Privacy Policy
PIEL STUDIO LLC
NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES
3400 Coral Way, Suite 303, Miami, Florida 33145
Effective Date: August 1st, 2026 | Prepared by Andone Law, P.A.
THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW IT CAREFULLY.
Piel Studio LLC (“we,” “us,” or “the practice”) is committed to protecting the privacy of your health information. We are required by federal law under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and by Florida law, to keep your health information private, to give you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, and to follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect. Where Florida law is more protective of your information than federal law, we follow Florida law.
“Health information” in this Notice means information that identifies you and relates to your physical or mental health, the care you receive from us, or payment for that care. Because we operate on a direct-pay (cash-pay) basis, we do not bill health insurance for your care, which limits the situations in which your information is shared with third parties.
1. How We May Use and Disclose Your Health Information
We may use and disclose your health information, without a separate authorization, for the following purposes:
Treatment.
We use your health information to provide, coordinate, and manage your care. For example, our providers use your intake and health history to decide whether a treatment is appropriate for you, and we share information with the collaborating or supervising physician who oversees clinical care, and with other providers involved in your treatment.
Payment.
We use your health information to obtain payment for the services you receive — for example, to process a payment you make by card, to document services rendered, and to maintain our billing records.
Health Care Operations.
We use your health information to run the practice — for example, for quality review, staff training and supervision, protocol and standing-order compliance, and general business and administrative operations.
Appointment Reminders and Communications.
We may contact you to remind you of appointments, to provide results or aftercare instructions, or to tell you about treatment options. If you have agreed to electronic communication (text or email) in your Client Service Agreement, we may communicate with you by those methods; you may change or withdraw that preference at any time.
People Involved in Your Care.
Unless you object, we may share information relevant to your care with a family member, friend, or other person you identify as involved in your care or payment for it.
2. Uses and Disclosures Permitted Without Your Authorization
The law permits or requires us to use or disclose your health information without your authorization in certain limited situations, including:
As required by law. When federal, state, or local law requires it.
Public health activities. To public health authorities for purposes such as preventing disease, reporting adverse events or product problems, or reporting to the FDA.
Abuse or neglect. To report suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence as permitted or required by Florida law.
Health oversight. To agencies such as the Florida Department of Health for licensure, audits, investigations, and inspections.
Legal proceedings and law enforcement. In response to a valid court order, subpoena, or lawful law-enforcement request, as permitted by law.
To avert a serious threat. To prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of you or the public.
Workers’ compensation. As authorized by and to the extent necessary to comply with workers’ compensation laws.
Coroners and medical examiners. As permitted by law.
Specialized government functions. Such as certain military, national security, or protective-services purposes.
More protective Florida rules apply to certain categories of information — including HIV/AIDS status, mental health information, and genetic information. We will not disclose those categories except as specifically permitted by Florida law.
3. Uses and Disclosures That Require Your Written Authorization
Other than the uses and disclosures described above, we will not use or disclose your health information without your written authorization. In particular, your written authorization is required for:
Marketing. Most uses of your information to market products or services to you.
Photographs and social media. Any use of your photographs or images for marketing, advertising, or social media. This permission is entirely optional and separate, and is handled only through your Client Service Agreement — never as a condition of treatment.
Sale of information. Any disclosure that would constitute a sale of your health information.
You may revoke a written authorization at any time, in writing, except to the extent we have already acted in reliance on it. When you revoke an authorization, we will stop the use or disclosure it covered going forward.
4. Your Rights Regarding Your Health Information
Access and copies. You may inspect and obtain a copy of your health information, including an electronic copy of information we maintain electronically. We may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee as allowed by law.
Amendment. You may ask us to amend information you believe is incorrect or incomplete. We may deny the request in certain cases and will tell you why in writing.
Accounting of disclosures. You may request a list of certain disclosures we have made of your health information.
Request restrictions. You may ask us to restrict how we use or disclose your information. We are not required to agree to every request. However, if you pay for a service in full, out of pocket, you have the right to require that we not disclose information about that service to a health plan for payment or operations purposes.
Confidential communications. You may ask us to communicate with you by a particular method or at a particular location — for example, only by a specific phone number or email. We will accommodate reasonable requests.
Paper copy. You have the right to a paper copy of this Notice at any time, even if you agreed to receive it electronically.
Notice of a breach. You have the right to be notified if there is a breach of your unsecured health information.
To exercise any of these rights, contact our Privacy Officer, identified below. Most requests must be made in writing.
5. Our Responsibilities
We are required by law to maintain the privacy of your health information, to provide you this Notice of our legal duties and privacy practices, to follow the terms of the Notice currently in effect, and to notify you following a breach of your unsecured health information. We will comply with both HIPAA and the Florida Information Protection Act, and with any more protective requirement of Florida law.
6. Changes to This Notice
We may change this Notice at any time, and any change will apply to information we already have as well as information we receive in the future. The current Notice will be posted at our office and available on request, and will show its effective date.
7. Complaints
If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may file a complaint with our Privacy Officer at the contact information below, or with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, D.C. 20201. We will not retaliate against you in any way for filing a complaint.
8. Contact / For More Information
Privacy Officer: Gianni Piccoletti
Piel Studio LLC, 3400 Coral Way, Suite 303, Miami, Florida 33145
Phone: 786.509.6107 Email: info@pielstudo.co
For office use only — if written acknowledgment was not obtained, describe the good-faith effort made and the reason it was not obtained: