Lake Norman Regional Medical Center - Privacy Practices Notice

	to report adult abuse, neglect, or domestic violence; to health oversight agency
	to health oversight agencies;
	In response to court and administrative orders and other lawful processes;
	to law enforcement officials after receiving subpoenas and other lawful processes, concerning crime victims, suspicious deaths, crimes on our premises, reporting crimes in emergencies, and for purposes of identifying or locating a suspect or other person
	to coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors;
	to organ procurement organizations;
	to avert a serious threat to health or safety;
	in connection with certain research activities;
	to the military and to federal officials for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence, and national security activities;
	to correctional institutions regarding inmates; and
	as authorized by state worker’s compensation laws
Health Related Benefits and Services: We may use your medical information to contact you with information about health-related benefits and services or about treatment alternatives that may be of interest to you. We may disclose your medical information to a business associate to assist us in these activities. We may use or disclose your medical information to encourage you to purchase or use a product or service by

face-to-face communication or to provide you with promotional gifts
Use and Disclosure of Certain Types of Medical Information. For certain types of medical information we may be required to protect your privacy in ways more strict than we have discussed in this notice. We must abide by the following rules for our use or disclosure of certain types of your medical information.
HIV Information. We may not disclose HIV information unless required by law, pursuant to an authorization or the disclosure is to you or your personal representative; to health care personnel providing care to you; pursuant to appropriate subpoena or court order; to persons who may be at risk of infection in accordance with state rules.
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information. We may not disclose your medical information that contains alcohol and drug abuse information except to you, your personal representative or pursuant to an authorization or as may otherwise be allowed by law.

Your Rights Regarding Medical Information About You

Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to look at or get copies of your medical information, with limited exceptions. You must make a request in writing to obtain access to your medical information. You may obtain a form to request access by using the contact information listed at the end of this notice. You may also request access by sending us a letter to the address at the end of this notice. If you request copies, we will charge you a fee for copying and postage if you want the copies mailed to you. Contact us using the information listed at the end of this notice for a full explanation of our fee structure.

We may deny your request to inspect and copy in very limited circumstances as allowed by law. If you are denied access to your medical information, you may request that the denial be reviewed. Another licensed health care professional chosen by the hospital will review your request and the denial. The person conducting the

review will not be the person who denied your request. We will comply with the outcome of the review.

Disclosure Accounting: You have the right to receive a list of instances in which we or our business associates disclosed your medical information for purposes other than treatment, payment, health care operations, as authorized by you, and for certain other activities, since April 14, 2003. You must make a request in writing to request a listing of disclosures. You may obtain a form to request the accounting by using the contact information at the end of this notice. If you request this accounting more than once in a 12-month period, we may charge you a reasonable, cost-based fee for responding to these additional requests. Contact us using the information listed at the end of this notice for a full explanation of our fee structure.

Restriction: You have the right to request that we place certain restrictions on our use or disclosure of your medical information. We are not required to agree to

<<Previous Next>>

Privacy | Legal Notice | Careers | Contact Us | Home