MDRS/OSDP staff must send each consumer a Notice of Privacy Practices and Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notice, upon application. This form tells the consumer about:
* His privacy rights;
* The duties of MDRS/OSDP to protect health information; and
How MDRS/OSDP may use or disclose health information without his authorization. (Example: Medicaid, Medicare, reporting victims of abuse, law enforcement purposes, sharing with vendors, and coordinating other programs that provide benefits.)
32 Miss. Code. R. 1.3