Headings and References The headings of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and neither constitute a part of this Agreement nor affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section, such reference shall be to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.
Headings and Gender All section headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, do not form a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Words used herein, regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context requires.
Headings and Cross-References The various headings in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to Section names or numbers are to such Sections of this Agreement.
Headings and Interpretation Headings and sub-headings in this Agreement are inserted for reference and convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement. Wherever the fulfillment of the intent and purpose of this Agreement requires and the context will permit, the use of the masculine gender includes the feminine and use of the singular includes the plural.
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND RECITALS 12 1. The parties agree that the terms used, but not otherwise defined below in Paragraph B, shall 13 have the same meaning given to such terms under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act 14 of 1996, Public Law 104-191 (“HIPAA”), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical 15 Health Act, Public Law 111-005 (“the HITECH Act”), and their implementing regulations at 45 CFR Parts 16 160 and 164 (“the HIPAA regulations”) as they may exist now or be hereafter amended. 17 2. The parties agree that a business associate relationship under HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and 18 the HIPAA regulations between CONTRACTOR and COUNTY arises to the extent that CONTRACTOR 19 performs, or delegates to subcontractors to perform, functionsor activities on behalf of COUNTY pursuant 20 to, and as set forth in, the Contract that are described in the definition of “Business Associate” in 45 CFR 21 § 160.103. 22 3. COUNTY wishes to disclose to CONTRACTOR certain information pursuant to the terms of 23 the Contract, some of which may constitute Protected Health Information (“PHI”), as defined below in 24 Subparagraph B.10, to be used or disclosed in the course of providing services and activities pursuant to, 25 and as set forth, in the Contract. 26 4. The parties intend to protect the privacy and provide for the security of PHI that may be 27 created, received, maintained, transmitted, used, or disclosed pursuant to the Contract in compliance with 28 the applicable standards, implementation specifications, and requirements of HIPAA, the HITECH Act, 29 and the HIPAA regulations as they may exist now or be hereafter amended. 30 5. The parties understand and acknowledge that HIPAA, the HITECH Act, and the HIPAA 31 regulations do not pre-empt any state statutes, rules, or regulations that are not otherwise pre-empted by 32 other Federal law(s) and impose more stringent requirements with respect to privacy of PHI. 33 6. The parties understand that the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, as defined below in 34 Subparagraphs B.9. and B.14., apply to CONTRACTOR in the same manner as they apply to a covered 35 entity (COUNTY). XXXXXXXXXX agrees therefore to be in compliance at all times with the terms of 36 this Business Associate Contract, as it exists now or be hereafter updated with notice to CONTRACTOR, 37 and the applicable standards, implementation specifications, and requirements of the Privacy and the 1 Security rules, as they may exist now or be hereafter amended, with respect to PHI and electronic PHI 2 created, received, maintained, transmitted, used, or disclosed pursuant to the Contract.
Recitals and Schedules References to this Agreement include the recitals and schedules which form part of this Agreement for all purposes. References in this Agreement to the Parties are references respectively to the Parties and their legal personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
Incorporation of Recitals and Exhibits The Recitals and each exhibit attached hereto are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
Section Headings and References The section headings are for the convenience of the parties and in no way alter, modify, amend, limit or restrict the contractual obligations of the parties. Any reference in this agreement to a particular section or subsection shall refer to a section or subsection of this Agreement, unless specified otherwise.
Incorporation of Recitals; Definitions The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full in the body of this Amendment. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Amendment have the respective meanings given to them in the Current Lease.
Section Headings and Gender The Section headings used herein are inserted for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All personal pronouns used in this Agreement shall include the other genders, whether used in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender, and the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, whenever and as often as may be appropriate.
