When a Substance Abuse Treatment Program Is Acquired by Another

question 23

Multiple Choice

When a substance abuse treatment program is acquired by another program, the next course of action is that _____.

• A)All of the patient records are transferred to the new program for maintenance and storage by the new substance abuse program
• B)If any patients refuse consent to transfer, those records may be destroyed or retained in compliance with the statute of limitations
• C)Records are destroyed by an appropriate method in order to prevent breaching of HIPAA privacy and security rules
• D)The records are made available to the substance abuse patients so that they can maintain and store them for their own use

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