ELITE WELLNESS

HIPAA NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES

Effective Date: 4/23/2026

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

The terms of this Notice of Privacy Practices (“Notice”) apply to Elite Wellness, its affiliates
and its employees. Elite Wellness will share protected health information of patients as
necessary to carry out treatment, payment, and health care operations as permitted by law.

We are required by law to maintain the privacy of our patients' protected health information and to provide
patients with notice of our legal duties and privacy practices with respect to protected health information. We are
required to abide by the terms of this Notice for as long as it remains in effect. We reserve the right to change the
terms of this Notice as necessary and to make a new notice of privacy practices effective for all protected health
information maintained by Elite Wellness. We are required to notify you in the event of a breach of your unsecured protected health information. We are also required to inform you that there may be a provision of state law that relates to the privacy of your health information that may be more stringent than a
standard or requirement under the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”). A copy of
any revised Notice of Privacy Practices may be obtained by contacting Elite Wellness’s Privacy
Officer.

USES AND DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION:


Authorization and Consent:

Except as outlined below, we will not use or disclose your protected health
information for any purpose other than treatment, payment or health care operations unless you have signed a
form authorizing such use or disclosure. You have the right to revoke such authorization in writing, with such
revocation being effective once we actually receive the writing; however, such revocation shall not be effective to
the extent that we have taken any action in reliance on the authorization, or if the authorization was obtained as a
condition of obtaining insurance coverage, other law provides the insurer with the right to contest a claim under
the policy or the policy itself.


Uses and Disclosures for Treatment:

We will make uses and disclosures of your protected health information as
necessary for your treatment. Nurse practitioners and other professionals within Elite Wellness who are involved in your care will use information in your medical record and information that you provide
about your symptoms and reactions to your course of treatment that may include procedures, medications, tests,
medical history, etc.


Uses and Disclosures for Payment:

We will make uses and disclosures of your protected health information as
necessary for payment purposes. During the normal course of business operations, we may forward information
regarding your medical procedures and treatment to your insurance company to obtain payment for the services
provided to you.


Uses and Disclosures for Health Care Operations:

We will make uses and disclosures of your protected health
information as necessary, and as permitted by law, for our health care operations, which may include clinical
improvement, professional peer review, business management, accreditation and licensing, etc. For instance, we
may use and disclose your protected health information for purposes of improving clinical treatment and patient
care.


Individuals Involved In Your Care:

We may from time to time disclose your protected health information to
designated family, friends and others who are involved in your care or in payment of your care in order to facilitate
that person's involvement in caring for you or paying for your care. If you are unavailable, incapacitated, or facing
an emergency medical situation and we determine that a limited disclosure may be in your best interest, we may
share limited protected health information with such individuals without your approval. We may also disclose
limited protected health information to a public or private entity that is authorized to assist in disaster relief efforts
in order for that entity to locate a family member or other persons that may be involved in some aspect of caring
for you.


Business Associates:

Certain aspects and components of our services are performed through contracts with
outside persons or organizations, such as auditing, accreditation, outcomes data collection, legal services, etc. At
times it may be necessary for us to provide your protected health information to one or more of these outside
persons or organizations who assist us with our health care operations. In all cases, we require these associates to
appropriately safeguard the privacy of your information.


Appointments and Services:

We may contact you to provide appointment updates or information about your
treatment or other health-related benefits and services that may be of interest to you. You have the right to
request and we will accommodate reasonable requests by you to receive communications regarding your protected
health information from us by alternative means or at alternative locations. For instance, if you wish appointment
reminders to not be left on voice mail or sent to a particular address, we will accommodate reasonable requests.
With such request, you must provide an appropriate alternative method of contact. You also have the right to
request that we not send you any future marketing materials and we will use our best efforts to honor such
request. You must make such requests in writing, including your name and address, and send to our email:

Concierge@MontecitoMD.com


Research:

In limited circumstances, we may use and disclose your protected health information for research
purposes. In all cases where your specific authorization is not obtained, your privacy will be protected by strict
confidentiality requirements applied by an Institutional Review Board which oversees the research or by
representations of the researchers that limit their use and disclosure of your information.


Fundraising:

We may use your information to contact you for fundraising purposes. We may disclose this contact
information to a related foundation so that the foundation may contact you for similar purposes. If you do not want
us or the foundation to contact you for fundraising efforts, you must send such request in writing to the Privacy
Officer at the address below.


Other Uses and Disclosures:

We are permitted and/or required by law to make certain other uses and disclosures
of your protected health information without your consent or authorization for the following:
Any purpose required by law;

● Public health activities such as required reporting of immunizations, disease, injury, birth and death, or in
connection with public health investigations;
● If we suspect child abuse or neglect; if we believe you to be a victim of abuse, neglect or domestic
violence;
● To the Food and Drug Administration to report adverse events, product defects, or to participate in
product recalls;
● To your employer when we have provided health care to you at the request of your employer;
● To a government oversight agency conducting audits, investigations, civil or criminal proceedings;

● For judicial or administrative proceedings, such as in response to a court order, or a subpoena or discovery
request;
● To law enforcement officials as required by law if we believe you have been the victim of abuse, neglect or
domestic violence. We will only make this disclosure if you agree or when required or authorized by law;
● To coroners and/or funeral directors consistent with law;
● If necessary to arrange an organ or tissue donation from you or a transplant for you;
● If you are a member of the military, we may also release your protected health information for national
security or intelligence activities; and
● To workers' compensation agencies for workers' compensation benefit determination.