Faculty member/student completes the form to Initiate a New Contract.
Request for new clinical affiliation agreement is received by the Contract Coordinator.
Agency is contacted by the Contract Coordinator to verify willingness to serve as a clinical site.
Standard agreement is sent to Agency for signatures or standard agreement for the Agency is sent to ISU.
Agreement is sent back to ISU from Agency, with signatures if ISU's standard agreement is used
Upon receipt of standard agreement from facility or approved agreement from the Office of the General Counsel and Secretary of the University, a routing sheet for approval is attached and sent along the following line of approval:
* Time frames listed are the normal time for that step of the process. Some steps may be completed more quickly or more slowly depending on the circumstances.
Average times for the entire process of setting up a new agreement can take 2 - 4 months, but may take longer.
Please keep this in mind when deciding how soon to initiate a new
agreement for the following semester.