Patient Permission Before Access Sample Clauses

Patient Permission Before Access. Unless necessary for treatment, User for itself and on behalf of the User Personnel agrees not to examine patient communicable disease information, genetic testing information, drug and alcohol abuse treatment information, and mental health information without having secured patient permission required by SVHC policies or applicable laws or regulations. Any information obtained from the EMR to which User Personnel have access is confidential and must not be disclosed to others unless the patient or his/her authorized representative explicitly consents to such disclosure and the consent is duly documented. In the event that information released is protected by Federal Confidentiality of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient Records regulations, the parties agrees that any such information has been disclosed from records protected by Federal confidentiality rules (42 CFR Part 2) (the “Federal Rules”). The Federal Rules prohibit making any further disclosure of this information unless further disclosure is expressly permitted by 42 CFR Part 2. A general authorization for the release of medical or other information is NOT sufficient for this purpose. The Federal Rules restrict any use of the information to criminally investigate or prosecute any alcohol or drug abuse patient. The User and User Personnel shall comply with such restrictions.