Effective Date: March 19, 2024 INTRODUCTION: |
This Notice applies to Enzo Clinical Labs, Inc. (“Enzo”), which no longer provides clinical services. However, as mandated by relevant retention requirements, Enzo maintains protected health information (PHI) from the period when it did provide clinical services. We are required by law to maintain the privacy of protected health information ("PHI"), explain to you our obligation to protect your information and how we will protect it, and notify you of any breach of unsecured protected health information. We are required to follow the terms of this Notice currently in effect. We reserve the right to change the terms of this Notice and our practices. These changes will be effective for all information we maintain about you. If we make changes, it will be available to you on our website or upon request. |
USES AND DISCLOSURES: |
We are generally able to use or share your PHI without your authorization for the following purposes:
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We may or must also use your PHI in other ways beyond treatment, payment, and health care operations. Some of these ways could include:
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For any other purpose, we may not use or share your information without your written authorization. You may revoke your authorization at any time, in writing, and we will honor it unless we have already relied upon your authorization. If we have already honored your authorization, we will honor it going forward. If we have information, such as information about substance use disorder from a qualified provider under relevant federal substance use disorder confidentiality laws, we will adhere to the enhanced protections under those rules. Some states may have more stringent requirements on information related to HIV or sexually transmitted infections, and we will follow those more stringent laws as applicable. |
YOUR RIGHTS: You have additional rights to your protected health information, including: |
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COMPLAINTS: You may make a complaint directly to us or to the US Department of Health & Human Services Secretary if you believe your privacy rights have been violated. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.
631-755-5500 Ext. 1444 (Compliance Help Line) Email: Compliance@Enzo.com
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20201 1-877-696-9775 https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/what-to-expect/index.html |