Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Provide licensure and supervisory physician services for the district’s athletic trainers and Health & Safety Coordinator • Designate and communicate the contact information for the supervising physician(s). Hours of availability will be communicated and confirmed, including evening and weekends. • Identify a liaison/contact point to work collaboratively with the MCPS Health & Safety Coordinator to manage all aspects of the partnership • Deliver responsive, coordinated sports medicine services through the availability of clinics. Care can be provided at MCPS sites, if appropriate or the contractor’s clinic locations. Responsive follow-up care is defined as within 72 hours. • Implement clinical protocols which improve the treatment and rehabilitation of injured studentathletes in coordination with the athletic trainer on staff at the school • Reduce the risk of catastrophic injuries or medical events resulting from interscholastic program participation, including conducting studies and data analyses • Establish productive, interactive working relationships with coaches, student-athletes and athletic department staff • Provide the School District Board, Administration and Athletic Department, qualified risk management consultation • Provide 5 roving athletic trainer positions that will support the high school program and serve as contact points for middle schools. • Assist with athletic training services, when additional, contracted services are required • Offer physical clinics for student-athletes prior to each athletic season – fall, winter, spring • Provide sports medicine education for parents, athletes, coaches, training staff, as planned and coordinated with the Health & Safety Coordinator for MCPS • Assist with outreach opportunities, with focus on marginalized populations, including the Hispanic/Latino population in MCPS • The partner organization and supervising physicians reserve the right to direct and/or lead medical actions during the coverage of events and practices as well as approve any medical interventions. • The MCPS Health & Safety Coordinator, Chief Medical Officer, and Partner Organization Contact maintain all supervisory rights with the staff athletic trainer retained by the Montgomery County Board of Education and as detailed in the Maryland Athletic Trainer Evaluation and Treatment Protocol Agreements (attached as Addendum A). • The partner organization shall maintain professional liability insurance that covers all services rendered by medical staff employed by the partner organization. • The partner organization agrees that all student-athletes, parents or guardians reserve the right to seek care from physicians and other healthcare providers of their choice.
