| Advisory opinion request regarding whether Medical Temps may enter into a temporary staffing contract with Morehouse General Hospital. |
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James Allbritton, Sarah Allbritton's husband, terminated his employment as Chief Financial Officer of the Morehouse General Hospital (Hospital) on August 30, 2016. Thereafter, the Hospital contacted Medical Temps, Inc., and requested that it enter into a temporary staffing contract to supply personnel to the Hospital as needed. Mr. Allbritton has no ongoing or future duties or responsibilities to the Hospital, and no ongoing or future contract for the rendition of services to the Hospital, whether as an employee, contractor, consultant, agent, or other representative of the Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Allbritton remain completely separate in property. Mr. Allbritton does not have any shareholder or other ownership or interest of any nature whatsoever in Medical Temps. Additionally, Mr. Allbritton is not an officer, director, employee, independent contractor, consultant, agent, or other representative of Medical Temps. However, Mr. Allbritton occasionally consults with Mrs. Allbritton regarding Medical Temps on accounting, human resource, and business dealing issues, always informally and always without any compensation, and he will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, Mrs. Allbritton will not formally or informally consult with Mr. Allbritton, whether for compensation or without any compensation, regarding the negotiation and operations of any contract with the Hospital for a period of two years from August 30, 2016.
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In BD 2011-854, the Board entered into a Consent Opinion concerning contracts between Hospital and Medical Temps, which is owned by Mrs. Allbritton, while Mr. Allbritton was employed as CFO of the Hospital. Mrs. Allbritton and Medical Temps agreed to cease and desist from entering into any further contracts with the Hospital during the period that Mr. Albritton is employed by the Hospital as the CFO. As such, the Board agreed to the dismissal of all charges against Medical Temps and Mrs. Allbritton, without the imposition of any fine or penalty.
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La. R.S. 42:1121A(1) prohibits a former agency head, for a period of two years following the termination of his public service as the head of such agency, from assisting another person, for compensation, in a transaction, or in an appearance in connection with a transaction, involving that agency or rendering any service on a contractual basis to or for such agency.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Haley Williams |
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