Resolution 5491 Dignity Health Education Services Agreement

RESOLUTION NO. 5491

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER,
ARIZONA, ADOPTING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
CHANDLER AND DIGNITY HEALTH TO PROVIDE THE EDUCATIONAL
REQUIREMENTS THAT CHANDLER FIRE DEPARTMENT (CFD)
PARAMEDIC STUDENTS NEED TO BECOME CERTIFIED IN NEONATAL
RESUSCITATION PROVIDER (NRP)

WHEREAS, Chandler Fire Department (CFD) has conducted a paramedic training program in
conjunction with Phoenix College for the last ten years and it certifies its own firefighters as
paramedics through a rigorous 10 month course completed in-house; and

WHEREAS, Chandler Fire Department is in the process of applying for accreditation from the
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) for its in-house
paramedic program; and

WHEREAS, Chandler Fire Department desires to obtain accreditation because it will ensure that
CFD’s paramedic students graduate from a quality program by ensuring that instructors possess
adequate qualifications and academic credentials to teach, and accreditation protects the public
by ensuring that paramedics are properly trained, are certified as possessing the minimum level
of competency, and comply with the current Maricopa Community College Districts (MCCCD)
paramedic educational curriculum ; and

WHEREAS, Dignity Health has agreed to provide the educational requirements that Chandler
Fire Department (CFD) paramedic students need to become certified as a Neonatal Resuscitation
Provider (NRP).; and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the sole purpose of the agreements is to educate and certify
paramedic student. The parties are not business associates under the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona,
as follows:

Section 1. That the Agreements attached hereto are hereby adopted by the City of Chandler.

Section 2. That the City Manager is authorized and directed to perform all acts necessary to
give effect to this Resolution.

Resolution 5491
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ___day of
June, 2021.

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK MAYOR
CERTIFICATION
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution Number 5491 was duly passed and adopted

by the Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the
___ day of June , 2021, and that a quorum was present at the meeting.

CITY CLERK

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

CITY ATT; Y