Privacy Policy & HIPAA Notice

📅 Last Updated: January 1, 2025

Privacy Policy
HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices
Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

La Agency Nurse Registry ("La Agency," "we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services. Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with its terms, please discontinue use of our website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect includes:

Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, and mailing address, that you voluntarily give us when you contact us or fill out a form on our website.
Professional Information: If you are a nursing professional applying to our registry, we may collect your nursing license number, employment history, references, certifications, and other professional credentials.
Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access our website, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have previously visited.
Financial Data: We do not collect or store payment card information on our website. Any financial transactions are handled through secure third-party processors.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Process registry applications and facilitate nurse placements
Respond to inquiries, questions, and/or other requests
Send administrative information, including updates to our terms and policies
Compile anonymous statistical data for internal analysis
Deliver targeted communications and updates you have opted into
Comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations
Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties for marketing or commercial purposes.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your experience. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some features of our website.

6. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

7. Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that we may have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

9. Contact Us About This Policy

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

La Agency Nurse Registry
6254 SW 8th St, Ste 5 & 6, West Miami, FL 33144
Email: info@laagency.org
Phone: (305) 419-4929

HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2025

This Notice of Privacy Practices describes how La Agency Nurse Registry may use and disclose your Protected Health Information ("PHI") to carry out treatment, payment, or health care operations, and for other purposes that are permitted or required by law. It also describes your rights to access and control your PHI.

Your Rights Are Important: You have significant rights regarding your health information. This notice describes those rights and our obligations. Please review it carefully.

What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?

PHI refers to individually identifiable health information that relates to your past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition; the provision of health care to you; or the past, present, or future payment for health care. PHI includes information in your medical records, conversations between your doctors and nurses about your treatment, and billing information about you.

How We May Use and Disclose Your PHI

The following categories describe different ways that we use and disclose PHI:

For Treatment: We may use or disclose your PHI to facilitate medical treatment or services by providers who treat you, including sharing information with healthcare facilities where our nurses are placed.
For Payment: We may use or disclose your PHI so that we may bill and receive payment for services provided by nurses in our registry.
For Health Care Operations: We may use or disclose your PHI for our health care operations, including quality improvement, training of health care professionals, and administrative activities.
As Required by Law: We will disclose your PHI when required to do so by federal, state, or local law.
To Avert a Serious Threat to Health or Safety: We may use and disclose PHI when necessary to prevent a serious threat to your health and safety or the health and safety of the public or another person.
Business Associates: We may share your PHI with third parties (business associates) that perform services on our behalf, provided that those parties agree in writing to protect the privacy of your information.

Uses and Disclosures Requiring Your Authorization

Other uses and disclosures of your PHI that are not described in this notice will be made only with your written authorization, including most uses of psychotherapy notes, uses of PHI for marketing purposes, and sales of PHI. You may revoke your written authorization at any time by notifying us in writing.

Your Rights Regarding Your PHI

You have the following rights regarding the PHI we maintain about you:

Right to Inspect and Copy: You have the right to inspect and copy PHI that may be used to make decisions about your care.
Right to Amend: You may ask us to amend your PHI if you feel that the information is incorrect or incomplete.
Right to an Accounting of Disclosures: You have the right to request a list of disclosures we have made of your PHI.
Right to Request Restrictions: You have the right to request a restriction or limitation on the PHI we use or disclose about you.
Right to Request Confidential Communications: You have the right to request that we communicate with you about medical matters in a certain way or at a certain location.
Right to a Paper Copy of This Notice: You have the right to a paper copy of this notice at any time, even if you have agreed to receive the notice electronically.

Our Duties

La Agency Nurse Registry is required by law to maintain the privacy of your PHI and to provide you with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to PHI. We are required to abide by the terms of the Notice currently in effect. We reserve the right to change the terms of our Notice and to make the new notice provisions effective for all PHI that we maintain.

Complaints

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with La Agency Nurse Registry or with the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. To file a complaint with us, contact our Privacy Officer:

Privacy Officer, La Agency Nurse Registry
6254 SW 8th St, Ste 5 & 6, West Miami, FL 33144
Email: info@laagency.org
Phone: (305) 419-4929

You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.

Terms of Use

By accessing and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions of use. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this website.

1. Use of Website

The content on this website is provided for general informational purposes only. La Agency Nurse Registry reserves the right to modify, update, or remove content at any time without notice. We make no guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any content on this site.

2. Intellectual Property

All content on this website, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, and software, is the property of La Agency Nurse Registry or its content suppliers and is protected by applicable copyright and trademark laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without our express written permission.

3. Disclaimer of Warranties

This website is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis without any warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free.

4. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, La Agency Nurse Registry shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, this website or its content.

5. Third-Party Links

This website may contain links to third-party websites. These links are provided for your convenience only. La Agency Nurse Registry has no control over the content of those sites and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

6. Governing Law

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida. Any disputes arising under these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Miami-Dade County, Florida.

7. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Changes become effective immediately upon posting to the website. Your continued use of the website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about these Terms of Use, please contact us at: