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® 1.9 Transportation Services To the extent any inmate requires off-site non- emergency health care treatment including, but not limited to, hospitalization care and specialty services, for which care and services SHP is obligated to pay under this Agreement, County will, upon prior request by SHP, its agents, employees or contractors,. provide transportation as reasonably available provided that such transportation is scheduled in advance. When medically necessary, SHP shall arrange all emergency ambulance transportation of inmates in accordance with Section 1.4 of this Agreement. ARTICLE II: PERSONNEL. 2.1 Staffing. SHP shall provide medical and support personnel reasonably necessary for the rendering of health care services to inmates at the Jail as described in and required by this Agreement. 2.2 Licensure Certification and Registration of Personnel All personnel provided or made available by SHP to render services hereunder shall be licensed, certified or registered, as appropriate, in their respective areas of expertise as required by applicable North Carolina law. 2.3 County's Satisfaction with Health Care Personnel If County becomes dissatisfied with any health care personnel provided by SHP hereunder, or by any independent contractor, subcontractors or assignee, SHP, in recognition of the sensitive nature of correctional services, shall, following receipt of written notice from County of the grounds for such dissatisfaction and in consideration of the reasons therefor, exercise its best efforts to resolve the problem. If the problem is not resolved satisfactorily to County, SHP shall remove or shall cause any independent contractor, subcontractor, or assignee to remove the individual about whom County has expressed dissatisfaction. Should removal of an individual become necessary, SHP will be allowed reasonable time, prior to removal, to find an acceptable replacement, without penalty or any prejudice to the interests of SHP. 2.4 Use of Inmates in the Provision of Health Care Services Inmates shall not be employed or otherwise engaged by either SHP or County in the direct rendering of any health care services. 2.5 Subcontracting and Delegation In order to discharge its obligations hereunder, SHP will engage certain health care professionals as independent contractors rather than as employees. County consents to such subcontracting or delegation. As the relationship between SHP and these health care professionals will ® be that of independent contractor, SHP will not be considered or deemed to be engaged in the practice of medicine or other professions practiced by these professionals. SHP will not exercise control over the manner or means by which these independent contractors perform their professional medical duties. However, SHP shall