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• What is the intent of business associate agreements?
  
  
• Who qualifies as a business associate?
  
  
• What types of functions do business associates typically perform?
  
  
• Who doesn’t qualify as a business associate?
  
  
• What about when information is shared for treatment purposes?
  
  
• Do I need a business associate agreement for my cleaning service?
  
  
• Since I already have an attorney-client relationship with counsel, do I need a business associate agreement?
  
  
• What about organizations that act merely as a conduit of protected health information (PHI)?
  
  
• What is the requirement for the return or destruction of protected health information (PHI)?

Related Resources and Documents:

Business Associates [45 CFR 164.502(e), 164.504(e), 164.532(d) and (e)] (HIPAAdvisory)
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/regs/finalprivacymod/gbusiness.htm

Sample Business Associate Agreement Contract Provisions. Additional information on business associate agreement contract language. (HIPAAdvisory)
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/regs/finalprivacymod/appendix.htm

Sample Business Associate Agreement