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Privacy Practices for Protected Health Information(PHI)

TCHD has posted notices that describe how health care information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review these notices carefully.

 
Purpose of the Notices: Tompkins County Health Department (TCHD) is required by law to maintain privacy of certain confidential health information, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), and to provide you with a notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to your PHI. TCHD is also required to abide by the terms of the version of these Notices currently in effect.

All employees, staff, students, volunteers and other personnel whose work is under the direct control of TCHD must abide by these Notices.

Notice Of Privacy Practices
Effective May 23, 2007

Home Health Care Services and Community Health Services

Download this notice in letter format (PDF, 38K)
Download this notice in a 3-fold brochure format (PDF, 80K)

Notice Of Privacy Practices
Effective November 10, 2004

Immunization Services

View this notice as a web page
Download this notice as a pdf file (143K)

 

updated: January 26, 2010