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BK:00028 PG:0445 services are completed. The COUNTY will melte prompt payment of the invoice upon receipt and approval of the invoice. 4. Independent Contractor Both the COUNTY and the CONTRACTOR agree that the CONTRACTOR shall act as an independent contractor and shall not represent itself as an agent or employee of the COUNTY for any purpose in the performance of the CONTRACTOR'S duties under this contract Accordingly, the CONTRACTOR shall be responsible for payment of all Federal, State, and local taxes arising out of the CONTRACTOR'S activities in accordance with this contract, including by way of illustration but trot limitation, Federal and State income tax, Social Security tax, Unemployment insurance tax, and any other taxes or business license foes as required. In performing the SERVICES, the CONTRACTOR is acting as an independent owbactor and shall perform SERVICES in accordance with currently approved methods and practices in the CONTRACTOR'S professional capacity and in accordance with the standards of applicable professional organizations and licensing agencies. S. Insurance and In+demuity The CONTRACTOR shall indemnify and save harmless the COUNTY, its agents and employees from and against all actions, liability, claims, suits, damages, cost or expenses of any kind which may be brought or made against the COUNTY or which the COUNTY must pay and incur by reason of or in any manner resulting iiom injury, loss, or damage to persons or property resulting 1kom negligent paformance of or fk here to perform any of its obligations under the terms of this CONTRACT. The CONTRACTOR shall be fully responsible to the COUNTY for the acts and omissions of its sub -contractors and of persons either directly or indirectly employed by it, as the CONTRACTOR is for the acts and omissions of persons directly employed by it In addition, the CONTRACTOR shall comply with the North Carolina Workers' Compensation Act and shall provide for the payment of wu kkets' compensation to its employees in the manner and to the codmt required by such Act. In the event the CONTRACTOR is excluded from the requirements of such Act and does not voluntarily carry workers' compensation coverage, the CONTRACTOR shall carry or cause its employees to carry adequate medicallaccidcat insurance to cover any injuries sustained by its employees or agents during the performance of SERVICES.