Privacy Policy

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NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

We make a record of the services we provide. The record is the property of the agency.

HOW WE MAY USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

For Program Services. We use information about you to provide your services. We may disclose information to our employees and others who are involved in providing your services.

For Program Operations. We may use and disclose information about you to review and improve the quality of services we provide, or the competence and qualifications of our professional staff.

Appointment Reminders. We may use and disclose information to contact and remind you about appointments. We may phone your home. If you are not home, we may leave the date and time of your appointment on your answering machine or in a message left with the person answering the phone. We may phone the individuals you indicated on your contact sheet if we are unable to contact you after several attempts.

Sign-in Sheet. We may use information about you by having you sign in when you arrive at our office. We may also call out your name when we are ready to see you.

Emergency Notification and Communication with Family. We may disclose information to notify or assist in notifying a family member, your personal representative, or another person responsible for your care about your location, your general condition, or in the event of your death. In the event of a disaster, we may disclose information to a relief organization so they may coordinate these notification efforts. We may also disclose information to someone who is involved with your care. If you are able and available to agree or object, we will give you the opportunity to object prior to making these disclosures, although we may disclose information in a disaster even over your objection if we believe it is necessary to respond to the emergency circumstances. If you are unable and unavailable to agree or object, our professionals will use their best judgment in communication with your family and others.

Required by Law. We may use and disclose information about you as required by law. For example, in certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose information for the following purposes:

  • To report information related to victims of abuse, neglect or domestic violence;
  • To assist law enforcement officials in their duties;
  • To respond to judicial and administrative proceedings or, in the course of judicial proceedings, if you have waived your rights to confidentiality under Oklahoma law; and,
  • To help oversight agencies during the course of audits, investigations, inspections, licensure, and other proceedings, subject to the limitations imposed by federal and Oklahoma law.

Lawsuits and Disputes. If you are involved in a lawsuit or a dispute, we may disclose information about you in response to a court or administrative order. We may also disclose information about you in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawsuit process by someone else involved in the dispute, but only if efforts have been made to tell you about the request or to obtain an order protecting the information requested.

Marketing. We will not use or disclose your information for marketing purposes without your written authorization.

Research. We may use your information for research purposes but this would not occur without your written permission.

WHEN WE MAY NOT USE OR DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

Except as described in this Notice of Privacy Practices, Family Expectations will not use or disclose information that identifies you without your written authorization. If you do authorize this Family Expectations to use or disclose your information for another purpose, you may revoke your authorization in writing at any time. Because your information is part of a couple record we can only disclose at your request