Health Oversight definition

Health Oversight means oversight of the health care system for activities authorized by law, limited to the following:
Health Oversight. If the Washington Examining Board of Psychology subpoenas me as part of its investiga- tions, hearings or proceedings related to the discipline, issuance or denial of licensure of state licensed psycholo- gists, I must comply with its orders. This could include disclosing your relevant mental health information. • Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information about the professional service that I have provided to you and the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and I will not release information without the written authorization of you or your legal representative, or a subpoena of which you have been properly notified and you have failed to inform me that you are opposing the subpoena, 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: I may disclose your confidential mental health information to any per- son without authorization if I reasonably believe that disclosure will avoid or minimize imminent danger to your health or safety, or the health or safety of any other individual.
Health Oversight. If a complaint is filed against us with the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, Licensed Professional Counselors or Social Workers, they have the authority to subpoena confidential mental health information from us relevant to that complaint. • Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information about your diagnosis and treatment and the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and we will not release information, without written authorization from you or your personal or legally appointed representative, 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.

Examples of Health Oversight in a sentence

  • Health Oversight Activities: PHI may be disclosed to government agencies conducting health oversight activities.


More Definitions of Health Oversight

Health Oversight. We may disclose protected health information to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, and inspections. Oversight agencies seeking this information include government agencies that oversee the health care system, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs and civil rights laws. Abuse or Neglect: We may disclose your protected health information to a public health authority that is authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect. In addition, we may disclose your protected health information if we believe that you have been a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence to the governmental entity or agency authorized to receive such information. In this case, the disclosure will be made consistent with the requirements of applicable federal and state laws.
Health Oversight. We may disclose protected health information to the federal Department of Health and Human Services or another health oversight agency for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, and inspections or to investigate or determine our compliance with federal privacy regulations. Oversight agencies seeking this information include government agencies that oversee the healthcare system, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs and civil rights laws.
Health Oversight. If the Washington Examining Board of Psychology subpoenas me as part of its investiga- tions, hearings or proceedings related to the discipline, issuance or denial of licensure of state licensed psycholo- gists, I must comply with its orders. This could include disclosing your relevant mental health information. • Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information about the professional service that I have provided to you and the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and I will not release information without the written authorization of you or your legal representative, or a subpoena of which you have been properly notified and you have failed to inform me that you are opposing the subpoena, 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: I may disclose your confidential mental health information to any per- son without authorization if I reasonably believe that disclosure will avoid or minimize imminent danger to your health or safety, or the health or safety of any other individual. • Worker’s compensation: If you file a worker’s compensation claim, with certain exceptions, I must make available, at any stage of the proceedings, all mental health information in my possession relevant to that particu- lar injury in the opinion of the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, to your employer, your repre- sentative, and the Department of Labor and Industries upon request.
Health Oversight. If we receive a subpoena for records from the Board of Psychological Examiners in relation to a disciplinary action, we must submit such records to the Board. • Judicial or administrative proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information about the professional services that we have provided you and/or the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and we must not release this information without written authorization from you or your legally appointed representative, or a court order. This privilege does not apply when you are being evaluated for a third party or where the evaluation is court ordered. We will inform you in advance if this is the case. • Serious Threat to Health or Safety: If we know that you pose a serious risk of danger to an identifiable victim, we are required by law to exercise reasonable care to protect such victim. This may include disclosing your relevant confidential information to those people necessary to address the problem. Also, we may disclose your confidential information if we judge disclosure is necessary to protect against a clear and substantial risk of imminent serious harm being inflicted by you on yourself or another person. • When the use and disclosure without your consent or authorization is allowed under other sections of Section 164.512 of the Privacy Rule and the state’s confidentiality law. This includes certain narrowly-defined disclosures to law enforcement agencies, to a health oversight agency (such as HHS or a state department of health), to a coroner or medical examiner, for public health purposes relating to disease or FDA-regulated products, or for specialized government functions such as fitness for military duties, eligibility for VA benefits, and national security and intelligence.
Health Oversight. The Oregon State Board of Licensed Professional Counselors may subpoena relevant records from me should I be the subject of a complaint. • Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: Your PHI may become subject to disclosure if any of the following occur: If you become involved in a lawsuit, and your mental or emotional condition is an element of your claim, or a court orders your PHI to be released, or orders your mental evaluation.
Health Oversight. The Oregon State Board of Psychologist Examiners or the Oregon State of Licensed Professional Counselors may subpoena relevant records from us should we be the subject of a complaint.  Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information about your evaluation, diagnosis and treatment and the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and we must not release your information without written authorization by you or your personal or legally-appointed representative, or a court order. This 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: We may disclose confidential information when we judge that disclosure is necessary to protect against a clear and substantial risk of imminent serious harm being inflicted by you on yourself or another person. We must limit disclosure of the otherwise confidential information to only those persons and only that content which would be consistent with the standards of the profession in addressing such problems.  Worker’s Compensation: If you file a worker’s compensation claim, this constitutes authorization for us to release your relevant mental health records to involved parties and officials. This would include a past history of complaints or treatment of a condition similar to that in the complaint.
Health Oversight. The Virginia Board of Psychology has the power, when necessary, to subpoena relevant records should we be the focus of an inquiry. Judicial or Administrative Proceedings: If you are involved in a court proceeding and a request is made for information about your diagnosis and treatment and the records thereof, such information is privileged under state law, and we will not release such information without the written authorization of you or your legal representative, or a subpoena (of which you have been served, along with the proper notice required by state law). However, if you move to quash (block) the subpoena, we are required to place said records in a sealed envelope and provide them to the clerk of court of the appropriate jurisdiction so that the court can determine whether the records should be released. 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 we are engaged in our professional duties and you communicate to me a specific and immediate threat to cause serious bodily injury or death, to an identified or to an identifiable person, and we believe you have the intent and ability to carry out that threat immediately or imminently, we must take steps to protect third parties. These precautions may include (1) warning the potential victim(s), or the parent or guardian of the potential victim(s), if under 18; or (2) notifying a law enforcement officer.