NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
Protecting your privacy is very important to Physician's Automated Laboratory, Inc. The physicians, management and employees are committed to strict adherence to the federal HIPAA Privacy regulations and applicable State of California regulations. To this end, every employee at Physician's Automated Laboratory, Inc. strictly adheres to the following practices.
- All Protected Health Information received by Physician's Automated Laboratory, Inc.is treated with strict confidentiality.
- All Physician's Automated Laboratory, Inc. employees follow practices designed to maintain the security of Protected Health Information.
- Without the consent of the patient, no Physician's Automated Laboratory, Inc. employee will release Protected Health Information for purposes other than treatment, payment, or health care operations except when legally required to.
- All Physician's Automated Laboratory, Inc. employees receive training in confidentiality and HIPAA Privacy regulations as part of their initial orientation and receive HIPAA awareness training annually.
If a situation occurs where you feel confidentiality has been compromised, it is requested that you contact the Physicians Automated Laboratory, Inc. Privacy Officer or the Physicians Automated Laboratory, Inc. Chief Executive Officer. There will be no retaliation against any patient for inquiring as to the use of their Protected Health Information. |
