Privacy Policy

The Christian County Health Department strives to follow local, state and federal regulations to protect individual privacy and protected health information (PHI).

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Without individual authorization, the Health Department may disclose PHI to a public health authority* that is legally authorized to collect or receive the information for the purposes of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability including, but not limited to

• reporting of disease, injury, and vital events (e.g., birth or death); and

• conducting public health surveillance, investigations, and interventions. PHI may also be disclosed without individual authorization to

• report child abuse or neglect to a public health or other government authority legally authorized to receive such reports;

• a person subject to jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning the quality, safety, or effectiveness of an FDA-related product or activity for which that person has responsibility;

• a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may be at risk for contracting or spreading a disease or condition, when legally authorized to notify the person as necessary to conduct a public health intervention or investigation; and

• an individual’s employer, under certain circumstances and conditions, as needed for the employer to meet the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, or a similar state law.

 

Source: CDC. Adapted from [45 CFR § 164.512(b)].

 

* Or to an entity working under a grant of authority from a public health authority, or when directed by a public health authority, to a foreign government agency that is acting in collaboration with a public health authority.