NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how your protected health information may be used and disclosed and explains your rights regarding your health information. This Notice applies to protected health information maintained by Bae Beauty Aesthetics as permitted under applicable federal and Washington State law.

We may use or disclose your protected health information as permitted or required by law for purposes including providing, coordinating, and managing your healthcare and aesthetic services; communicating with you regarding appointments and treatment; obtaining payment for services; conducting healthcare operations; maintaining treatment records; quality improvement; administrative activities; complying with legal requirements; public health activities when legally permitted; responding to certain legal proceedings or lawful requests; preventing serious threats to health or safety when permitted by law; and other purposes permitted under HIPAA and applicable law. Other uses or disclosures not described in this Notice may require your written authorization when required by law.

We may use and disclose health information to provide and coordinate your treatment and to communicate with healthcare professionals or other individuals involved in your care when permitted by law.

We may use and disclose health information as necessary to obtain payment for services provided to you, including communicating with payment processors or other entities involved in payment activities as permitted by law.

We may use and disclose health information for healthcare operations, including administrative activities, quality assessment, patient safety, business management, compliance, training, and other activities permitted by applicable law.

You generally have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of certain protected health information, request amendments to certain information, request restrictions on certain uses or disclosures, request confidential communications, receive an accounting of certain disclosures, and receive a paper or electronic copy of this Notice of Privacy Practices. Certain rights are subject to limitations and exceptions under applicable law.

If you have questions regarding your privacy rights or wish to make a request concerning your protected health information, please contact Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC using the contact information provided on our website. We may require requests to be submitted in writing and may take reasonable steps to verify your identity.

Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC reserves the right to change this Notice of Privacy Practices. Any revised Notice will be made available as required by law and will include a revised effective date.

You have the right to submit a privacy complaint without fear of retaliation. Complaints may be submitted to Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC using the contact information provided on our website. You may also have the right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. We will not retaliate against you for filing a privacy complaint.

Patients may be asked to electronically acknowledge that they have received or been provided access to this Notice of Privacy Practices. An acknowledgment confirms receipt of the Notice and does not constitute consent to treatment or authorize uses or disclosures beyond those permitted by applicable law.

Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC is committed to protecting consumer health data in accordance with applicable Washington State law, including the Washington My Health My Data Act. This Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy explains the categories of consumer health data Bae Beauty Aesthetics may collect, the purposes for which such information may be used, the sources from which it may be collected, the categories of third parties with whom it may be shared, and certain rights available to Washington consumers.

Depending on the services you request or receive, consumer health data may include information relating to your health history, medical conditions, symptoms, medications, allergies, treatment history, aesthetic concerns, procedures requested or received, pregnancy or breastfeeding status, reproductive or fertility-related information voluntarily disclosed to us, photographs or other information used in connection with health-related services, and information that identifies or is reasonably linkable to an individual seeking or receiving healthcare or aesthetic services.

Consumer health data may be collected directly from you through online forms, appointment requests, electronic intake forms, consultations, communications, treatment records, photographs, or other information you voluntarily provide. We may also receive information from healthcare providers, service providers, or other sources when permitted by applicable law and reasonably necessary to provide requested services or operate our practice.

Bae Beauty Aesthetics may collect and use consumer health data when reasonably necessary to provide requested services, conduct consultations and evaluations, determine treatment suitability, create and maintain treatment records, document procedures, communicate with patients, schedule appointments and follow-up care, process payments, administer requested services, maintain patient and practice safety, comply with legal obligations, and perform other activities permitted by applicable law.

Consumer health data may be shared with service providers and other parties when reasonably necessary to provide requested services, operate our practice, maintain records, process payments, schedule appointments, provide communications, maintain technology systems, comply with legal requirements, or otherwise as permitted by applicable law. Categories of third parties may include electronic health record and patient-management providers, appointment scheduling platforms, payment processors, financing providers when voluntarily requested, communication providers, email providers, cloud and technology providers, professional advisors, legal or regulatory authorities when required or permitted by law, and other service providers necessary to operate the practice.

Bae Beauty Aesthetics does not sell consumer health data and does not sell patient medical information or treatment information for monetary consideration.

Subject to applicable law and any applicable exceptions, Washington consumers may have rights concerning consumer health data, including the right to request access to certain consumer health data, request information concerning categories of third parties with whom consumer health data has been shared, request deletion of certain consumer health data, and withdraw consent when consent is the legal basis for collection or sharing. Certain requests may require identity verification before they can be processed.

Requests regarding consumer health data may be submitted to Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC through the privacy contact information listed on our website. We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before processing a request. Requests will be reviewed and responded to in accordance with applicable Washington law. If a request is denied and applicable law provides an appeal process, instructions for submitting an appeal will be provided.

Bae Beauty Aesthetics maintains reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect consumer health data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Service providers that process consumer health data on behalf of Bae Beauty Aesthetics may be required to maintain appropriate safeguards and comply with applicable contractual and legal requirements.

Questions or requests concerning consumer health data may be directed to Bae Beauty Aesthetics PLLC using the contact information listed on our website.