Is a physician required to have business associate contracts with technicians such as plumbers, electricians or photocopy machine repairmen who provide repair services in a physicians office?
Response: No, plumbers, electricians and photocopy repair technicians do not require access to protected health information to perform their services for a physicians office, so they do not meet the definition of a business associate. Under the Privacy Rule, business associates are contractors or other non-workforce members hired to do the work of, or for, a covered entity that involves the use or disclosure of protected health information. See 45 C.F.R 160.501.
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- Is a physician required to have business associate contracts with technicians such as plumbers, electricians or photocopy machine repairmen who provide repair services in a physicians office?
