- Notice of Privacy Practices -
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and
how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Federal law and regulations protect the confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse client records maintained by ADSGC. Employees, present and past of ADSGC may not reveal to
anyone outside of our agency that a person is a client of ADSGC or disclose any information that could identify a person as a client of ADSGC unless
- You authorize the disclosure in writing
- The disclosure is allowed by a court order
- The disclosure is made to medical personnel in a medical emergency or to qualified personnel for research, audit, or program evaluation.
Who Will Follow This Notice -
This notice describes ADSGC's practices and that of
- All departments of ADSGC
- All employees of ADSGC
All ADSGC entities, sites and locations will follow the terms of this notice and may share
health information with each other for treatment or operations purposes described in this notice.
Our Pledge Regarding Treatment Information
We are committed to protecting treatment information about you. We create a record of
the care and services you receive at ADSGC. We need this record to provide you with
quality care and to comply with certain legal requirements. This notice applies to all of
the records of your treatment generated by ADSGC. This notice will tell you about the
ways in which we may use and disclose information about you. We also describe your
rights and certain obligations we have regarding the use and disclosure of client information.
We are required by law to
- Make sure that information that identifies you is kept private
- Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to treatment information about you
- Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect
How We May Use and Disclose Information About You -
For treatment
- We may use information about you to provide you with treatment or services.
- We may disclose information about you to ADSGC personnel who have a need
for the information in connection with their duties that arise out of the
provision of diagnosis, treatment, or referral for treatment.
For health care operations
We may use and disclose information about you for ADSGC operations.
These uses and disclosures are necessary to run ADSGC and make sure that all of our clients receive quality care.
Medical emergencies
Information may be disclosed to medical personnel who have a need for information about you for the purpose of treating a condition which poses
an immediate threat to the health of any individual and which requires immediate medical intervention.
Audit and evaluation
- Information may be disclosed for the purpose of audit or evaluation by any
federal, state, of local government agency, which provides financial assistance to ADSGC or is authorized by law to regulate our activities.
- Information may also be disclosed for audit and evaluation purposes to a third party payer which covers our patients, to a peer review organization
performing utilization or quality control review, or is determined by our program director to be qualified to conduct the audit or evaluation activities.
Child abuse or neglect
We may report any information about suspected child abuse or neglect to appropriate state or local authorities.
Law enforcement
We may disclose information about you to law enforcement officers concerning a crime committed on ADSGC premises or against any person who works
for ADSGC or a threat to commit such a crime.
Vital Statistics
We may disclose information about you relating to cause of death under laws requiring the collection of death or other vital statistics or
permitting inquiry into the cause of death.
Subpoena and Court Order
If we receive a subpoena to disclose information about you, we will not do so unless a court of competent jurisdictions enters an authorizing
order. A court order may authorize disclosure only if the court finds that the disclosure is necessary.
- To protect against an existing threat to life or of serious bodily injury.
- To investigate or prosecute an extremely serious crime.
- In connection with litigation or an administrative proceeding in which you offer testimony or other evidence relating to the information.
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Alcohol and Drug Services of Gallatin County
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