Carteret Family Practice and Med Center One Duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information and to provide you with this notice of privacy practices.

We also are required to abide by the privacy policies and practices that are outlined in this notice.

Right to Revise Privacy Practices

As permitted by law, we reserve the right to amend or modify our privacy policies and practices. These changes in our policies and practices may be required by changes in federal and state laws and regulation. Upon request, we will provide you with the most recently revised notice on any office visit. The revised policies and practices will be applied to all protected health information we maintain.

Requests to Inspect Protected Health Information

You may generally inspect or copy the protected health information that we maintain. As permitted by federal regulations, we require that requests to inspect or copy protected health information be submitted in writing. You may obtain a form to request access to your records by contacting our receptionist. Your request will be reviewed and will generally be approved unless there are legal or medical reasons to deny the request.

Complaints

If you would like to submit a comment or complaint about our privacy practices, you can do so by sending a letter outlining your concerns to: Tara-Dawn Tootle, HIPPA Administrator
Carteret Family Practice/Med Center One
208-A Penny Lane
Morehead City, NC 28557

If you believe that your privacy rights have been violated, you should call the matter to our attention by sending a letter describing the cause of you concern to the same address. You will not be penalized or otherwise retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Contact Person

The name and address of the person you may contact for further information concerning our privacy policy is
Tara-Dawn Tootle, HIPPA Administrator
Carteret Family Practice/Med Center One
208-A Penny Lane
Morehead City, NC 28557

Effective Date

This notice is effective on or after April 14, 2003