2019-303-E Emergency Svc - NCHIEA participation agreement

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12 i. Coordinating to help ensure the interoperability with other health information exchange initiatives including, but not limited to, providing input into the broader ONC specifications activities and ONC standards and interoperability framework initiatives; and j. Fulfilling all other responsibilities delegated by North Carolina General Assembly and the Participants to NC HIEA as set forth in this Agreement. k. To the extent permitted under Applicable Law, this grant of authority to NC HIEA is unconditional and does not require any further consideration or action by any Participant. 6.02. NC HIEA Advisory Board. The NC HIEA Advisory Board is organized and operates pursuant to N.C.G.S. §90-414.8. The NC HIEA Policies and Procedures will be amended in consultation with the Advisory Board as required by N.C.G.S. §90-414.7. Participants may attend any public meetings of the Advisory Board. 7. System Access. 7.01. Policies. a. The Parties shall have User Access Policies and Privacy and Security Policies as necessary or sufficient in the Parties’ discretion to ensure proper use of NC HealthConnex and NC HealthConnex Resources pursuant to this Agreement. b. Each Party acknowledges that User Access Policies may differ among Participants, and that mutual benefits are available pursuant to this Agreement. Each Participant shall be responsible for determining whether and how to Transact Message Content based on the application of its business policies and Applicable Law to the information contained in the Message. Each Participant entering into this Agreement agrees to comply with the Applicable Law, this Agreement, and all applicable NC HIEA Policies and Procedures in submitting HIE Data and in Transacting Message Content. 7.02. Authorized Users and HISPs. The Parties shall require that all of their Participating Entities, Authorized Users, and HISPs Transact Message Content only in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation those governing the use, confidentiality, privacy, and security of Message Content. The Parties shall discipline appropriately any of their Participating Entities or employee Authorized Users, or take appropriate contractual action with respect to contractor Authorized Users or HISPs, who fail to act in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement relating to the privacy and security of Message Content, in accordance with the Parties’ employee disciplinary policies and procedures and its contractor and vendor policies and contracts, respectively. 7.03. Identification. The Parties shall employ a process by which the Party, or its designee, validates sufficient information to uniquely identify each person seeking to become an Authorized User prior to issuing credentials that would grant the person access to the Party’s System or NC HealthConnex Resources. See the NC HIEA User Access Policy and the Primary Provider User Guide for requirements related to assigning Authorized Users credentials for NC HealthConnex. 7.04. Authentication. Each Participant shall employ a process by which the Participant, or its designee, uses the credentials issued pursuant to this Section 7 to verify the identity of each Authorized User prior to enabling such Authorized User to Transact Message Content using NC HealthConnex. This process shall include the completion of an NC HIEA Onboarding process by the Participant before the Participant Account Administrator can assign user credentials for NC HealthConnex or for Direct Secure Messaging to users. 7.05. Participant Workforce Access. Each Participant Account Administrator shall only assign user credentials for NC HealthConnex or for Direct Secure Messaging through NC HealthConnex for Authorized Users who are Workforce members of Participant or its Participating Entities. In the event of changes in the employment status of an Authorized User, the Participant Account DocuSign Envelope ID: 47B4445A-C7CA-4D2E-9075-2AFD82F82DEC