Common use of Return or Destruction of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information as Feasible Clause in Contracts

Return or Destruction of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information as Feasible. Upon termination or other conclusion of this Agreement, Business Associate will return to Covered Entity or destroy all of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information in whatever form or medium, including all copies thereof and all data, compilations, and other works derived therefrom, including any such works that allow identification of any individual who is a subject of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information. Business Associate will require any Subcontractor or agent, to which Business Associate has disclosed any of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information as permitted by Section 1(g) of this Agreement to return to Business Associate (so that Business Associate may return it to Covered Entity) or destroy all of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information in whatever form or medium received from Business Associate, including all copies thereof and all data, compilations, and other works derived therefrom that allow identification of any individual who is a subject of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information, and certify on oath to Business Associate that all such information has been returned or destroyed. Business Associate will complete these obligations as promptly as possible, but not later than thirty (30) calendar days following the effective date of the termination or other conclusion of this Agreement. In the event that Business Associate determines that returning or destroying Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information is infeasible, Business Associate shall provide to Covered Entity notification of the conditions that make return or destruction infeasible. If Covered Entity agrees (which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld) that it is infeasible for Business Associate to return or destroy Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information, then Business Associate shall extend the protections of this Agreement to such Protected Health Information and limit further uses and disclosures of such Protected Health Information to those purposes that make the return or destruction infeasible, for so long as Business Associate maintains such Protected Information.

Return or Destruction of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information as Feasible. Upon termination or other conclusion of this Agreement, Business Associate will return to Covered Entity or destroy all of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information in whatever form or medium, including all copies thereof and all data, compilations, and other works derived therefrom, including any such works that allow identification of any individual who is a subject of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information. Business Associate will require any Subcontractor or agent, to which Business Associate has disclosed any of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information as permitted by Section 1(g) of this Agreement to return to Business Associate (so that Business Associate may return it to Covered Entity) or destroy all of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information in whatever form or medium received from Business Associate, including all copies thereof and all data, compilations, and other works derived therefrom that allow identification of any individual who is a subject of Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information, and certify on oath to Business Associate that all such information has been returned or destroyed. Business Associate will complete these obligations as promptly as possible, but not later than thirty (30) calendar days following the effective date of the termination or other conclusion of this Agreement. In the event that Business Associate determines that returning or destroying Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information is infeasible, Business Associate shall provide to Covered Entity notification of the conditions that make return or destruction infeasible. If Covered Entity agrees (which agreement shall not be unreasonably withheld) that it is infeasible for Business Associate to return or destroy Covered Entity’s Protected Health Information, then Business Associate shall extend the protections of this Agreement to such Protected Health Information and limit further uses and disclosures of such Protected Health Information to those purposes that make the return or destruction infeasible, for so long as Business Associate maintains such Protected InformationProtectedInformation.