Authorization for Release of Health Information
VD001 (6/11/19)
Page 2 of 2
Copy 1 – Patient Medical Record
Copy 2 – Patient or Patient’s Personal Representative
*The signature of the patient must be obtained unless the patient is an unemancipated minor under the age of 18 or lacks capacity to make medical
decisions. In these cases the Agent, Surrogate or Guardian should sign.
Only for use when interpreter services are utilized for the completion of this form:
_______________________________________________________
Telephonic Interpreter’s ID # Date/Time
OR
_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
Signature: Interpreter Date/Time Print: Interpreter’s Name and Relationship to Patient
_______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________
Witness to Signature Print Witness Name
***Patients requesting information by unencrypted E-mail must complete “Permission to Send Information Requested by Unencrypted
E-mail” (Form# VD001E).
5. I, or my authorized representative, request that health information regarding my care and treatment be accessed, used and/or disclosed as
stated on this form. In accordance with New York State Law, 42 CFR Part 2 and the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), I understand that:
a. I have the right to revoke this Authorization and my Permission to Send Information Requested by Unencrypted E-mail (page 3 of this
document) at any time by writing to the health care provider listed in Section 1. I understand that I may revoke this Authorization except to
the extent that action has already been taken in reliance on this Authorization.
b. I understand that signing this Authorization is voluntary. My treatment, payment, enrollment in a health plan, or eligibility for benefits will not
be conditioned upon my authorization of this disclosure.
c. Information disclosed under this Authorization might be redisclosed by the recipient, and this redisclosure may no longer be protected by
federal or state law. However, if I am authorizing the release of substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, or HIV-related
information, the recipient is prohibited from redisclosing such information without my authorization unless permitted to do so under federal or
state law.
6. Date or event on which this Authorization will expire (this field must be completed with a date or event):
7. Patient/Agent/Surrogate/Guardian* (Signature): 8. Date:
9. Printed name of person signing this form: 10. Authority to sign on behalf of patient or relationship to patient
(if applicable):