Common use of Uses and Disclosures Requiring Authorizations or Opportunity to Agree or Disagree Prior to the Use or Release Clause in Contracts

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Authorizations or Opportunity to Agree or Disagree Prior to the Use or Release. If you authorize in writing the Company to use or disclose your own PHI, the Company may proceed with such use or disclosure without meeting any other requirements and the use or disclosure shall be consistent with the authorization. Disclosure of your PHI to family members, other relatives or your close personal friends is allowed if: • The information is directly relevant to the family or friend's involvement with your care or payment for that care; and • You have either agreed to the disclosure or have been given an opportunity to object and have not objected.