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15. HIPAA Heritage University students will be required to attend HIPAA training prior to clinical rotation. A certificate of completion of HIP AA training will be included in the electronic student file. Heritage University shall direct its students to comply with the policies and procedures of the Training Site, including those governing the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information under federal law, specifically 45 CFR parts 160 and 164 Solely for the purposes of defining the students' role in relation to the use and disclosure of Training Site's protected health information, as that term is defined in 45 CFR parts 160 and 164, the students are defined as members of the Training Site's workforce, as that term is defined by 45 CFR 160.103, when engaged in activities pursuant to this Agreement. However, the students are not and shall not be considered to be employees or volunteers of the Training Site, nor are the student's agents of the Training Site by virtue of this provision. 16. CONFIDENTIALITY HU, its employees, and students participating in the clinical education program, shall maintain the confidentiality of all information provided by the Training Site or acquired by HU, its employees, or students, in performance of this Agreement, except upon the prior written consent of the Kittitas County Prosecuting Attorney or an order entered by a court after having acquired jurisdiction over the County. HU shall immediately give to the County notice of any judicial proceedings seeking disclosure of such information. HU, its employees, or students shall indemnify and hold harmless the County, its Additional Insured's, officials, agents or employees from all loss or expense, including, but not limited to settlements, judgments, setoffs, attorneys' fees and costs resulting from HD, its employees, or students' breach of this provision 17. VENUE AND CHOICE OF LAW In the event that any litigation should arise concerning the construction or interpretation of any of the terms of this Agreement, the venue of such action of litigation shall be in the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Kittitas. This Agreement shall be governed by the law ofthe State of Washington. 18. NON-DISCRIMINATION Each party certifies that it will not discriminate in the performance of this Agreement on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation (to include gender identity), religion, veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, in compliance with (a) Presidential Executive Order 11246, as amended, including the Equal Opportunity Clause contained therein; (b) Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Act of 1974, as amended, and the Affirmative Action Clauses contained therein; (c) the HERITAGE UNIVERSITY BSN PROGRAM STUDENT CLINICAL SITE AFFILIATION AGREEMENT 9