At Bio-Chem Technology Laboratory Inc, we are committed to treating and using protected health information about you responsibly and protecting your privacy is important to us. This Notice of Health Information Practices describes the personal information we collect, and how, when we use or disclose that information. It also describes your rights as they relate to your protected health information. This Notice is effective today and applies to all protected health information as defined by federal regulations.

Each time when we receive specimen along with the requisition form from your physician or your visit to Bio-Chem on the advise of your physician a record is made. This record contains your name, address, S/S# Health Insurance ID#..etc. We at Bio-Chem Tech Lab, run the tests of your specimen according to the request of your physician. The results of the lab tests are kept secure and access to these results is only by authorized persons. It is their responsibility to send these results to your physician who needs this lab report for treatment and can plan future care.

Although your health record is the physical property of Bio-Chem Technology Laboratory Inc, the information belongs to you. You have the right to:

Request a restriction on certain uses and disclosures of your information as provided by 45 CFR 164.522, and
Revoke your authorization to use or disclose health information except to the extent that action has already been taken.

Bio-Chem Technology Lab, Inc. is required to:

We reserve the right to change our practices and to make the new provisions effective for all protected health information we maintain. Should our information practices change, we will mail a revised notice to the address you've supplied us, or if you agree, we will email the revised notice to you.

We will not use or disclose your health information without your authorization, except as described in this notice. We will also discontinue to use or disclose your health information after we have received a written revocation of the authorization according to the procedures included in the authorization.

If have questions and would like additional information, you may contact the practice's Privacy Officer, at 718-548-4811

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you can file a complaint with the practice’s Privacy Officer, or with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. There will be no retaliation for filing a complaint with either the Privacy Officer or the Office for Civil Rights. The address for the OCR is listed below:

Office for Civil Rights
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
200 Independence Avenue, S.W. 
Room 509F, HHH Building 
Washington, D.C. 20201