Privacy Policy

In accordance with the United States Department of Health & Human Services, CBLPath is in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, effective April 14, 2003. CBLPath will maintain the utmost confidentiality with each patient's personal health information. This information will be used and shared only as is needed to assist in diagnostic purposes.

Policy on Patient Privacy for CBLPath Couriers

CBLPath is committed to complying with all applicable Federal, State, and Local laws, rules, and regulations including the HIPAA privacy regulations effective April 14, 2003. The laboratory's policy is to protect the privacy of patients' protected health information (PHI) as a matter of professional responsibility in accordance with all laws and regulations. To this end, we ask the couriers to:

Limit visual access to protected health information. Non-authorized persons should not have access to PHI.

In physician's offices, couriers may often be in a position to see protected health information. Couriers are reminded that any PHI inadvertently discovered by couriers in a physician's office must remain confidential.

If a courier sees improper use of PHI he/she must report this to the lab.

Questions about CBLPath's Privacy Policies?

Parties who have questions on CBLPath's privacy policies may contact our Corporate Privacy Officer at:

compliance@cblpath.com