I authorize the provider or facility named above to release the records I selected to North Indiana Retina.
I understand that:
- Signing this form is voluntary. My treatment, payment, enrollment, or eligibility for benefits does not depend on it.
- I may cancel this authorization at any time by writing to the provider named above, except where they have already acted on it.
- Once released, the information may be re-disclosed by the recipient and may no longer be protected by federal privacy rules (HIPAA).
- Unless I limited it above, the records may include information about mental health, substance use, HIV/AIDS, or genetic testing.
- This authorization expires one year from the date I sign it unless I cancel it sooner.
- I may have a copy of this form. A fax or electronic copy is as valid as the original.
- My electronic signature below is the legal equivalent of my handwritten signature.