General Affiliation Agreement Requirements

(BPSS-31, updated)

A signed affiliation agreement must be submitted and approved for each internship site. The following information/conditions must be included in the agreement. You can choose to use the sample agreement below. Do not use this agreement for Nurse Aides, Home Health Aides and Ultrasound. A separate standard agreement exists for those fields.

  1. Specific name and location of the proprietary school
  2. Specific name and location of the internship site AND a photocopy of its license, if the business requires a license.
  3. Exact dates/or length, of the affiliation experience, hours per day/week and total
  4. Number of students to be supervised during one affiliation period
  5. Who is responsible for taking attendance at the affiliation site
  6. Students will not displace or replace regular employees
  7. The school agrees to maintain sufficient affiliation sites to accommodate all qualified students in the class
  8. For allied health internships, incl. dental, school is responsible for insuring that student had a physical exam within 6 months before starting the internship, and all inoculations recommended in the profession
  9. School or Internship site (usually the school) is responsible for insuring the student against injuries resulting from the internship. [If the school insurance does not cover the internship site, then the school either buys insurance for interns and rolls that insurance into the tuition, or makes available to interns the purchase of such insurance coverage. In the latter case, that students must buy their own accident insurance must be noted in the enrollment agreement, and the name of the company, extent of coverage, cost to students noted in the Affiliation Agreement]
  10. Your students and instructors will be covered by liability insurance against liability for injuries/damage towards third parties (such as patients) arising from the internship. The insurance carrier, cost and exact insurance coverage must be identified.
  11. The school is responsible for providing all theory/practice instruction.
  12. The affiliation site will use the performance evaluation tool provided by the school.
  13. Students will be supervised at ALL times during affiliation time. For internships that do not involve HHA, Nurse Aide or Ultrasound, the staff of the place of business will usually supervise the students.
  14. How often the program coordinator will visit the internship site.
  15. The school is responsible for the conduct of the students at the internship site.
  16. Specific conditions and procedures for terminating a student.
  17. How much notice must be given by either party to terminate the agreement.
  18. If the training was in a language other than English, the affiliation institution must declare that the internship host has employees and clients conversant in that language for the intern to work with. This must be added to the text.
  19. Interns shall not perform tasks prohibited by local, state or federal regulations/scopes of practices for that particular occupation.
  20. Facility agrees that BPSS may make visits of the internship site.

Sample Affiliation Agreement