2008-065 Health - UNC Medicine and Health Dept

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~i} if feasible, return yr destroy all protected health information received from or created yr received by Business Associate on behalf of Covered Entity that Business .Associate still .maintains in any form. Business Associate shall only destroy protected health information with the written approval of Covered Entity. After return or destruction, Business Associate shall retain na copies of such information. iii} if return or destruction is not feasible, Business Associate will provide Govered Entity with documentation explaining the reason that it is not feasible. !f the prat~cted health information is not returned or destroyed, Business Associate will extend the protections of this Agreement to the information and limit further uses and disclosures to those purposes that make the return or destruction of the information not feasible. ~d} Bunriva[: The obligations of Business Associate under this Agreement shall survive the expiration, termination, or cancellation of this Agreement, the Arrangement Agreement andlvr the business relationship of the parties, and shall continue to bind Business Associate, its agents, employees, contractors, successors, and assigns as set forth herein. V. MISCELLANECUB ~a} All protected health information that is created or received by Covered Entity and disclosed or made available in any form, including paper record, oral communication, audio recording, and electronic display by Covered Entity or its operating units to Business Associate or is created or received by Business Associate an Covered Entity's behalf shall be subject to this,Agreement. fib} A reference in this Agreement to a section in the HIPAA Privacy Rule means the section as in effect or as amended, ~c} In the event of an inconsistency between.the provisions of this Agreement including definitions} and mandatory provisions of the NIPAA Privacy Rule, as amended, the HIPAA Privacy Rule shall control. Where provisions of this Agreement are different than those mandated in the HIPAA Privacy Rule, but are nonetheless permitted by the FIIPAA Privacy Rule, the provisions of this Agreement shall control. ~d} Except as expressly stated herein or the HIPAA Privacy Rule, the parties to this Agreement do not intend to create any rights in any third parties. fie} This Agreement may be amended ar modified only in a writing signed by the Parties. No Party may assign its respective rights and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party. None of the provisions of this Agreement are intended to create, nor will they be deemed to create an relationship between the Parties other than that of independent parties contracting with each other solely for Y the urposes of effecting the provisions of this Agreement and any other agreements between the Parties ,p . ev~denc~ng their business relationship. (~ This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina. fig} No change, waiver or discharge ofany liability or obligation hereunder on any one or more occasions shall be deemed a waiver of performance of any continuing ar other obligation, ar shall prohibit enforcement of any obligation, on any other occasion. ~ . h The parties agree that, in the event that any documentation of the arrangement pursuant to which ~ } v'sians relatin to the use or disclosure of Business Associate provides services to Govered Entity contains pro i g rotected health information that are more restrictive than the provisions of this Agreement; the provisions of the p mare restrictive documentation will control. i In the event that any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be ~} ementwill remain in full force and effect. invalid or unenforceable, the remainderofthe provisions afth~s Agre D7-D8 aCBAA with UNC FM ~ Page 3 of ~