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Agenda Cover Memorandum for 02/ - City of West Palm Beach

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Onsite shall deliver the electronic medical records to a designee <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong> to maintain the<br />

records in accordance with Florida law.<br />

6.2 Employment Records. All other records and documents, including but not<br />

limited to those records that constitute employment records <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cover</strong>ed Persons, created as a<br />

result <strong>of</strong> First Onsite’s per<strong>for</strong>mance under this Agreement shall at all times be considered the<br />

property <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>. The <strong>City</strong> will maintain its records in accordance with the provisions <strong>of</strong><br />

Section 11.2 below. Both during and after the term <strong>of</strong> this Agreement, First Onsite or its<br />

designees shall be permitted to inspect or duplicate any pertinent chart or record to the extent<br />

necessary to meet pr<strong>of</strong>essional responsibilities to a <strong>Cover</strong>ed Person and/or to assist in the<br />

defense <strong>of</strong> any pr<strong>of</strong>essional liability or similar claim; provided, however, that such inspection<br />

and duplication shall be permitted and conducted in accordance with applicable legal<br />

requirements.<br />

SECTION 7. Reporting and Right to Audit.<br />

7.1 Right to Audit. The <strong>City</strong> shall have the right to per<strong>for</strong>m a full operational and<br />

financial audit <strong>of</strong> First Onsite at least once a year during the term <strong>of</strong> the Agreement and at any<br />

time within the twelve (12) months following the termination <strong>of</strong> the Agreement. Any such audit<br />

shall not be limited temporally and/or in scope, except as determined by the <strong>City</strong>. Audits may<br />

be conducted by the <strong>City</strong> or by an auditor/consultant <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong>’s choosing. Should shortfalls<br />

be identified, First Onsite shall develop and implement any necessary corrective plan(s), which<br />

shall be approved by the <strong>City</strong> prior to implementation <strong>of</strong> the corrective plan(s), and the <strong>City</strong><br />

shall have the right to re-audit the plan as needed to ensure proper quality <strong>of</strong> Services and<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>of</strong> duties by First Onsite. First Onsite shall provide all resources requested by the<br />

<strong>City</strong>, including resources and in<strong>for</strong>mation from third-parties (including but not limited to<br />

contracts with hospitals and other providers), and First Onsite shall cooperate in all respects in<br />

connection with the per<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>of</strong> the audit and shall initiate any needed corrective actions, all<br />

without additional charges to the <strong>City</strong>. This paragraph shall survive the termination or cessation<br />

<strong>of</strong> this Agreement. Failure by First Onsite to permit such audit shall be grounds <strong>for</strong> termination<br />

<strong>of</strong> this Agreement by the <strong>City</strong>.<br />

7.2 Reporting Requirements. First Onsite shall provide the reports detailed on<br />

Exhibit L in accordance with the frequency described therein. All reports shall be submitted to<br />

the <strong>City</strong>’s Project Representative. All reports due monthly shall be due on the fifteen <strong>of</strong> the<br />

month; all reports due quarterly shall be due on the fifteenth day <strong>of</strong> the first month following the<br />

quarter; all reports due annually shall be due by March 15 th . No additional fees shall be charged<br />

to the <strong>City</strong> by First Onsite <strong>for</strong> the provision <strong>of</strong> these reports, data or in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

7.3 Application <strong>of</strong> Law to Audit and Reporting Requirements. Notwithstanding the<br />

preceding Section 7.1 and 7.2 and as more particularly set <strong>for</strong>th in Section 11 below, nothing in<br />

this Agreement nor in the <strong>City</strong>’s policies shall require First Onsite to violate any federal or state<br />

law or regulation regarding the confidentiality <strong>of</strong> such medical in<strong>for</strong>mation. The <strong>City</strong> shall<br />

ensure that it and any third party conducting an audit shall be duly authorized by <strong>Cover</strong>ed<br />

Persons to obtain and review the records.<br />

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