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Effective Date of this Notice: April 14, 2003 NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES As Required by the Privacy Regulations Created as a Result of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU (AS A PATIENT OF THIS PRACTICE) MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED, AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY. A. OUR COMMITMENT TO YOUR PRIVACY Our practice is dedicated to maintaining the privacy of you protected health information (your health information). In conducting our business, we will create records regarding you and the treatment and services we provide to you. We are required by law to maintain the confidentiality of health information that identifies you. We also are required by law to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and the privacy practices that we maintain in our practice concerning your health information. By federal and state law, we must follow the terms of the notice of privacy practices that we have in effect at the time. We realize that these laws are complicated, but we must provide you with the following important information: The terms of this notice apply to all records containing your health information that are created or retained by our practices. We reserve the right to revise or amend this Notice of Privacy Practices. Any revision or amendment to this notice will be effective for all of your records that our practice has created or maintained in the past, and for any of your records that we may create or maintain in the future. Our practices will post a copy of our current Notice in our offices in a visible location at all times, and you may request a copy of our most current Notice at any time. B. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE, PLEASE CONTACT: Privacy Officer at 205-591-2169 C. WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR HEALTH INFORMATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS The following categories describe the different ways in which we may use and disclose your health information. 1. Treatment Our practices may use your health information to treat you. For example, we may ask you to have laboratory tests (such as blood, tissue or urine tests), and we may use the results to help us reach a diagnosis. We might use your health information in order to write a prescription for you, or we might disclose your health information to a pharmacy when we order a prescription for you. Many of the people who work for our practice - including, but not limited to, our doctors and nurses - may use or disclose your health information in order to treat you or assist others in your treatment. Additionally, we may also disclose your health information to other health care providers for purposes related to your treatment. 2. Payment Our practice may use and disclose your health information in order to bill and collect payment for the services and items you may receive from us.

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