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AAHRPP ACCREDITATION PROCEDURES

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aahrpp accreditation accreditable organizations initial accreditation procedures reaccreditation procedures determinations of accreditation status categories of accreditation for new applicants categories of reaccreditation limited site visits status reports improvement plans appeals and hearings council on accreditation site visitors certificates of accreditation publication of accreditation status annual and other reporting fees voluntary withdrawal from aahrpp accreditation confidentiality conflict management release and indemnification records retention protected health information

Protected Health Information

AAHRPP is not a covered entity subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or its implementing regulations (“HIPAA”). In addition, because organizations are required to de-identify all information provided to AAHRPP and are not permitted to provide AAHRPP with any information that is not de-identified, AAHRPP is also not a business associate of any organization that is a covered entity. To the extent that site visitors or other AAHRPP representatives might inadvertently come into contact with an organization’s protected health information (PHI), AAHRPP will use good faith efforts to cause them to (1) comply with HIPAA and the organization’s internal policies and (2) not record or disclose such PHI.