JCAHO Requirements. One or more of the facilities where the Contractor may perform Work are health clinics accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). If a facility is accredited by JCAHO then the Contractor must comply with the JCAHO Safety Measures for Contractors attached as Exhibit 11 to this Contract when providing Work to those facilities. • Health Insurance Portability and Account (HIPAA). As part of the Work by Contractor and its personnel at the building, they may be working in areas which are operating as health care facilities where Protected Health Information is situated. Protected Health Information (“PHI”) means any information in oral, written or electronic form that relates to: (i) the past, present or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual, (ii) the provision of health care to an individual, (iii) demographic information collected on or about an individual and (iv) payment for providing health care to an individual, whenever the individual is personally identifiable. Contractor and its personnel are not entitled to view or hear any PHI for any purpose whatsoever. Accordingly, Contractor for itself and on behalf of its personnel agrees that: (i) they will not invade client privacy by inquiring about or asking to see any PHI, (ii) they shall protect and refrain from disclosing the PHI as present in the building should they inadvertently come into contact with any PHI, (iii) they not review use, disclose or copy any PHI. There are both federal and state laws which safeguard the privacy of PHI from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Breach of any term of these HIPAA sections may result in immediate termination of this Contract.
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Samples: Public Works Agreement, Public Works Agreement, Public Works Agreement
