Notice of Privacy Practices

Effective Date: October 29, 2026

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.

Who Follows This Notice

This Notice applies to Aristocrat Plastic Surgery, P.C., doing business as Aristocrat Plastic Surgery & MedAesthetics, and to its physicians, clinicians, aestheticians, and staff at our Manhattan, Great Neck, and Southampton offices ("we," "us," or "our").

Our Duties

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your protected health information ("PHI"), to give you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect, and to notify you if a breach of your unsecured PHI occurs.

How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information

We may use and disclose your PHI without your written authorization for the following purposes:

Treatment. To provide, coordinate, and manage your care, including with anesthesia providers, surgical facilities, laboratories, pharmacies, and other providers involved in your care.
Payment. To bill and collect payment for your care, including from you, a financing provider you have chosen, or a health plan where applicable.
Health Care Operations. To run our practice, including quality improvement, training, credentialing, compliance reviews, legal and accounting services, and business management.
Appointment Reminders and Treatment Options. To contact you with appointment reminders and confirmations, and to tell you about treatment alternatives or health-related services that may interest you, as permitted by law.
Business Associates. To companies that perform services for us, such as electronic health record, scheduling, billing, messaging, website, and marketing vendors. Each business associate must sign an agreement to protect your PHI.
Individuals Involved in Your Care. To a family member, friend, or other person you identify who is involved in your care or payment for it, including the person who will accompany you home after surgery, unless you object. For patients under 18, we share PHI with a parent or guardian as permitted by law.
As Required by Law. When required by federal, state, or local law.
Public Health and Safety. For public health activities, such as reporting adverse events or product problems to the FDA, and to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of a person or the public.
Health Oversight. To health oversight agencies, including the New York State Department of Health, for audits, investigations, inspections, and licensure.
Lawsuits and Disputes. In response to a court or administrative order, subpoena, or other lawful process, subject to the requirements of law.
Law Enforcement. For certain law enforcement purposes, as permitted by law.
Coroners, Medical Examiners, and Funeral Directors. As necessary for them to carry out their duties.
Organ and Tissue Donation. To organizations that handle organ, eye, or tissue donation.
Research. For research approved under procedures that protect your privacy, as permitted by law.
Specialized Government Functions. For military, national security, and similar functions, as permitted by law.
Workers' Compensation. For workers' compensation or similar programs, as permitted by law.

New York law gives additional protection to certain information, such as HIV-related information, mental health information, and genetic test results. Where New York law is more protective than HIPAA, we follow it.

Uses and Disclosures That Require Your Written Authorization

We will not use or disclose your PHI for the following purposes without your written authorization: most uses and disclosures of psychotherapy notes; marketing, including disclosure to advertising or social media platforms; the sale of your PHI; and publication of your photographs, before-and-after images, videos, or testimonials on our website, social media, or in advertising. Other uses and disclosures not described in this Notice will be made only with your written authorization. You may revoke an authorization in writing at any time, except to the extent we have already acted in reliance on it.

Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information

Right to Inspect and Obtain a Copy. You may request to see or get a copy of your PHI, including your photographs and an electronic copy where we maintain it electronically. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee as permitted by law.
Right to Request an Amendment. You may ask us to amend PHI you believe is incorrect or incomplete. We may deny your request in certain cases and will tell you why in writing.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your PHI in the six years before your request.
Right to Request Restrictions. You may ask us to limit how we use or disclose your PHI. We are not required to agree, except that we must agree to a request not to disclose PHI to a health plan for payment or health care operations if you have paid for the item or service in full out of pocket.
Right to Request Confidential Communications. You may ask us to contact you in a particular way or at a particular place, such as only on your mobile phone or not by text message. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
Right to Be Notified of a Breach. You will be notified if a breach of your unsecured PHI occurs.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice. You may request a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.

To exercise any of these rights, contact our Privacy Officer using the information below.

Changes to This Notice

We may change this Notice and make the revised Notice effective for PHI we already have as well as any we receive in the future. The current Notice will be posted at each of our offices and on our website, and you may request a copy at any time.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, 1-800-368-1019, www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint. You will not be retaliated against for filing a complaint.

Contact Information

Privacy Officer
Aristocrat Plastic Surgery, P.C.
33 W 56th St, Floor 1
New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-439-9900