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Regulations Do Not Apply: Qualified Service Organizations

Fri, 2013-10-11 17:39 — healthinfolaw_admin

 

d.) Qualified Service Organizations

A QSO is an entity that provides professional services (e.g., data processing, dosage preparation, legal services, etc.) or services to prevent or treat child abuse or neglect to or for a substance abuse program.59 A QSO must have a written agreement with the program in which the QSO agrees to be bound by the Part 2 regulations60 and to resist any efforts to obtain access to patient records in judicial proceedings, except as permitted by Part 2.61 When a QSO needs patient information to provide services, the Part 2 restrictions on disclosure do not apply to the communication of that information between the program and the QSO.62

 

Footnotes

  • 59. 42 CFR § 2.11, at ¶ (a) of “Qualified service organization.”
  • 60. 42 CFR § 2.11, at ¶ (b)(1) of “Qualified service organization.”
  • 61. 42 CFR § 2.11, at ¶ (b)(2) of “Qualified service organization.”
  • 62. 42 CFR § 2.12(c)(4).


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