluation and follow-up.
The AGENCY shall be responsible to provide training for
faculty and students concerning the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
K. The AGENCY shall be responsible in accordance with the
Agreement for verifying that AGENCY students and faculty
are compliant with the Recommended Guidelines for
Occupational Exposures to Infectious Diseases comparable
to common EMS protocols for Broward County.
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L. The AGENCY shall be responsible for the maintenance of all
faculty and student records. The AGENCY confirms that all
its allied health students (a) have had a Diphtheria Tetanus
Toxide Booster within the last ten years; (b) can verify either
immunity or lack of immunity to varicella, measles, mumps
and rubella through a titer or documented positive history of
chicken pox, measles, mumps and rubella; (c) undergo
annual screening for tuberculosis.
M. The AGENCY shall and does hereby agree to defend,
indemnify, and hold harmless the CITY, its Administrators,
elected officials, officers, agents and employees from any
and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, and expenses
for illness or injuries to any persons (whether employees of
the CITY, third parties or students, or representatives of the
AGENCY) or damage to any property, caused directly or
indirectly by the negligent acts of, or as a result of the
performance of duties by the AGENCY, its officers, directors,
agents, servants, or employees under this Agreement and
hold same harmless against any and all claims, liability, loss,
cost, damage or expense of any type or nature whatsoever,
including reasonable attorneys fees and court costs, which
may arise with regard to any activities associated with this
Agreement.
N. The AGENCY shall require each student to sign the CITY
Hold Harmless Agreement before participating.
O. The AGENCY shall require each student to sign the CITY
Acknowledgement of Responsibility to Maintain
Confidentiality of Medical Information before participating.
P. The AGENCY shall provide the CITY with thirty (30) days
written notice prior to cancellation, revocation, and non -
renewal or material change of any policy of insurance.
Should the AGENCY fail to maintain any policy of insurance
enumerated under this Agreement, after written notice of
cancellation, revocation or renewal or material change to any
existing policy, fail to replace same under like terms within
seven (7) days, written notice demanding same by the CITY,
said cancellation, revocation, non -renewal material change
of any policy of insurance contained hereunder shall be
deemed a material breach by the AGENCY, and the CITY
shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at once.
Q. The AGENCY shall develop and provide to the CITY
mutually agreed to educational and training opportunities for
the CITY's participation in the AGENCY's EMT-P Program.
2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CITY:
A. The CITY will provide information and training to the
AGENCY's allied health students and faculty on any CITY of
Tamarac Policies and Procedures related to the Agreement.
B. The CITY will provide the clinical facilities necessary for the
students to obtain experience with patients representing a
broad range of out -of -hospital medical care problems.
C. The CITY will provide students with opportunities for
observations and participation in patient evaluation,
treatment and transportation in the out -of -hospital
environment.
D. The CITY will provide clinical supervision of students and
complete student evaluation forms.
E. The CITY will communicate pertinent information related to
the student clinical performance to the AGENCY.
F. The CITY shall be responsible for providing the AGENCY's
allied health students and faculty with personal protective
equipment, which is necessary to comply with the
Agreement.
3. This Agreement will be in effect for five (5) years from the date of
execution by all parties. However, either party may terminate this
Agreement upon thirty (30) day written notice, with or without cause,
unless otherwise specified in section 1 P.
4. This document incorporates and includes all prior negotiations,
agreements or understandings applicable to the matters contained herein,
and the parties agree that there are no commitments, agreements or
understandings concerning the subject matter of this Agreement that are
not contained in this document. Accordingly, it is agreed that no deviation
from the terms hereof shall be predicated upon any prior representations
or agreements whether oral or written.
It is further agreed that no modification, amendment or alteration in the
terms or conditions contained herein shall be effective unless contained in
a written document executed with the same formality and of equal
propriety herewith.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto executed this
Agreement on the dates indicated, the latter of which shall be controlling.
FLORIDA MEDICAL TRAINING INSTITUTE
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STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF BROWARD )
(Name / Title)
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally appeared
, who being first duly sworn deposes and says on oath
that he/she has read the foregoing Agreement, subscribed to by him/her, and
that the matters therein contained are true and correct to the best of his/her
knowledge and belief.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this day of
2012.
NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF FLORIDA
Personally known or produced Identification
My Commission Expires:
ATTEST:
PETER RICHARDSON, CMC
CITY CLERK
DATE:
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
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