Confidentiality
Some straightforward things about confidentiality; your
presence and
participation in the ADAPS program is safeguarded in that:
a)
Information is not
released to family and/or friends;
b) Information is
not released to any other part of the Rutgers community (i.e., faculty,
staff, etc.).
c) If anyone calls
us about you, we will not acknowledge your presence in the program.
d) All of the above
holds true, unless you give us permission to release information.
The following explains this more thoroughly.
Confidentiality is a
professionally
and legally complex issue, not subject to a thorough explanation in a
few
sentences. Information that a student shares with his/her services
provider
in the course of a meeting will be treated as confidential material.
Treating
information confidentially means not releasing it to anyone outside the
agency without the student's permission, including Rutgers
University
personnel. Under certain, special circumstances, however,
information
may be released without the student's permission. The main -- although
not the only -- exceptions to confidentiality arise in
situations
involving:
Students are encouraged to
discuss any
concerns they have about confidentiality with their provider of
services. |
