To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-233 with California State University, Chico
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-233 with California State University, Chico, an educational institution, to provide supervised field instruction in County’s Public Health Division to nursing students, for the period from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Agreement is to provide California State University, Chico nursing students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with applied skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. Supervised fieldwork experience for students is considered to be an integral part of both educational and professional preparation. The Health Services Department can provide the requisite field education, while at the same time, benefiting from the students’ services to patients.
Approval of new Agreement #72-233 will allow Contractor to provide supervised fieldwork instruction experience with Health Services, for the period from August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2027. This Contract includes mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties from any claims arising from the performance under this Contract.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, the students will not receive supervised fieldwork instruction experience in County’s Public Health Division.