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0 eGU\ ~8 F cF f. Patient Rights. All patients transported by Provider as part of the Service shall be brought to Provider's Hospital for triage. If a patient chooses to be admitted to another facility for stabilization, the patient will be transported at the patient's expense to the facility of patient's choice. g. Advisory Council. Provider will form an advisory council to provide feedback and suggestions on operation of the Service. The Advisory Council will include representatives from the Hospital, the Hospital Medical Staff, County Management, and the Board. The Advisory Council shall function until such time as a Quality Management Committee has been constituted pursuant to the temporary rules adopted by the North Carolina Medical Commission. h. Volunteer Rescue Squad. Provider will continue the County's historical support of the Lee County Volunteer Rescue Squad (Volunteers) by ensuring that the Volunteers have one emergency medical transport vehicle at all times. Provider acknowledges that County historically has donated its oldest emergency medical transport vehicle to the Volunteers when the County has acquired a new emergency medical vehicle. i. Emergency Management. Provider will aid and assist Lee County Emergency Management on a reasonable basis, subject to the availability of Provider's resources. j. Termination. Upon termination by Provider, County will have the right to purchase any capital assets utilized and owned solely by Provider in connection with the conduct of the services provided pursuant to this Agreement (including, but not limited to equipment and vehicles) "as is", at its then market value as determined by an appraisal to be conducted by a qualified independent appraiser reasonably acceptable to the County and Provider. The cost of such appraisal will be home equally by County and Provider. k. Provider shall assist County in the preparation of an application to establish an emergency management system for review by the Office of Emergency Services as required by the temporary rules adopted by the North Carolina Medical Commission. 5. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF CORPORATE INTEGRITY AGREEMENT County acknowledges that County has been notified of the fact and substance of that certain Corporate Integrity Agreement between the Department of Health and Human Services and National Medical Enterprises, Inc. ("NME") dated June 29, 1994, of the nature of wrong doings alleged in that certain Settlement Agreement between the United States of America and NME, dated June 29, 1994 ("Settlement Agreement"), and of the importance of the parties hereto in abiding by the terms of said agreements as well as by all Federal program requirements and the policies and procedures of Tenet Healthcare Corporation ("Tenet"), formerly known as NME. 4