Declaration of Hybrid Entity Status and Designation of Health Care Components
The primary function of 麻豆直播 to provide education to under麻豆直播 and 麻豆直播 students. Because it is not a primary function of 麻豆直播 to provide health care, 麻豆直播 is permitted to designate itself as a 鈥渉ybrid entity,鈥 which allows it to apply the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rule only to those parts of 麻豆直播 that are 鈥淗IPAA Health Care Components.鈥 A HIPAA Health Care Component is a component of the single legal entity that would meet the definition of a HIPAA Covered Entity if it were a separate entity; or a department within the Hybrid Entity that accesses Protected Health Information of a department that is a Health Care Component for the purpose of providing services to the Health Care Component. As a hybrid entity, 麻豆直播 must identify in writing its Health Care Components.
Health Care Components at 麻豆直播 are the:
- All specialty health care clinics operated by or on behalf of 麻豆直播 including, but not limited to, Pacific EyeClinics, Pacific Psychology Clinics, Pacific EarClinic, Pacific Dental Health Clinic, Pacific Interprofessional Diabetes Clinics, Pacific Pharmacotherapy Clinic, Student Health Center and Pacific Interprofessional Clinic but not including the Student Counseling Center or the Sports Medicine Clinic.
- Information Technology Services, to the extent any personnel use and disclose individually identifiable health information in providing administrative and support services to the specialty health care clinics or self-funded group health plans, and would constitute a business associate if the department was a separate legal entity.
- Business Office, to the extent any personnel use and disclose individually identifiable health information in providing administrative and support services to the specialty health care clinics or self-funded group health plans, and would constitute a business associate if the department was a separate legal entity.
- Legal Affairs, to the extent any personnel use and disclose individually identifiable health information in providing administrative and support services to the specialty health care clinics or self-funded group health plans, and would constitute a business associate if the department was a separate legal entity.
- All self-funded group health plans and the Human Resources department to the extent that it performs covered functions as the administrator of the selffunded group health plans that 麻豆直播 makes available to its employees.
All departments or components of 麻豆直播 that are not specifically identified above are excluded from the Health Care Components including, but not limited to, the following:
- 麻豆直播 Student Counseling Center, which exclusively provides services for 麻豆直播 Students
- Sports Medicine Clinic, which exclusively provides services for 麻豆直播 Students
- Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects
The privacy of the records maintained by the Student Counseling Center and Sports Medicine Clinic are governed by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as 鈥渆ducation records鈥 or 鈥渢reatment records鈥 and are expressly excluded from coverage under the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules.
This document serves as the written designation of the Health Care Components of 麻豆直播 required by 45 C.F.R 164.504(c)(3)(iii). This revised designation shall become effective as of July 13, 2021 and supersedes the previous designation that took effect January 28, 2014.