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BUSINESS ASSOCIATE AGREEMENTBusiness Associate Agreement • March 29th, 2002
This agreement is appropriate for volunteers who may have access to health information off-site. Additionally, it may be appropriate for certain vendors or agents who perform services on behalf of The Hospital and who are required to have business associate contracts, but whose contact with protected health information is only of an indirect or incidental nature. This agreement does not grant the right to further disclose or maintain health information. Please note that if the purpose of the use and disclosure of protected health information is treatment, consultation or referral, no business associate agreement is required. Additionally, The Hospital’s own employees and trainees do not require business associate agreements, and neither do The Hospital’s volunteers, unless they use protected health information off-site. If vendors perform a “substantial proportion of their activities” on-site and do not take protected health information off-site, they may not require a business associa
