Legal Information
Legal Information
Ownership disclosure
The physician who referred you to this facility may have an ownership interest in this facility. You are free to choose another facility in which to receive the services that have been ordered by your physician.
Non-discrimination
This facility does not discriminate against any person on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, or disability in admission, treatment, or participation in its programs, services and activities or in employment.
Protection of Health Information
This facility is dedicated to the protection of your personal health information. We follow the guidelines set forth by the U.S. Depart of Health & Human Services, Office of Civil Rights. You can visit their website for more information: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/ .
Download a HIPAA Privacy Notice.
Independent Contractor Notice The physicians and other specialized medical service providers, including anesthesia, radiology or pathology, which use this facility, are independent contractors and are not employees or agents of the facility. Since they are independent contractors, the facility is not responsible or liable for their acts or omissions.
Advance Directives
Although not required for admission to Coral Desert Surgery Center, Advance Directives serve to provide family and medical personnel with information concerning your wishes for medical care should you become incapacitated.
It is the policy of Coral Desert Surgery Center, regardless of the contents of an advance directive or instructions from a healthcare surrogate or power of attorney that if an adverse event occurs during treatment, the center personnel will initiate resuscitative or other stabilizing measures, and transfer the patient to an acute care hospital for further evaluation.
If you have an Advance Directive please bring a copy of it with you, it will be included as a part of your medical record.
For more information and Advance Directive Forms approved by the State of Utah please visit the following website and follow the link to the "Printable Utah State Advance Directive Form".