Authorization-- your signature and pertinent information on the form NCSU requires for release of your medical information, whether to yourself or to a third party. May be downloaded from SHS' Web site and faxed, mailed or delivered in person.

FERPA-- The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; applies to any student who is or has been in attendance at NCSU.

HIPAA-- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act signed into law in 1996; protects patients rights regarding personal health information (PHI). Hipaa Summary.

Medical record—a legal document; a record of your visit to a health care provider which serves to document services related to your health care, treatment, payment for services

PHI (protected health information)--generally, “any individually identifiable information, oral or recorded in any form or medium that is created by a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, life insurer, school university, or health care clearinghouse” and “relates to the past, present or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual”

Provider-- clinical staff including board-certified physicians and physician extenders such as licensed nurse practitioners and physician assistants.