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whether additional sessions shall be deemed necessary. Such sessions shall, whenever possible and practical, be scheduled at Consultant's Orange County office location unless otherwise agreed by involved officer(s). Following such sessions, Consultant shall provide City's Police Department with verbal recommendation as to the necessity of additional sessions and an assessment of officer(s)' recommended duty status within forty-eight (48) hours. A written psychological assessment of the officer(s) evaluated shall be submitted within five (5) calendar days to City's Police Department upon completion of such follow-up counseling session(s). e. Consultant shall provide City's Police Department with a verbal recommendation for return of said officer(s) involved in traumatic incidents to full or modified duty status as soon as possible and in no case later than forty- eight (48) hours following the incident. f. Consultant shall provide City's Police Department with a written psychological assessment of officer(s) in question and a recommendation as to their suitability to return to active duty, full or modified, and need for follow-up treatment within five (5) days following the post-traumatic counseling session. g. At the direction and with the consent of City Police Department, Consultant shall provide similar post-traumatic incident counseling services to immediate family members of involved officer(s) adversely impacted by the incident. The goal of such services shall be to stabilize external factors, which might otherwise affect officer(s) return to duty or recovery and to determine if referral to other private service providers is warranted. Verbal consultation with City's Police Department is recommended but no written reports of family member counseling sessions are required unless otherwise indicated or where the fitness for duty of the officer(s) comes in doubt. REVIEW OF FITNESS FOR DUTY Consultant agrees to review background investigations, clinical interviews, administrative reports and/or other relevant documents to determine an employee's psychological fitness for duty, when so directed by City. a. For purpose of this Agreement, a fitness for duty review includes, but is not limited to, clinical interviews, administration of necessary tests, scoring of tests and preparation of verbal and written recommendation for employment. b. Consultant agrees to outline all psychological concerns resulting from that review and submit to City's Police Department a recommendation concerning further testing and/or evaluation, which may be deemed appropriate. c. Consultant agrees to provide City's Police Department with verbal notification as to the above within forty-eight (48) hours, and with a complete written report concerning reviews of fitness for duty within ten (10) working days following receipt of documents or the last clinical interview of employee(s) in question.