I have always considered this to mean that you did not necessarily need separate types of forms, but that certain authorizations must be limited to single purposes.
However, if only one authorization form is created, it has to be designed carefully to meet all the different types of situations applicable to your business. I suspect that entities will find a "generic" form will work for most disclosures, but that certain disclosures, if applicable (like where you are allowed to condition treatment/enrollment or where, in research, it is combined with other information) would need a special form because the language will be different from the general circumstances where you cannot condition treatment or where it is combined with other types of permission/information. lhc Leah Hole-Curry, JD FOX Systems, Inc. 602.708.1045 Information transmitted is confidential and may be proprietary to FOX Systems, Inc. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. Anyone else is prohibited from disclosing, copying, or disseminating the contents or attachments. If you receive this in error, please notify sender immediately, or us at www.foxsys.com and delete from your system. >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/17/03 06:40 AM >>> I realized that I may be confused over what it means to have a separate authorization. The privacy rules clearly state that a separate authorization is needed for psychotherapy disclosures, that you cannot combine an authorization for psychotherapy with an authorization for most other disclosures. I assumed that meant you actually had to draft a separate form for psychotherapy disclosures but someone recently pointed out to me that it meant you could use the same authorizations for all disclosures, as long you when you used it for disclosures for psychotherapy, it was just used for that purpose Thoughts? Also, the rules state that you cannot combine authorizations where the entity can condition treatment upon its signing (like disclosures to a third party) with disclosures that cannot be conditioned. I assumed that you again had to draft separate disclosures forms but am I mistaken? Jill Rubin, Esq. (617)388-2404 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org --- The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. These listservs should not be used for commercial marketing purposes or discussion of specific vendor products and services. They also are not intended to be used as a forum for personal disagreements or unprofessional communication at any time. You are currently subscribed to wedi-privacy as: archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe from this list, go to the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org or send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you need to unsubscribe but your current email address is not the same as the address subscribed to the list, please use the Subscribe/Unsubscribe form at http://subscribe.wedi.org
