HIPAA
Notice of Privacy Practices
Effective date: August 19, 2026
This Notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Who we are
Clarity Psychiatry PLLC, doing business as Clarity Access Psychiatry, is a licensed psychiatric practice in the state of Arizona. This Notice applies to all protected health information (PHI) created or received by Clarity Access Psychiatry in the course of providing psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and related telehealth services.
Our duties
- We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information.
- We are required to provide you with this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices.
- We are required to follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect.
- We reserve the right to change our privacy practices and to make the new practices effective for all protected health information we maintain. If we make a material change, we will make the revised Notice available upon request and post it on our website.
How we may use and disclose your health information
The following describes the ways we may use and disclose your protected health information. Not every use or disclosure in a category will be listed, but all of the ways we are permitted to use and disclose information will fall within one of the following categories.
Treatment
We may use and disclose your health information to provide, coordinate, or manage your psychiatric care and any related services. For example, we may share information with other treating providers — such as your primary care provider, therapist, or other members of your care team — as needed to coordinate your treatment.
Payment
We may use and disclose your health information to obtain payment for the services we provide. For example, we may submit claims to AHCCCS or other insurers and include information about the services you received.
Health care operations
We may use and disclose your health information for our internal operations, including quality assessment, training, compliance activities, and business management. For example, we may review records to evaluate the quality of care provided.
As required by law
We will disclose your health information when required to do so by federal, state, or local law, including reporting requirements and court orders.
Public health activities
We may disclose your health information for public health activities, including reporting communicable diseases, adverse events, or other information to public health authorities as required or permitted by law.
Health oversight activities
We may disclose your health information to health oversight agencies for activities authorized by law, such as audits, investigations, and inspections.
Serious threat to health or safety
We may use or disclose your health information when necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public, consistent with applicable law and ethical standards.
Judicial and administrative proceedings
We may disclose your health information in response to a court or administrative order, subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process.
Law enforcement
We may disclose your health information to law enforcement officials for limited purposes as permitted or required by law.
Decedents
We may disclose health information to a coroner, medical examiner, or funeral director as authorized by law.
Workers' compensation
We may disclose your health information as authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with workers' compensation laws.
Uses and disclosures requiring your authorization
Other uses and disclosures of your health information not described in this Notice will be made only with your written authorization. This includes, but is not limited to, most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes, uses and disclosures of your health information for marketing purposes, and the sale of your health information. You may revoke any authorization you provide to us at any time, in writing, except to the extent that we have already taken action in reliance on that authorization.
Special protections for mental health information
Arizona law and federal law provide additional protections for mental health and substance use disorder records. In general, we will not disclose your mental health information without your written authorization except as required by law, as necessary to prevent a serious and imminent threat to health or safety, or as otherwise permitted under applicable state and federal law. Psychotherapy notes receive the highest level of protection and will not be disclosed without your specific written authorization except in very limited circumstances.
Your rights regarding your health information
Right to inspect and copy
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of your health information that we use to make decisions about your care. To request access, submit a written request to us. We may charge a reasonable fee for copying and mailing. We may deny your request in limited circumstances.
Right to request an amendment
If you believe that health information we have about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may ask us to amend the information. You have the right to request an amendment for as long as we maintain the information. We may deny your request under certain circumstances.
Right to an accounting of disclosures
You have the right to request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your health information. This right applies to disclosures made for purposes other than treatment, payment, or health care operations, and certain other exceptions.
Right to request restrictions
You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the health information we use or disclose about you for treatment, payment, or health care operations. We are not required to agree to your request except in limited circumstances required by law. If we agree, we will comply with your request unless the information is needed to provide you emergency treatment.
Right to request confidential communications
You have the right to request that we communicate with you about your health information in a certain way or at a certain location. For example, you may ask that we contact you only by phone or only at a specific number. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
Right to a paper copy of this Notice
You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive it electronically. To obtain a paper copy, contact us using the information below.
Right to be notified of a breach
You have the right to be notified in the event of a breach of your unsecured protected health information, as required by law.
How to file a complaint
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with us or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. To file a complaint with us, contact us using the information below. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Contact us
To exercise any of your rights, submit a request, or ask questions about this Notice, please contact us:
Clarity Psychiatry PLLC
Clarity Access Psychiatry
Please allow up to 30 days for a response to written requests.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
You may also file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS Office for Civil Rights — file a complaintChanges to this Notice
We reserve the right to change this Notice at any time. We reserve the right to make the revised or changed Notice effective for health information we already have about you as well as any information we receive in the future. We will post the current Notice on our website and make it available upon request.