USES OR DISCLOSURES OF YOUR MEDICAL INFORMATION
Provider understands that medical information about you and your health is personal. Provider is committed to protecting your medical information. Provider will create a record of the care and services you receive from Provider. This record is necessary in order to provide you with quality care and to comply with legal requirements. This Notice applies to all of the records of your care generated by Provider or on Provider's premises. If Provider is a hospital, your personal doctor may have different policies or notices regarding use and disclosure of your medical information created in the doctor's office or clinic.
This Notice will tell you about the ways in which Provider may use and disclose your medical information. This Notice also describes your rights and certain obligations of Provider regarding the use and disclosure of your medical information.
Provider is required by HIPAA to:
- maintain the privacy of your medical information in compliance with legal requirements;
- give you this Notice of Provider's legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your medical information; and
- follow the terms of this Notice that are currently in effect.
Generally, Provider may not use or disclose your medical information without your permission, except as otherwise permitted under HIPAA or other applicable law. Further, once your permission has been obtained, Provider must use or disclose your medical information in accordance with the specific terms of your permission. The following are the circumstances under which Provider is permitted by law to use or disclose your medical information.