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Dr. Gibbons asked Mrs. Francis if she refused walk -in patients or patients that are late for their appointments if they are an hour late for their appointment. Mrs. Francis advised that she will not refuse to see them even if they are 30 -45 minutes late, then they are told to wait and she will work them in and will be seen, and the receptionist also tell the patients. This is Mrs. Francis policy, and always has been her policy since day one. Mr. Collins asked why Mrs. Francis had help 11 different positions since July 1990. Mrs. Francis advised that she was a Registered Nurse and in 1999 became a Family Nurse Practitioner, then worked at the next job for 5 years, then another 5 years at the next job, then 1 year and left for family obligations and cut back on hours worked and then came to Paris -Lamar County Health District after Dr. Amanda Green and Mrs. Gina Prestridge called Mrs. Francis multiple times during the summer asking her to consider a job at the Health District. Mr. Collins asked Mrs. Francis why she quit in November and then returned to the Health District in December. Mrs. Francis advised for a dumb reason. Dr. Atoria asked her to come work for him and she quit and then she started missing her patients so she came back and the Health District had been trying to replace Mrs. Francis and hadn't replaced her or been able to replace her so Mrs. Francis returned. Dr. Gibbons asked Mrs. Francis how many patients does she see in a day and how often or patients scheduled. Mrs. Francis advised that she does not have any control over the scheduling, the receptionist book the appointments, but she sees them however they are booked whether single booked or double booked, but paps take longer, so the receptionist know how long to book different types of appointments. Dr. Gibbons asked Mrs. Francis how the electronic medical records documentation is working. Mrs. Francis advised that the free version is not the greatest in the world but it is user friendly and she has built several templates and is using them. Mrs. Francis advised that she is an old IC Nurse and is used to documenting a lot and she is having to tone down with the EMR. Dr. Gibbons asked if anyone else had any questions for Mrs. Francis. All responded with no. Dr. Gibbons made the motion and was seconded by Dr. Wyche to go into executive session at 5:47 p.m. on Monday, March 23,d, 2015. In attendance were Dr. Mark Gibbons, Mr. Bill Collins, Dr. Lance Wyche, Dr. William George, Dr. Rick Erickson, Mrs. Kristi Graham, Mrs. Gina Prestridge and Dr. Amanda Green. Dr. Gibbons made the motion and was seconded by Dr. Wyche to convene into open session at 6:22 p.m. with no formal action being taken or needed. All approved. Mrs. Prestridge advised that Dr. Gibbons will need to sign the New Hope lease payoff document and the annual evaluation form on Dr. Amanda Green, Medical Director. Mr. Collins made the motion and was seconded by Dr. Wyche to change the by -laws to state that the regular monthly meeting will be held on the third Monday of each month instead of the third Tuesday. All approved. Mrs. Prestridge advised that we are currently operating on a temporary co fire alarm system, but we are in the process of getting a fire alarm system installed. Mrs. Prestridge advised that we have been awarded a new breastfeeding grant, Texas Healthy Community Grant, Legacy, Lennox, from Dr. Green and LDCSM, and the Medical Reserve Corp. Mrs. Prestridge advised that she attended a meeting in Tyler to discuss the E -PHC fee -for- service portion of the grant. Mrs. Prestridge presented the monthly figures for the clinic at 396, WIC close to 1,500, 26 restaurants, and 1 septic. Mrs. Prestridge advised that she had hired Mrs. Donna Callicoat to work 20 hours per week as a FNP in the clinic and Ms. Kristi Carter to work as a clinical LVN.