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(2) CPO Cooperative Contracts: are available for use by departments throughout the County. Terms
and conditions are established under a cooperative contract promulgated by the Office of the
County Procurement Officer. In accordance with Section 4.6 of this manual, other County
departments or local public entities may then issue individual subordinate contracts against the
cooperative contracts, identifying the services and commodities they wish to purchase.

§3.3-125 Contracts for Outside Legal Counsel

(1) The Board of Supervisors has sole authority to select outside legal counsel. All department and
district requests to employ outside legal counsel (other than CEO/Risk Management counsel and
bond counsel) shall be presented to the Board by the Office of County Counsel. The hiring and
management of outside legal counsel are governed by the principal policies and procedures titled
COUNTY OF ORANGE OUTSIDE COUNSEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES adopted by the
Board on August 6, 1991, and subsequently amended.

§3.3-126 HIPAA – Business Associate Language

(1) With the passage of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) Protected
Health Information (“PHI”) has become a key legal consideration in the drafting of County
contracts for departments subject to the HIPAA rules. For services to be performed in situations
where either the County or a contractor under contract with the County are creating or working
with PHI, the County approved business associate Sections covering HIPAA activities should be
included in the governing contracts. Sections approved for use will be available on the County
Procurement Office’s intranet website at:

http://intra2k3.ocgov.com/procurement/
http://www.ocgov.com/gov/risk

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