Our privacy policy
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED BY YOUR DAVENPORT DENTIST AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
Main Family Dental Care is required, by law, to maintain the privacy and confidentiality of your health information and to provide our patients with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your health information.
Disclosure of Your Health Care Information
Treatment
We may disclose your health care information to other healthcare professionals within our practice for the purpose of treatment, payment or healthcare operations. (example)
“On occasion, it may be necessary to seek consultation regarding your condition from other health care providers associated with Main Family Dental Care.”
Payment
We may disclose your health information to your insurance provider for the purpose of payment or health care operations.
Workers’ Compensation
We may disclose your health information as necessary to comply with State Workers’ Compensation Laws.
Emergencies
We may disclose your health information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, or another person responsible for your care about your medical condition or in the event of an emergency or of your death.
Public Health
As required by law, we may disclose your health information to public health authorities for purposes related to: preventing or controlling disease, injury or disability, reporting child abuse or neglect, reporting domestic violence, reporting to the Food and Drug Administration problems with products and reactions to medications, and reporting disease or infection exposure.
Judicial and Administrative Proceedings.
We may disclose your health information in the course of any administrative or judicial proceeding.
Law Enforcement.
We may disclose your health information to a law enforcement official for purposes such as identifying or locating a suspect, fugitive, material witness or missing person, complying with a court order or subpoena, and other law enforcement purposes.
Deceased Persons.
We may disclose your health information to coroners or medical examiners.
Public Safety.
It may be necessary to disclose your health information to appropriate persons in order to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a particular person or to the general public.
Your Health Information Rights
* You have the right to request restrictions on certain uses and disclosures of your health information. Please be advised, however, that Main Family Dental Care is not required to agree to the restriction that you requested.
* You have the right to have your health information received or communicated through an alternative method or sent to an alternative location other than the usual method of communication or delivery, upon your request.
* You have the right to inspect and copy your health information.
* You have a right to request that Main Family Dental Care amend your protected health information. Please be advised, however, that Main Family Dental Care is not required to agree to amend your protected health information. If your request to amend your health information has been denied, you will be provided with an explanation of our denial reason(s)and information about how you can disagree with the denial.
* You have a right to receive an accounting of disclosures of your protected health information made by Main Family Dental Care.
* You have a right to a paper copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices at any time upon request.