Am I required to have business associate contracts with technicians such as plumbers, electricians, or photocopy machine repairmen who provide repair services?

No. Plumbers, electricians and photocopy repair technicians do not require access to protected health information to perform their services for a doctor s 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. More.

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