HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective May 30, 2026

Who this notice applies to

This notice applies to ARAK LLC d/b/a First Choice Medical Center, doing business as First Choice Medical Center. It describes privacy practices for protected health information handled by the clinic in connection with patient care, payment, and health care operations.

Your rights

Patients have privacy rights under federal health privacy law. These rights may have legal limits and identity-verification requirements.

• Ask to see or get a paper or electronic copy of certain health records.
• Ask to correct health information when allowed by law.
• Ask for confidential communications, such as contact at a different phone number or address.
• Ask the clinic to limit certain uses or disclosures. The clinic is not always required to agree unless the law requires it.
• Ask the clinic not to share information with a health plan for a service paid for in full out of pocket when the law requires that restriction.
• Get a list of certain disclosures of health information.
• Get a paper copy of this notice.
• Choose someone to act for you when a valid legal representative is authorized.
• File a complaint if you believe your privacy rights have been violated.

Your choices

In some situations, patients may tell the clinic how they want health information shared. Examples may include sharing information with family, friends, or others involved in care. When a patient cannot state a preference, the clinic may share information if it believes it is in the patient's best interest and the law allows it.

Electronic access and copies

Patients may ask for an electronic or paper copy of certain health information. The clinic may verify identity, use clinic-approved request workflows, charge a reasonable cost-based fee when allowed by law, and deny or limit some requests when the law permits.

Uses and disclosures

The clinic may use and disclose protected health information for treatment, payment, and health care operations, and as otherwise required or permitted by law.

• Treatment, including communication with clinicians, pharmacies, labs, specialists, hospitals, or other providers involved in care.
• Payment, including insurance billing, eligibility, benefit review, claims, collections, and payment support.
• Health care operations, including quality review, care coordination, staff training, licensing, compliance, business management, and clinic operations.
• Appointment reminders, care-related messages, and limited health-related service information when allowed by law.
• Business associate support, such as billing, technology, records, legal, accounting, or other operational services under required privacy safeguards.
• Public health, health oversight, law enforcement, workers' compensation, legal, or safety-related disclosures when required or allowed by law.

Written authorization

Some uses and disclosures require written authorization, such as many uses for marketing, sale of protected health information, or certain sharing of psychotherapy notes if those records exist. If a patient authorizes a use or disclosure, the patient may revoke that authorization in writing when allowed by law.

Records with additional protections

Some health information may receive additional protection under federal or state law, including certain substance use disorder treatment records, behavioral health records, HIV-related information, genetic information, reproductive health information, or other sensitive records when applicable. The clinic follows additional consent, disclosure, redisclosure, and privacy requirements when those laws apply.

Clinic responsibilities

The clinic is required by law to maintain the privacy and security of protected health information, provide notice of its legal duties and privacy practices, follow the terms of the notice currently in effect, and notify affected patients after a breach of unsecured protected health information when required by law.

Complaints

Patients may file a privacy complaint with the clinic or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. The clinic will not retaliate against a patient for filing a complaint.

HHS Office for Civil Rights complaint information is available at hhs.gov/ocr/complaints. Patients may also contact HHS OCR by mail at 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, or by phone at 1-877-696-6775.

Privacy contact

To ask for a copy of this notice, request privacy information, or ask about privacy rights, contact First Choice Medical Center at 928-888-9750 or Info@1stchoicemed.center. Do not use email for urgent medical needs or emergency symptoms.

Changes to this notice

The clinic may change this notice and make the new notice apply to protected health information it already has as well as information received in the future. The current website copy will be posted on this page.