CONFIDENTIALITY

Services at Greene County Family Planning are confidential as described in the Program Guidelines for Project Grants for Family Planning Services,United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Public Health and Science, Office of Population Affairs, Office of Family Planning, 4350 East West Highway, Suite 200, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, January 2001:

 “Every project must assure client confidentiality and provide safeguards for individuals against the invasion of personal privacy, as required by the Privacy Act.  No information obtained by the project staff about individuals receiving services may be disclosed without the individual's written consent, except as required by law or as necessary to provide services to the individual, with appropriate safeguards for confidentiality.   Information may otherwise be disclosed only in summary, statistical, or other form that does not identify the individual [59.11].”