Security and Confidentiality

Medical Record Confidentiality

The nature of QTC's work is covered under the Privacy Act of 1974, as well as the specific contractual requirements established by the referring agency. We pride ourselves in our ability to maintain a variety of compliant security practices, and require our examiners, their staff and subcontractors to do the same.

Below are a few important points from the Privacy Act of 1974:

Authorization and Consent

Whenever you submit a benefit claim, or employment application requiring an examination, you must provide authorization to the agency so that they may collect, process and transmit information on his/her behalf with those who have a "need to know" in order to process and/or adjudicate the case.

Custodian of Medical Records

Your examination with a QTC examiner is on a one-time basis. You are being examined for the purpose of medical evidence development, not treatment. With this in mind, the examiner with whom you are scheduled with does not keep your medical record on file.

All requests for release of medical records should be referred to QTC or your referring agency. The Privacy Act prohibits the disclosure of any medical information to anyone, including the examinee, with the following exceptions:

• To those who have a "need to know" such as QTC personnel and the requesting benefit agencies
• Expressed authorization by the requesting benefit agency
• Any medical information that is life threatening in nature