Policy Manual

 
  1.ME.41  

Permitted Uses and Disclosure of Protected Health Information Regarding Specialized Government Functions for Military and Veterans Activities      

Type: Policy                 Category: General                 Level: Community Care 

Parties: Community Care employees and contractees

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Supporting References:  HIPAA Privacy Rule Standard 164:512(k)1

Parent Effective Date Approval Level Revision Dates Last Reviewed
N/A  4-13-2003  Board    4-13-2003
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Policy:  Community Care may use and disclose the protected health information of individuals who are Armed Forces personnel for activities deemed necessary by appropriate military command authorities to assure the proper execution of the military mission, if the appropriate military authority has published by notice in the Federal Register the following information: Appropriate military command authorities and the purposes for which the protected health information may be used or disclosed. Community Care may use and disclose the protected health information of individuals who are foreign military personnel to their appropriate foreign military authority for the same purposes for which uses and disclosures are permitted for Armed Forces personnel under the notice published in the Federal Register.