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NOTICE
OF PRIVACY
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Law
Enforcement We may disclose your protected health information for certain
law enforcement purposes, including, but not limited to:
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In
response to a court order, subpoena, warrant, summons or
similar process;
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To
identify or locate a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or
missing person;
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About
the victim of a crime if, under certain limited circumstances,
we are unable to obtain the person's agreement;
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About
a death we believe may be the result of criminal conduct;
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About
criminal conduct at the hospital; and
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In
emergency circumstances to report a crime; the location of the
crime or victims; or the identity, description or location of
the person who committed the crime.
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Coroners,
Medical Examiners and Funeral Directors, Organ/Tissue Donation
Organization We may release protected health information to a coroner or
medical examiner. This
may be necessary, for example, to identify a deceased person
or determine the cause of death.
We may also release protected health information to
funeral directors as necessary to carry out their duties. If
you are an organ donor, we may release protected health
information to organizations that handle organ procurement or
organ, eye or tissue transplantation or to an organ donation
bank, as necessary to facilitate organ or tissue donation and
transplantation.
ANY OTHER USE OR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH
INFORMATION REQUIRES YOUR WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION
Under
any circumstances other than those listed above, we will
request that you provide us with a written and signed
authorization before we use and disclose your protected health
information to anyone.
If
you sign an authorization allowing us to disclose protected
health information about you, in a specific situation, you can
later revoke (cancel) your authorization in writing.
If
you cancel your authorization in writing, we will not disclose
your protected health information about you after we receive
your cancellation, except for disclosures, which were already
being processed or made before we received your cancellation.
YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT
YOU
You have the
following rights regarding protected health information we
maintain about you:
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