6. For Law Enforcement Purposes. We may disclose your protected health information to a law enforcement official for law enforcement purposes, including: a. Wound or physical injury reporting, as required by law. b. In compliance with, and as limited by the relevant requirements of a court order or court-orderedwarrant, a subpoena, summons, or similar process. c. Identification or location of a suspect, fugitive, material witness, or missing person. d. Under certain limited circumstances when you are the victim of a crime. e. Alerting law enforcement of the death of an individual where there is suspicion that the death may have resulted from criminal conduct. f. Reporting criminal conduct that occurred on the premises of the provider. g. In an emergency to report a crime.
7. To Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Funeral Directors. We may disclosed protected health information to a coroner or medical examiner for the purpose of identifying a deceased person, determining a cause of death, or other duties as authorized by law. We may disclose protected health information to funeral directors, consistent with applicable law, as necessary to carry out their duties with respect to the decedent. In some cases such disclosures may occur prior to, and in reasonable anticipation of, the individual’s death.
8. For Organ or Tissue Donation. We may use or disclose protected health information to organ procurement organizations or other entities engaged in the procurement, banking, or transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissue for the purpose of facilitating donation and transplant.
9. For Research Purposes. We may use or disclose your protected health information for research purposes when an institutional review board that has reviewed the research proposal and protocols to safeguard the privacy of your protected health information has approved such use or disclosure.