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operations, and Contractor shall make available to County for its examination any and all <br />business records, including incident reports, patient records, financial records of <br />Contractor pertaining to the provision of emergency medical services. County may <br />audit, copy, make transcripts, or otherwise reproduce such records as needed for County <br />to fulfill its oversight role. <br />d. County shall notify Contractor of any critical issues discovered during an observation or <br />inspection. <br />17.3 Relationship of the Parties <br />Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create a relationship of employer and <br />employee or principal and agent, partnership, joint venture, or any other relationship other <br />than that of independent parties contracting with each other solely for the purpose of <br />carrying out the provisions of the Agreement. Nothing in the Agreement shall create any <br />right or remedies in any third party, it being solely for the benefit of the County and <br />Contractor. <br />17.4 Independent Contractor <br />a. No relationship of employer and employee is created by this Agreement; it being <br />understood and agreed that Contractor is an independent Contractor. Contractor is not <br />the agent or employee of the County in any capacity whatsoever, and County shall not be <br />liable for any acts or omissions by Contractor nor for any obligations or liabilities <br />incurred by Contractor. <br />b. Contractor, its employees, subcontractors and agents shall have no claim under this <br />Agreement or otherwise, for seniority, vacation time, vacation pay, sick leave, personal <br />time off, overtime, health insurance medical care, hospital care, retirement benefits, <br />social security, disability, Workers' Compensation, or unemployment insurance benefits, <br />civil service protection, or employee benefits of any kind. <br />c. Contractor shall be solely liable for and obligated to pay directly all applicable payroll <br />taxes (including Federal and State income taxes) or contributions for unemployment <br />insurance or old age pensions or annuities which are imposed by any governmental <br />entity in connection with the labor used or which are measured by wages, salaries or <br />other remuneration paid to its officers, agents or employees and agrees to indemnify <br />and hold County harmless from any and all liability which County may incur because of <br />Contractor's failure to pay such amounts. <br />