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B-190118.1 1 (1978-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfos0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~~i~t C. THU COMVPTRD1lLER GENERAL DECISION . C OF THE UNITED STATEB W A: / WABHINGTON. D. Q. 2054fl FILE: B-190118.1 DATE: January 24, 1978 MATTER OF; Mary A. Olson - Purchase Order for Laboratory Medical Services DIIGEST; Purchase order issued fur medical laboratory services by the Service Unit Director, Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Cass Lake, Minnesota, to previde continued laboratory coverage creatad a relationship that was tantamount to that of employee-employer. Agencies should take appropriate steps to prevent this situation from occurring,.How- ever, payment for services received under the extenuating circumstances present inay be made since extensive attempts to secure services through usual channels had been unsuccessful. This decision is in response to a request of Septetber 9, 1977, by Ms. Elenor E. Clements, Authorized Certifying Officer, Indian Health Service, Public Health Service, Aberdeen, South Dakota, for an advance decision as to the allowability of a pay- ment to Ms. Mary A. Olson, pursaant to p'rchase order SF-550997, dated July 22, 1977, for medical laboratory services during the period July 18 - July 22, 1977. It is reported by the Service Unit Director, P.H.S. Indian Hospital, that he became aware of the need to provide substitute medical laboratory services less than 6 weeks prior to the needed period. Because his experience indicated that he usually required a 6 week time frame to accomplish the processing of the normal appointment documents, the Director pursued alternate sources for the needed services, which included contacting another hospital without success. During the week of July 11, 1977, the Director found out that Mary Olson, wife of one of the hospital's staff physicians, was a medical technologist, and, upon request, she agreed to be a substitute technologist uring the week in question. The Director further states that Mary Ctson was our sole source available to provide us with this service, and sufficient time to process the necessary Civil Service appointment form plus payroll arrangements with Central Payroll for salary would have been very cumbersome to accomplish. --I 0

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