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NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
This notice describes the privacy practices of SomaNeeds.com,
its affiliates, the associated licensed physicians and pharmacies, with
regard to the health information provided by the customers. These
companies and physicians have agreed to the terms of this Notice of
Privacy Practices.
Through this privacy notice we inform you of our commitment to
protecting private health information and of patients rights to access
health information. No other legal relationship between these physicians
and companies is created or implied, except the one described in this
notice.
We are aware that information about your prescriptions and your health
care is private, and we consider it as personal information. In order to
issue prescriptions for our customers we must record information about
their health, such as medical questionnaires, prescription profiles,
prescriptions, and billing records.
HOW WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE HEALTH INFORMATION
Except for certain circumstances explained below, we will not use or
disclose your personal health information for any reason:
A. We Use Your Health Information to Fill Your Prescriptions. In order
to issue you a prescription and allow physicians to evaluate your
prescription request we may use or disclose your protected health
information. In this case, your health information will be first
provided to a licensed physician for approval and then to a licensed
pharmacy for the purpose of filling the prescription.
B. We Use Limited Information to Obtain Payment for Prescriptions. We
may use through Secure Encryption Technology limited information such as
your name, billing address and phone number, and credit card number, in
order to obtain from your credit card company payment for the
prescriptions. For customers paying by check, we also provide your
checking account number to a check processing service. No health
information about you is disclosed to the credit card company or check
processing service.
C. We May Use Health Information for Health Care Operations. We may use
or disclose health care information for our operations, for instance to
evaluate the quality of care services we provide our customers. In order
to offer you treatment or obtain payment our company and affiliates, the
physicians, and pharmacies may also disclose health care information to
each other as necessary.
D. Refill Reminders and Information about Treatment Alternatives. We may
use health care information to contact you by e-mail notifying about
prescription refills, inform about treatment alternatives or other
health related benefits and services you might be interested in. In case
you so not wish to receive this information please advise us.
E. Disclosures as Required by Law. In compliance with the law, and if
the federal, state, or local law requests it we may use or disclose
relevant protected health information. For instance, in cases of
suspected abuse, neglect, domestic violence or certain physical
injuries, or to respond to a subpoena, or order of a court or
administrative tribunal we may be required to disclose your health
information.
F. Disclosures for Public Health Activities. If a public health agency
authorized by law, such as the Food and Drug Administration, requests
it, we may disclose protected health information for public health
activities such as preventing or controlling disease, injury, or
disability.
G. Disclosures to Coroners and Medical Examiners. For patients who have
died, in order to help coroners and medical examiners to carry out their
duties, we may be required to disclose health information.
H. Disclosures Concerning Organ Donors. If you are an organ donor,
organizations such as procurement organizations, eye banks, and other
similar organizations may request us to disclose information concerning
your health or drugs we have prescribed.
I. Disclosures to Avert a Serious Threat to Health. If we consider, in
good faith, that the release of your health information is necessary to
prevent or minimize a threat to your, public's or another individual's
health or safety, we are permitted by law and standards of ethical
conduct to release the health information.
J. Disclosures for Health Oversight Activities. If a health oversight
agency for monitoring and oversight activities authorized by law
requests it, we may disclose your health information. For example we may
release health information to the state agency that licenses pharmacies
for the purpose of monitoring or inspecting pharmacies related to that
license.
K. Disclosures for Workers Compensation Purposes. We may release
protected health information about you if required to do so by laws
governing the workers compensation or other similar programs providing
benefits for work related injuries or illness.
L. Disclosures to Business Associates. We may disclose protected health
information to certain businesses assisting us with our Health Care
Operations. In this case, we will sign contracts with them requiring
that they keep protected health information private and secure.
Please select 'Yes' only if you have received, read, and agree with this
Notice of Privacy Practices.
If you have any questions about this statement or the practices of this
site you can contact us at any time.
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