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3.7 Agreements with Agents and Subcontractors. DBI shall require each of its <br />agents and subcontractors to which it discloses Protected Health Information to enter into <br />a contract which requires compliance with the same restrictions and conditions that apply to <br />DBI under Article III. DBI shall provide to the Employer, upon request, a written list of <br />these agents and subcontractors. <br /> <br /> 3.8 Availability of Records and Information. D3I shall make Protected Health <br />Information and its records available to the extent necessary to comply with the Privacy <br />Standards requirements to provide access to individuals upon request; to permit an <br />individual to amend his records; to permit accounting of disclosures; or to comply with the <br />terms of an audit by the U.S. Department of Health and --Iuman Services, all as set out <br />below. Any such access shall be provided within 25 business days of receipt of written <br />request by an authorized person, and shall be provided during normal business hours. <br /> a) Upon receipt of written instruction by the Employer, DBI will <br /> provide access to Protected Health Information in a designated record set to the <br /> Employer or to the individual to whom the Protected Health Information pertains, <br /> provided the Employer certifies that such disclosure is in accordance with the <br /> individual's right under the Privacy Standards to have access to his own Protected <br /> Health Information. If the Employer determines, and notifies DBI in writing, that <br /> the Protected Health Information is subject to amer_dment in accordance with the <br /> Privacy Standards, DBI shall make any amendments to such Protected Health <br /> Information requested by the Employer or by such individual within 30 days <br /> following receipt of the Employer's written instruction. <br /> b) Upon receipt of written instruction by the Employer, DBI will <br /> provide an accounting within 60 days of any disclosures made with respect to an <br /> individual's Protected Health Information during t ae preceding six years to the <br /> extent required by the Privacy Standards. DBI shall ~nly be responsible to account <br /> for any disclosures made by it, its agents and subcontractors. DBI shall not be <br /> responsible to account for any disclosures made by other entities that may be <br /> reflected in its records. <br /> c) DBI will make its privacy practices, books and records, as they apply <br /> to the Protected Health Information, available to tee extent necessary to comply <br /> with an audit by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human <br /> Services in accordance with the Privacy Standards. <br /> <br />Article IV - Term of the Agreement <br /> 4.1 The term of this Agreement shall be as of tee agreed-upon beginning date <br />between the Employer and DBI, or as otherwise specified h:rein, and shall continue for a <br />period of twelve months. This Agreement renews every twelve months if it has not <br />otherwise been terminated. Fees and service elections may be adjusted at each renewal. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Agreement - October 2003 <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />10.30.03 <br /> <br /> <br />