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NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES FOR
PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
Wild Acre Inns, Inc.

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED, AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

This notice of Privacy Practices describes how we may use and disclose a client's protected health information (PHI) to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also describes rights to access and control of protected health information. "Protected health information" is information about a client, including demographic information, that may identify that client. The information may relate to a client's past, present or future physical or mental health condition and related health care services.

1. USES AND DISCLOSURES OF PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION
There are two categories for the use and disclosure of our clients' Protected Health Information:
1) information that we can use and disclose without the client's prior consent; and 2) information that we cannot use or disclose without the client's prior authorization.

A. CLIENTS' PRIOR CONSENT NOT REQUIRED
(1) Treatment. In the first category, we are permitted to use and disclose our clients' Protected Health Information in connection with their treatment in situations such as allowing a family member or other relative or a close personal friend or other person involved in the client's health care to pick up the client's prescriptions, and to receive Protected Health Information that is directly related to the client's care. In doing so, we are to use our professional judgment and experience with common practice in determining what is in the client's best interest. Other examples include sending information about a client's prescriptions to the client's family doctor, to a specialist who is treating the client, or to a hospital where the client is receiving care, particularly if the client has suffered a health emergency.
(2) Payment. Your protected health information will be used, as needed, to obtain payment for your health care services. For example, obtaining approval for a hospital stay may require that your relevant protected health information be disclosed to the health plan to obtain approval for the hospital admission.
(3) Health Care Operations. In addition, we can provide Protected Health Information for health care operations such as evaluations of the quality of our clients' health care in order to improve the success of treatment programs. Other examples include reviews of health care professionals, legal and auditing functions, and business planning and management.
(4) Other Permitted Uses and Disclosures. There are a number of other specified purposes for which we may disclose a client's Protected Health Information without the client's prior consent (but with certain restrictions). Examples include: public health activities; situations where there may be abuse, neglect or domestic violence; in connection with health oversight activities; in the course of judicial or administrative proceedings; in response to law enforcement inquiries; in the event of death; where organ donations are involved; where there is a serious threat to health and safety; in cases of military or veterans' activities; where national security is involved; for determinations of medical suitability; for government programs for public benefit; for worker's compensation proceedings; when our records are being audited; when medical emergencies occur; and when we communicate with our clients orally or in writing about refilling prescriptions, about generic drugs that may be appropriate for a client's treatment, or about alternative therapies.

B. CLIENTS' PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED
For purposes other than those mentioned above, we are required to ask for our clients' written authorizations before using or disclosing any of their Protected Health Information. If we request an authorization, any of our clients may decline to agree, and if a client gives us an authorization, the client has the right to revoke the authorization and by doing so, stop any future uses and disclosures of the client's health information that the authorization covered. An example of a situation where the client's prior authorization would be required would be if we wish to conduct a marketing program that would involve the use of Protected Health Information.

2. CLIENTS' RIGHTS
The following is a statement of the client's rights with respect to protected health information.
(a) Client's Record. Each client has the right to inspect and copy their protected health information. The only charge will be based on our cost in responding to the request. The amount of the charge will vary depending on the format the client requests and whether the client wants the record or a summary, and whether it is to be delivered by mail or otherwise. The client will be told of the fee when the client's request is received. Under federal law, however, a client may not inspect or copy the following records; psychotherapy notes, information compiled in reasonable anticipation of, or use in, a civil, criminal, or administrative action or proceeding, and protected health information that is subject to law that prohibits access to protected health information.
(b) Accounting for Disclosures. Clients have the right to receive an accounting of certain disclosures Wild Acre inns has made, if any, of a client's protected health information. The client has the right to request a restriction on the use of his/her protected health information. This means that the client may ask Wild Acre Inns not to use or disclose any part of the protected health information for the purposes of treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. The client may also request that any part of the protected health care information not be disclosed to family members or friends who may be involved in the client's care, or for notification purposes as described in this notice of Privacy Practices. The request must state the specific restriction, and to whom the restriction is to apply. Wild Acre Inns is not required to agree to a restriction that a client requests. If Wild Acre Inns believes it is in a client's best interest to permit use of a client's protected health information, the protected health information will not be restricted.
(c) Amendments. Each client may ask to change the record of his or her own Protected Health Information explaining why the change should be made. We will review the request but may decline to make the change if, in our professional judgment, we conclude that the record should not be changed.
(d) Communications. Clients have the right to request to receive confidential communications from us by alternative means or at an alternative location. Clients have the right to obtain a paper or electronic copy of this notice from Wild Acre Inns upon request.
(e) Complaints. If a client believes that we have violated the client's rights as to the client's Protected Health Information under HIPAA and the Regulations, or if a client disagrees with a decision we made about access to the client's Protected Health Information, the client has the right to complain to us or to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Under no circumstances will any client be retaliated against by Wild Acre Inns for filing a complaint.

We are required by law to protect the privacy of our clients' Protected Health Information, to provide this notice about our privacy practices, and follow the privacy practices that are described in this notice. We reserve the right to make changes in our privacy practices that will apply to all the Protected Health Information we maintain. A new notice will be available on request before any significant change is made.