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Public Health
· As authorized by law, we may disclose your protected health information
to public health or legal authorities charged with preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability; to report reactions
to medications or problems with products; to notify people of recalls; to notify a person who may have been exposed to a disease
or who is at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition.
Abuse & Neglect
· We may disclose your protected health information to public authorities
as allowed by law to report abuse or neglect.
Employers
· We may release health information about you to your employer if we provide
health care services to you at the request of your employer, and the health care services are provided either to conduct an
evaluation relating to medical surveillance of the workplace or to evaluate whether you have a work-related illness or injury. In such circumstances, we will give you written notice of such release of information
to your employer. Any other disclosures to your employer will be made only if
you execute a specific authorization for the release of that information to your employer.
Correctional Institutions
· If you are an inmate of a correctional institution, we may disclose to
the institution or its agents the protected health information necessary for your health and the health and safety of other
individuals.
Law Enforcement
· We may disclose your protected health information for law enforcement
purposes as required by law, such as when required by a court order, or in cases involving felony prosecution, or to the extent
an individual is in the custody of law enforcement.
Health Oversight
· Federal law allows us to release your protected health information to
appropriate health oversight agencies or for health oversight activities.
Judicial/Administrative Proceedings
· We may disclose your protected health information in the course of any judicial or administrative proceeding as allowed or required by law, with your authorization, or as directed by a proper court order.
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