County seeks clinical sites for EMT students; Lanier Tech ride-along agreement to be renewed

Michael Shuren, Emergency Services Division chief, asked the board to approve a contract with Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (the urgent care on Prestige Lane) to host EMT students for in-facility clinical experience, supplementing ambulance-based training. “This will give our students an in facility experience patient experience versus on ambulances as well,” Shuren said, adding that 10 EMT students are currently enrolled and preparing to start clinicals.

Shuren also presented a renewal of the county’s existing agreement with Lanier Technical College that allows the college’s EMT and paramedic students to ride with county ambulance crews. He said the current contract expires Jan. 1, 2025, and that the renewal would extend the arrangement (the renewal-end date in the transcript is unclear). A commissioner asked whether insurance language and hold-harmless provisions had been reviewed by the county attorney; Shuren said legal had reviewed the contract.

The work session record shows the presentations and legal review confirmation; no formal approval was recorded in the provided segments. If the board places these items on the voting agenda, formal approval will be necessary to finalize the clinical-site agreement and the ride-along renewal.