Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA)

Our office fully complies with the regulations created as a result
of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This notice describes how health information about you
(as a patient of this practice) may be used and disclosed, and
how you can get access to your individually identifiable health information. We at Olney Dermatology Associates are dedicated
to maintaining the privacy of your individually identifiable health information (IIHI). In conduction of our business, we will create records regarding you and the treatment and services we provide
to you. We are required by law to maintain the confidentiality of health information that identifies you. We also are required by
law to provide you with this notice of our legal duties and the privacy practices that we maintain in our practice concerning your IIHI. By federal and state law, We must follow the terms of the notice of privacy practices that we have in effect at the time. We realize that these laws are complicated, but we must provide
you with the following important information:

How we may use and disclose your IHII.

Your privacy rights in your IIHI.

Our obligations concerning the use and disclosure of your IHII.

The terms of this notice apply to all records containing your IIHI
that are created or retained by our practice. We reserve the right
to revise or amend this Notice of Privacy Practices. Any revision
or amendment to this notice will be effective for all of your records that our practice has created or maintained in the past, and for any of your records that we may create or maintain in the future. Our practice will post a copy of your current Notice in our office in a visible location at all times, and you may request a copy of our most current Notice at any time.

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