Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances:
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. We may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: Child Abuse – If we have reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect, we must immediately report this to the appropriate authorities. Adult and Domestic Abuse – If we have reasonable cause to believe that an at-risk adult has been mistreated, self-neglected, or financially exploited and is at imminent risk of mistreatment, self-neglect, or financial exploitation, then we must report this belief to the appropriate authorities.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: Child Abuse: If I have reasonable cause, on the basis of my professional judgment, to suspect abuse of children with whom I come into contact in my professional capacity, I am required by law to report this to the Administration for Children’s Services. Adult and Domestic Abuse: If I have reasonable cause to believe that an older adult is in need of protective services (regarding abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment), I may report such to the local agency which provides protective services. Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made about the professional services I provided you or the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and I will not release the information without your written consent, or a court order. The privilege does not apply when you are being evaluated for a third party or where the evaluation is court ordered. You will be informed in advance if this is the case. Serious threat to Health or Safety: If you express a serious threat, or intent to kill or seriously injure an identified or readily identifiable person or group of people, and I determine that you are likely to carry out the threat. I must take reasonable measures to prevent harm. Reasonable measures may include directly advising the potential victim of the threat or intent.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: • Child Abuse – If I have reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused, I must report that belief to the appropriate authority. • Adult and Domestic Abuse – If I have reasonable cause to believe that a disabled adult or elder person has had a physical injury or injuries inflicted upon such disabled adult or elder person, other than by accidental means, or has been neglected or exploited, I must report that belief to the appropriate authority.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: • Child Abuse – I am required to report PHI to the appropriate authorities when I have reasonable grounds to believe that a minor is or has been the victim of neglect or physical and/or sexual abuse. • Adult and Domestic Abuse – If I have the responsibility for the care of an incapacitated or vulnerable adult, I am required to disclose PHI when I have a reasonable basis to believe that abuse or neglect of the adult has occurred or that exploitation of the adult's property has occurred.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: • Child Abuse – If I know or suspect that a child is abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent, legal guardian, caregiver, or other person, the law requires that I report such knowledge or suspicion to a duly constituted authority. • Adult and Domestic Abuse – If I have reasonable cause to believe an adult, who is unable to take care of himself or herself, has been or is being subjected to physical abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse, I must report this belief to the appropriate authorities.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: • Child Abuse: Whenever I, in my professional capacity, have knowledge of or observe a child I know or reasonably suspect, has been the victim of child abuse or neglect, I must immediately report such to child protective services. Also, if I have knowledge of or reasonably suspect that mental suffering has been inflicted upon a child or that his or her emotional well-being is endangered in any other way, I may report such to the above agencies. • Adult and Domestic Abuse: If I, in my professional capacity, have observed or have knowledge of an incident that reasonably appears to be physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, isolation, financial abuse or neglect of an elder or dependent adult, or if I am told by an elder or dependent adult that he or she has experienced these or if I reasonably suspect such, I must report the known or suspected abuse immediately to the adult protective services agency or the local law enforcement agency. I do not have to report such an incident if:
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. I may use or disclose your PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances. If any of these situations arise, whenever possible, I will make every efort to discuss it with you before taking action, and I will limit my disclosures to what is minimally necessary. Child Abuse: If I have reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused, I may be required to report the abuse and turn over PHI. Regardless of whether I am required to disclose PHI, I have an ethical obligation to prevent harm to my patients and others. I will use my professional judgment to determine whether it is appropriate to disclose PHI. Abuse of Mentally Ill or Developmentally Disabled Adults: If I have reasonable cause to believe that a mentally ill or developmentally disabled adult has been abused, I may be required to report the abuse and turn over PHI. Regardless of whether I am required to disclose PHI, I also have an ethical obligation to prevent harm to my patients and others. I will use my professional judgment to determine whether it is appropriate to disclose PHI. Other Abuse: If I have reasonable cause to believe that other forms of abuse have occurred, I may have an ethical obligation to disclose PHI in order to prevent harm to my patients and others. I will use my professional judgment to determine whether it is appropriate to disclose PHI.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. A therapist may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: • Child Abuse: Whenever a therapist, in his or her professional capacity, has knowledge of or observe a child he or she knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect, he or she must immediately report such to a police department, sheriff’s department, county probation department, or county welfare department. Also, if a therapist has knowledge of or reasonably suspects that mental suffering has been inflicted upon a child or that his or her emotional well-being is endangered in any other way, the therapist may report such to the above agencies.
Uses and Disclosures with Neither Consent nor Authorization. BCS may use or disclose PHI without your consent or authorization in the following circumstances: • Child Abuse – When the therapist has reasonable cause to believe that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect, or if the therapist observes a child being subjected to conditions which would reasonably result in abuse or neglect, the therapist must report this to the proper law enforcement agency or to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services. • Adult and Domestic Abuse – When the therapist has reasonable cause to believe that a vulnerable adult has been subjected to abuse or if the therapist observes such an adult being subjected to conditions which would reasonably result in abuse, the therapist must report this to the appropriate law enforcement agency or the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services.
