[5] Interestingly the current draft Bill only links the patent and the drug, and does not recite any
necessary link between the SPC applicant and the entity
receiving the «market
authorization».
The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual
authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or
receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to
receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as
necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.
Collected and copied all
necessary documents to ensure that all information was
received at the point of service (insurance cards, identification cards, referrals and
authorizations).
• Collaborate with referring departments for patients
receiving treatments on the Infusion unit, and ensure that all
necessary authorizations are performed prior to patients
receiving treatments.