Privacy Policy

- Notice of Privacy Practices -
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and
how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.

Federal law and regulations protect the confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse client
records maintained by ADSGC. Employees, present and past of ADSGC may not reveal to
anyone outside of our agency that a person is a client of ADSGC or disclose any
information that could identify a person as a client of ADSGC unless

• You authorize the disclosure in writing
• The disclosure is allowed by a court order
• The disclosure is made to medical personnel in a medical emergency or to
  qualified personnel for research, audit, or program evaluation.

Who Will Follow This Notice -
This notice describes ADSGC's practices and that of

• All departments of ADSGC
• All employees of ADSGC

• Make sure that information that identifies you is kept private
• Give you this notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to
  treatment information about you
• Follow the terms of the notice that is currently in effect

How We May Use and Disclose Information About You -

For treatment
• We may use information about you to provide you with treatment or services.
• We may disclose information about you to ADSGC personnel who have a need
  for the information in connection with their duties that arise out of the
  provision of diagnosis, treatment, or referral for treatment.

For health care operations

We may use and disclose information about you for ADSGC operations.
These uses and disclosures are necessary to run ADSGC and make sure that
all of our clients receive quality care.

Medical emergencies

Information may be disclosed to medical personnel who have a need for
information about you for the purpose of treating a condition which poses
an immediate threat to the health of any individual and which requires
immediate medical intervention.

Audit and evaluation

• Information may be disclosed for the purpose of audit or evaluation by any
  federal, state, of local government agency, which provides financial
  assistance to ADSGC or is authorized by law to regulate our activities.
  
• Information may also be disclosed for audit and evaluation purposes to a
  third party payer which covers our patients, to a peer review organization
  performing utilization or quality control review, or is determined by our
  program director to be qualified to conduct the audit or evaluation activities.

Child abuse or neglect

We may report any information about suspected child abuse or neglect to
appropriate state or local authorities.

Law enforcement

We may disclose information about you to law enforcement officers concerning
a crime committed on ADSGC premises or against any person who works for
ADSGC or a threat to commit such a crime.

Vital Statistics

We may disclose information about you relating to cause of death under laws
requiring the collection of death or other vital statistics or permitting inquiry
into the cause of death.

Subpoena and Court Order

If we receive a subpoena to disclose information about you, we will not do so
unless a court of competent jurisdictions enters an authorizing order. A court
order may authorize disclosure only if the court finds that the disclosure is
necessary.
• To protect against an existing threat to life or of serious bodily injury.
• To investigate or prosecute an extremely serious crime.
• In connection with litigation or an administrative proceeding in which
  you offer testimony or other evidence relating to the information.

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