Minnesota Standard Consent Form to Release Health Information
Patient’s name _______________________________________________________
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Health information includes written and oral information
By indicating any of the categories in section 5, you are giving permission for written information to be released and for
a person in section 3 to talk to a person in section 4 about your health information.
If you do not want to give your permission for a person in section 3 to talk to a person in section 4 about your health
information, indicate that here (check mark or initials) ______
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Reason(s) for releasing information
___ Patient’s request
___ Review patient’s current care
___ Treatment/continued care
___ Payment
___ Insurance application
___ Legal
___ Appeal denial of Social Security Disability income or benefits
___ Marketing purposes (payment or compensation involved?
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YES, amount _________________________ )
___ Other (please explain) _________________________________________________________________________
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I understand that by signing this form, I am requesting that the health information specified in Section 5 be sent to the third
party named in section 4 above.
I may stop this consent at any time by writing to the organization(s), facility(ies) and/or professional(s) named in section 3.
If the organization, facility or professional named in section 3 has already released health information based on my consent,
my request to stop will not work for that health information.
I understand that when the health information specified in section 5 is sent to the third party named in section 4 above, the
information could be re-disclosed by the third party that receives it and may no longer be protected by federal or state privacy laws.
I understand that if the organization named in section 4 is a health care provider they will not condition treatment, payment,
enrollment or eligibility for benefits on whether I sign the consent form.
If I choose not to sign this form and the organization named in section 4 is an insurance company, my failure to sign will not
impact my treatment; I may not be able to get new or different insurance; and/or I may not be able to get insurance payment
for my care.
this consent will end one year from the date the form is signed unless I indicate an earlier date or event here:
Date ___ / ___ / ______ Or specific event _______________________________________________________________
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Patient’s signature
________________________________________________________ Date ___ /___ /______
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or legally authorized representative’s signature ______________________________________ Date ___ /___ /______
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Representative’s relationship to patient (parent, guardian, etc.) ______________________________________________
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This form was approved by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Health on January 30, 2008.
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