A. When Legally Required. We will disclose your protected health information when we are required to do so by any federal, state or local law.
B. When There Are Risks to Public Health. We may disclose your protected health information for the following public activities and purposes: To prevent, control, or report disease, injury or disability as permitted by law. To report vital events such as birth or death as permitted or required by law. To conduct public health surveillance, investigations and interventions as permitted or required by law. To collect or report adverse events in product defect, Track FDA regulated products, enable product recalls, repairs or replacements to the FTA and to conduct post marketing surveillance. To notify a person who has been exposed to communicable disease or who may be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease as authorized by law. To report to an employer information about an individual who is a member of the workforce as legally permitted or required.
C. To Report Suspected Abuse, Neglect or Domestic Violence. We may notify government authorities if we believe that a patient is the victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence. We will make this disclosure only when specifically required or authorized by law or when the patient agrees to the disclosure.
D. To Conduct Health Oversight Activities. We may disclose your protected health information to a health oversight agency for activities including audits; Civil, administrative, or criminal investigations, proceedings, or actions; Inspections; Licensure or disciplinary actions; Or other activities necessary for appropriate oversight as authorized by law. We will not disclose your health information under this authority if you are the subject of an investigation and your health information is not directly related to your receipt of healthcare or public benefits.
E. In Connection with The Judicial and Administrative Proceedings. We may disclose your protected health information during any judicial or administrative proceeding in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal as expressly authorized by such order. In certain circumstances, we may disclose your protected health information in response to a subpoena to the extent authorized by state law if we receive a satisfactory assurance that you have been notified of the request or that an effort was made to secure a protective order.
F. For Law Enforcement Purposes. We may disclose your protected health information to a law-enforcement official for law enforcement purposes as follows: As required by law for reporting of certain types of wounds for or other Physical injuries. Pursuant to court order, court ordered warrant, subpoena, summons or similar process. For identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness or missing person. Under certain limited circumstances, when you are the victim of a crime. To a law-enforcement official if the facility has a suspicion that your health condition was the result of criminal conduct. In an emergency to report a crime.
G. To Coroners, Funeral Directors, and for Organ Donation. We may disclose protected health information to a coroner or medical examiner for identification purposes, to determine cause of death or for the coroner or medical examiner to perform other duties authorized by law. We may also disclose protected health information to a funeral director, as authorized by law, in order to permit the funeral director to carry out their duties. We may disclose such information in reasonable anticipation of death. Protected health information may be used and disclosed for cadaveric organ, eye or tissue donation purposes.
H. For research purposes. We may use or disclose your protected health information for research when the use or disclosure for research has been approved by an institutional review board that has reviewed the research proposal and research protocols to address the privacy of your protected health information.
I. In the event of a serious threat to health or safety. We may, consistent with applicable law and ethical standards of conduct, use or disclose your protected health information if we believe, in good faith, that such use or disclosure is necessary to prevent or lesson a serious and imminent threat to your health or safety or to the health and safety of the public.
J. For a Specified Government Functions. In certain circumstances, federal regulations authorize the facility to use or disclose you are protected health information to facilitate specified government functions relating to military and veterans’ activities, national security and intelligence activities, protective services for the President and others, medical suitability determination, correctional institutions, and law-enforcement custodial situations.
K. For Worker’s Compensation. The facility may release your health information to comply with Worker’s Compensation laws or similar programs.