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member of its workforce who uses or discloses PHI in contravention of this Agreement. Life Force agrees that if Life Force provides the PHI to a subcontractor or agent to perform the Life Force Services, Life Force will. ensure that the subcontractor or agent agrees to these same restrictions and conditions as contained in this Section 9. B. Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information for Life Force's Own Purposes: Life Force may use or disclose the PHI for Life Force's management or administration or to carry out Life Force's legal responsibilities. Life Force may disclose Client's PHI to a third pariy for such purposes only if: The disclosure is required by law; or 2. Life Force secures written assurance from the receiving party that the receiving party will: (i) hold the PHI confidentially; (ii) use or disclose the PHI only as required by law or for the purposes for which it was disclosed to the recipient; and (iii) notify Life Force of any breaches in the confidentiality of the PHI. C. Safe ug ards: Life Force will implement reasonable administrative, physical and technical safeguards to prevent the use or disclosure of the PHI for purposes other than those permitted by this Agreement, and those reasonable safeguards will include the protection of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronic PHI that Life Force creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on Client's behalf ("e-PHI"). Those safeguards shall include agreements with any agents to implement reasonable and appropriate safeguards to protect e-PHI. D. Reports of Improper Use or Disclosure of Protected Health Information: Life Force will report to Client any use or disclosure of the PHI other than those uses or disclosures permitted by this Agreement. Life Force also will report to Client any security incident of which Life Force becomes aware that affects e-PHI that Life Force creates, receives, maintains, or transmits on Client's behalf within a reasonable time of becoming aware of the security incident. E. Access to and Amendment of PHI: On request, Life Force will make available to Client the PHI in a Designated Record Set that is in its possession, if any, so that Client may respond to individual requests for access to or amendment of PHI. F. Accounting of Disclosures of Protected Health Information: On request, Life Force will make available to Client information required for Client to respond to individual requests for accounting of disclosures of PHI. G. Access to Books and Records: Life Force will make its internal practices, books, and records specifically relating to the use and disclosure of the PHI available to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the extent required for determining Client's compliance with the Privacy Standards. Notwithstanding this proyision, no attorney-client, work-product, accountant-client or other legal privilege will be deemed waived by Life Force or Client as a result of this provision. 22068/513664-1