Status as an Independent Contractor. LABORATORY is, and shall at all times be deemed to be, an independent contractor and shall be wholly responsible for the manner in which it performs the services required of it by the terms of this Agreement. LABORATORY is entirely responsible for compensating staff, subcontractors, and consultants employed by LABORATORY. This Agreement shall not be construed as creating the relationship of employer and employee, or principal and agent, between UAMS and LABORATORY or any of LABORATORY’S employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors. LABORATORY and UAMS assume exclusively the responsibility for the acts of their respective employees, agents, consultants, or subcontractors as they relate to the services to be provided during the course and scope of their employment. LABORATORY, its agents, employees, consultants, or subcontractors, shall not be entitled to any rights or privileges of UAMS employees and shall not be considered in any manner to be UAMS employees and UAMS, its agents, employees, consultants or subcontractors, shall not be considered in any manner to be LABORATORY employees.
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Samples: Reference Laboratory Services Agreement (Signal Genetics, Inc.), Reference Laboratory Services Agreement (Signal Genetics, Inc.), Reference Laboratory Services Agreement (Signal Genetics, Inc.)
