The following is an accounting of the ways that JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. is permitted, by law, to use and disclose your PHI.
   •   Uses and disclosures of PHI for Treatment: We will use the PHI that we receive from you to fill your prescription and coordinate or manage your health care.
   •   Uses and disclosures of PHI for Payment: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. will disclose your PHI to obtain payment or reimbursement from insurers for your health care              services.
   •   Uses and disclosures of PHI for Health Care Operations: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use the minimum necessary amount of your PHI to conduct quality                          assessments, improvement activities, and evaluate JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. workforce.
The following is an accounting of additional ways in which JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. is permitted or required to use or disclose PHI about you without your written authorization.
   •   Uses and disclosures as required by law: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. is required to use or disclose PHI about you as required and as limited by law.
   •   Uses and disclosure for Public Health Activities: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use or disclose PHI about you to a public health authority that is authorized by law              to  collect for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability. This includes the FDA so that it may monitor any adverse effects of drugs,                    foods, nutritional supplements and other products as required by law.
   •   Uses and disclosure about victims of abuse, neglect or domestic violence: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use or disclose PHI about you to a government authority if          it is reasonably believed you are a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic violence.
   •   Uses and disclosures for health oversight activities: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use or disclose PHI about you to a health oversight agency for oversight                        activities which may include audits, investigations, inspections as necessary for licensure, compliance with civil laws, or other activities the health oversight                    agency is authorized by law to conduct.
   •   Disclosures for judicial and administrative proceedings: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may disclose PHI about you in the course of any judicial or administrative                        proceedings, provided that proper documentation is presented to JTJ Medical Supply, Inc.
   •   Disclosures for law enforcement purposes: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may disclose PHI about you to law enforcement officials for authorized purposes as required            by law or in response to a court order or subpoena.
   •   Uses and disclosures about the deceased: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may disclose PHI about a deceased, or prior to, and in reasonable anticipation of an individual’s          death, to coroners, medical examiners, and funeral directors.
   •   Uses and disclosures for cadaveric organ, eye or tissue donation purposes: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use and disclose PHI for the purpose of procurement,                banking, or transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissues for donation purposes.
   •   Uses and disclosures for research purposes: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use and disclose PHI about you for research purposes with a valid waiver of                                authorization approved by an institutional review board or a privacy board. Otherwise, JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. will request a signed authorization by the individual          for all other research purposes.
   •   Uses and disclosures to avert a serious threat to health or safety: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use or disclose PHI about you, if it believed in good faith, and is                consistent with any applicable law and standards of ethical conduct, to avert a serious threat to health or safety.
   •   Uses and disclosures for specialized government functions: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may use or disclose PHI about you for specialized government functions                  including; military and veteran’s activities, national security and intelligence, protective services, department of state functions, and correctional institutions and              law enforcement custodial situations.
   •   Disclosure for workers’ compensation: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may disclose PHI about you as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with workers’            compensation laws or programs established by law.
   •   Disclosures for disaster relief purposes: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may disclose PHI about you as authorized by law to a public or private entity to assist in disaster          relief efforts.
   •   Disclosures to business associates: JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. may disclose PHI about you to JTJ Medical Supply, Inc.’s business associates for services that they              may provide to or for JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. to assist JTJ Medical Supply, Inc. to provide quality health care. To ensure the privacy of your PHI, we require all                  business associates to apply appropriate safeguards to any PHI they receive or create.