Privacy, HIPAA, and 42 CFR Part 2
How your information is handled — and the extra protection that applies specifically to substance use treatment records.
Template pending legal review. This page describes the practice's intended privacy posture. Have it reviewed by healthcare counsel before relying on it as your Notice of Privacy Practices.
What this website collects
This site does not ask for or store medical information. It uses Google Analytics to count visits and understand which pages people find useful. That analytics data includes things like page views, approximate region, and referring source — not your name, and not any clinical information.
When you tap "check availability," you're handed off to our scheduling system (SimplePractice), which is a HIPAA-covered platform operating under a business associate agreement. Information you enter there is governed by that system's protections, not by this marketing site.
HIPAA
As a healthcare provider, this practice is a HIPAA covered entity. Your protected health information is used to provide and coordinate your care, to bill your insurance, and for required healthcare operations. It is not sold, and it is not used for advertising.
42 CFR Part 2 — extra protection for substance use records
Records of substance use disorder treatment receive protection under federal regulation 42 CFR Part 2 that goes beyond ordinary HIPAA. In practical terms, this means information identifying you as a person receiving substance use treatment generally cannot be disclosed without your specific written consent — including to family members, employers, or law enforcement — and there are narrow, defined exceptions such as a medical emergency or a court order meeting specific requirements.
You can revoke a consent you previously gave, in writing, at any time.
Your rights
- Get a copy of your records
- Ask for corrections to your records
- Get an accounting of certain disclosures
- Request confidential communication through a specific channel
- File a complaint — with the practice, or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights — without retaliation
Non-discrimination
This practice does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or source of payment. If you need an accommodation or language assistance to participate in a visit, tell us and we will arrange it at no cost to you.
Contact
Questions about privacy: contact@virtualaddictionmedicine.com. Please do not include clinical details in email.
Ready when you are
Same-day appointments are available. Every visit is 100% virtual — one video call is all it takes to get started.
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