Patient
Responsibility Statement
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I am between the
ages of 18 and 64.
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All of the answers
I provide are true, correct & complete to the best of my knowledge.
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I acknowledge that
online healthcare management is an emerging element of total
personal health care, and that, as such, I am assuming more
responsibility for my health care choices and decision-making than I
might otherwise have been asked to assume within the traditional
health care setting.
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I have reasonably &
diligently explored the various options regarding my health and
wellness goals, including information available on this website and
others, as well as other sources of credible health information, and
I am well informed.
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I am requesting
this medication solely for my therapeutic and medical needs, and
will not distribute to other people, even if their complaints,
symptoms or health goals are exactly like mine.
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I am participating
in this program at my own choice, at my own expense, and my own
liability, and I assume full responsibility for my participation.
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I am legally
entitled to use the credit card I have offered for payment of
professional services and products.
NOTICE
OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW HEALTH INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND
DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW
IT CAREFULLY.
This notice describes the privacy practices of our site. This company
and its staff have agreed to the terms of this Notice of Privacy
Practices.
This privacy notice and the privacy practices explained in this notice
notify you of our commitment to protecting private health information,
and permitting patients to exercise their rights concerning health
information. No legal relationship between these medical staff and
companies is created or implied for any other purpose.
Your health care information is your personal information. We know that
information about your medical history and your health care is private.
To process orders, we must create certain records which contain
information about your health. These records include questionnaires,
profiles, and billing records.
The law requires that we give you written notice of our privacy
practices, and requires that we follow the terms of our privacy notice
currently in effect. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes our
commitment and the commitment of our employees and contractors to the
protection and confidentiality of your health information. This notice
also describes your rights concerning your health information, including
your right to inspect and amend your health information. We are
committed to following the law which requires that protected health
information is kept private subject to legal requirements which
authorize or require its disclosure in limited circumstances.
How We May Use and Disclose
Health Information
Unless we have your written authorization, we will not use and disclose
your protected health information, except under the limited
circumstances explained below. We will not disclose protected health
information about you for any other reason without your written
authorization. If you give us an authorization permitting us to release
protected health information, you may revoke the authorization in
writing, except to the extent we have already disclosed information
pursuant to the authorization.
A. Health Information is Used
to Allow Us to Fill Your Orders. We may use or disclose
your protected health information for the purpose of providing treatment
to you through the filling of orders and allowing our staff to evaluate
whether our products are appropriate for you. For example, if you
request a product, a licensed physician will evaluate whether you meet
the criteria to receive that product based upon your health information
provided to the physician. The request for that product, along with
information you have provided concerning your health, will be provided
to a licensed pharmacy for the purpose of filling the order.
B. Limited Information is Used
to Obtain Payment for Product Orders. We obtain payment
for our services through your credit card company or through a check
processing service. The only information we share with your credit card
company or check processing service is your name, billing address and
phone number, and credit card number. For customers paying by check, we
also provide your checking account number to a check processing service.
We do not share any information with your credit card company or check
processing service which discloses the type of product dispensed to our
customers. All personal and credit card information is submitted using
Secure Encryption Technology.
C. Information May Be Used for
Health Care Operations. We may use or disclose health
care information for our operations. For example, we may use information
concerning your order to evaluate the quality of care and services our
staff is providing to you. Our site and affiliated websites, the
physicians, and pharmacies involved with your care may also disclose
health care information to each other as necessary to assist them with
providing treatment to you, operating their companies, or to obtain
payment.
D. Reorder Reminders and
Information about Treatment Alternatives. We may use
health care information to contact you by e-mail for the purpose of
reminding you of your ability to obtain reorders, or inform you about
treatment alternatives or other health related benefits and services
that may be of interest to you. Please advice our Privacy Officer by
e-mail or U.S. mail at the privacy contact
address described at the end of this Notice if you do not wish us to
contact you concerning reorder reminders, treatment alternatives, or
other health related benefits and services that may be of interest to
you.
E. Disclosures as Required by
Law. We may use or disclose protected health information
if required to do so by federal, state, or local law. The use or
disclosure will be made in compliance with the law, and will be limited
to the relevant requirements of the law. For example, we may be required
to disclose your health information in relation to cases of suspected
abuse, neglect, domestic violence or certain physical injuries, or to
respond to a subpoena, or order of a court or administrative tribunal.
F. Disclosures for Public
Health Activities. We may be required to disclose
protected health information for public health activities to a public
health authority authorized by law to collect or receive this
information, such as the Food and Drug Administration, for the purpose
of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability.
G. Disclosures to Coroners and
Medical Examiners. We may be required to disclose health
information about patients who have died to coroners and medical
examiners so they may carry out their duties, such as determining the
cause of death.
H. Disclosures Concerning Organ
Donors. If you are an organ donor, we may be asked to
disclose information concerning your health or products we have
dispensed to organ procurement organizations, eye banks, and other
similar organizations for the purpose of facilitating organ, eye or
tissue donation and transplantation.
I. Disclosures to Avert a
Serious Threat to Health. As required by law and
standards of ethical conduct, we are permitted to release your health
information to the proper authorities if we believe, in good faith, that
such release is necessary to prevent or minimize a serious and imminent
threat to your, the public's, or another individual's health or safety.
J. Disclosures for Health
Oversight Activities. We are permitted to disclose your
health information to a health oversight agency for monitoring and
oversight activities authorized by law. This might include release of
information to the state agency that licenses pharmacies for the purpose
of monitoring or inspecting pharmacies related to that license.
K. Disclosures for Workers
Compensation Purposes. We may be required to release
protected health information about you to the extent necessary to follow
the laws relating to workers compensation or other similar programs that
provide benefits for work related injuries or illness.
L. Disclosures to Business
Associates. We may request certain businesses to assist
us with our health care operations. In the event it is necessary to
disclose protected health information pertaining to our customers to
these business associates, we will enter into written contracts with
them requiring that they keep protected health information private and
secure.
Your Rights Pertaining to Your
Health Care Information
A. Right to Request
Confidential Communications. We intend to communicate
with our customers primarily by e-mail at the e-mail address which you
provided to us and to ship orders to the shipping address you have
provided. You have the right to request that we communicate with you in
a certain way or at a certain location. For example, you can ask that we
only contact you by
U.S. mail at a private post office
box. We will not ask you the reason for your request.
To request we communicate with you to a specific location, or in a
particular manner, please obtain our "Request for Communications via
Specific Means or at Alternative Locations" form by contacting our
Privacy Officer as described later in this Notice, and submit the
completed form to our Privacy Officer by e-mail or U.S. mail. We will
accommodate all reasonable requests.
B. Right to Request
Restrictions. You have the right to ask for restrictions
on how your health information is used or to whom your information is
disclosed, even if the restriction affects your treatment, our payment,
or health care operation activities. However, we are not required to
agree to your requested restriction and, even if we agree to the
requested restriction, we are permitted to use your information without
complying with the restriction if necessary to treat you in an emergency
situation.
To request a restriction, please obtain our "Request for Restrictions on
the Use and Disclosure of Health Information" form by contacting our
Privacy Officer as described later in this Notice, and submit the
completed form to our Privacy Officer by e-mail or U.S. mail.
C. Your Right to Inspect and
Obtain a Copy of Your Health Information. You have the
right to inspect and obtain a copy of health information that we
maintain about you. This includes order records and billing records. To
inspect or request a copy of your health information, please contact and
obtain our "Request to Copy or Inspect Records" form from our Privacy
Officer as described later in this Notice, and submit the completed form
to our Privacy Officer specifying the records you would like to inspect
or to have us copy for you. If you request a copy of the records, we may
charge a fee for the cost of copying, mailing, or services associated
with your request. In certain very limited circumstances, the law
provides that we may deny your request to inspect or copy these records.
If you are denied access to health information, you may request that the
denial be reviewed by a licensed health care professional chosen by us
who did not participate in the original decision to deny your access to
review your request and the reasons for the denial.
D. Your Right to Request an
Amendment to Your Health Information. If you believe the
health information within your medical record is incorrect, you may ask
us to amend the information. Please submit such requests in writing by
e-mail or U.S. mail to our
Privacy Officer at the address listed below, and include the requested
amendment along with a reason you believe your health information should
be amended. We are not required, however, to honor your request if we
did not create the information you are requesting be amended or if the
information in your record is correct. We will respond to your request
in writing within 60 days of the date of receipt of your written request
for amendment of your information, unless we advise you we require an
additional 30 days.
E. Right to an Accounting of
Disclosures. You have the right to request a list
accounting for any disclosures of your protected health information we
have made, except for uses and disclosures for a) treatment, payment,
and health care operations, b) disclosures to you, c) disclosures
pursuant to your authorization, and d) disclosures for certain other
limited reasons specified by law. To request a list of disclosures,
please contact our Privacy Officer by e-mail or
U.S. mail at the address listed
below, and obtain our "Request for an Accounting of Disclosures of
Protected Health Information" form, and submit the completed form to the
Privacy Officer. Your request must state a time period which may not be
longer than six years, and may not include dates before April 14, 2003.
The first list you request within a 12 month period will be free. For
additional lists, we may charge you for the costs of providing the list.
We will mail you a list of disclosures within 60 days of your request,
unless we advise you we require a period of up to an additional 30 days
to comply with your request.
F. Right to a Paper Copy of
this Notice. You have the right to obtain a paper copy
of this notice at any time. To obtain a paper copy, please request it
from our Privacy Officer at the address listed below. You may also view
and print a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices at our site.
G. Effective Date.
This revised Notice of Privacy Practices is effective on January 1,
2004, and pertains to all protected health information we maintain.
H. Changes to this Notice.
We reserve the right to change this notice, and we may make the revised
or changed notice effective for all protected health information we
already have about you as well as any information we receive in the
future. We will post a copy of the current notice on our website. The
notice will contain an effective date. In addition, each time you
request products from us, our current Notice of Privacy Practices will
be available to you. Our current Notice of Privacy Practices may be
viewed on our website or this website, and may be obtained by requesting
it by telephone, by e-mail, or in writing from our Privacy Officer.
I. Complaints.
We are committed to safeguarding your protected health information.
Despite our good faith efforts, questions, concerns, mistakes, and
misunderstandings may arise. If you have a concern or believe that we
may have violated your privacy rights, we encourage you to bring that to
our attention.
You may bring any complaints or concerns regarding your privacy rights
to our attention by calling
1-800-571-8037
and requesting to speak with our Privacy Officer or their authorized
representative. If you prefer, you may submit a complaint in writing to
our Privacy Officer. You also may complain to the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services or his or her authorized
representative if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.
We take all concerns and complaints very seriously and will investigate
each one promptly. If we made a mistake, we will do what we can to
correct it and take steps to prevent mistakes in the future. Under no
circumstances will we retaliate against you for expressing a concern or
filing a complaint relating to your privacy rights.
J. Privacy Officer and Privacy
Contact Person. If you have any questions about this
notice or wish to exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact
our site Privacy Officer, or their authorized representative.
K. Acknowledgment of Receipt of
this Notice. We will request you electronically
acknowledge you have received a copy of this notice when you first
request we provide services to you by checking a box acknowledging your
receipt of this Notice of Privacy Practices. Please check this box only
if you have received this Notice.
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