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Family, Friends and Emergencies: If you require emergency treatment and we are unable to
obtain your consent, we may disclose your Medical Information to a family member or relative
who is involved in your care.
Marketing: We may use or disclose your Medical Information to provide you with marketing
communications about the health-related products and services that we provide, and about
products, services, treatment or healthcare providers that may be of interest to you.
Additional Categories of Uses and Disclosures
Required By Law: We may use or disclose your Medical Information to the extent that
applicable law requires the use or disclosure of such Medical Information. Where the use and/
or disclosure of Medical Information is by law, the use or disclosure will be made in compliance
with the law and will be limited to the relevant requirements of the law. You will be notied, as
required by law, of any such uses or disclosures.
Public Health: We may disclose your Medical Information for public health activities
and purposes to a public health authority that is permitted by law to collect or receive the
information. e disclosure will be made for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease,
injury or disability. We may also disclose your Medical Information, if directed by the public
health authority, to a foreign government agency that is collaborating with the public health
authority.
Communicable Diseases: We may disclose your Medical Information, if authorized by law, to a
person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of
contracting or spreading the disease or condition.
Health Oversight: We may disclose Medical Information to a health oversight agency for
activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, and inspections. Oversight agencies
seeking this information include government agencies that oversee the healthcare system,
government benet programs, other government regulatory programs and civil rights laws.
Food and Drug Administration: We may disclose your Medical Information to a person or
company as directed or required by the Food and Drug Administration: (i) to collect or report
adverse events (or similar activities with respect to food or dietary supplements), product
defects or problems (including problems with the use or labeling of a product), or biological
product deviations, (ii) to track FDA-regulated products, (iii) to enable product recalls, repairs
or replacement, or look back (including locating and notifying individuals who have received
products that have been recalled, withdrawn, or are the subject of look back), or (iv) to conduct
post-marketing surveillance.
Legal Proceedings: We may disclose your Medical Information in the course of any judicial or
administrative proceeding (i) in response to an order of a court or administrative tribunal (to
the extent such disclosure is expressly authorized), and (ii) in certain conditions in response to
a subpoena, discovery request or other lawful process, aer we receive satisfactory assurance
that the party seeking the information has reasonably attempted to notify you of the request
or has reasonably attempted to secure a qualied protective order (in a court or administrative
tribunal, or by stipulation) to limit disclosure of your Medical Information.
Law Enforcement: We may disclose Medical Information, as long as applicable legal
requirements are met, for law enforcement purposes. ese law enforcement purposes include:
(i) legal processes otherwise required by law, (ii) limited information requests for identication
and location purposes, (iii) pertaining to victims of a crime, (iv) suspicion that death has
occurred as a result of criminal conduct, (v) in the event that a crime occurs on the premises of
the practice, and (vi) medical emergency in which it is likely that a crime has occurred.
Research: We may disclose your Medical Information to researchers when their research has
been approved by an institutional review board that has reviewed the research proposal and
established protocols to ensure the privacy of your Medical Information.