Sexual Health Clinic - Privacy

Privacy

Sexual health clinics follow local standards of medical confidentiality to protect the privacy of patients. Some clinics provide anonymous services or protect confidentially by having a patient use a code name, a number, or a false name.

Additional privacy protections sometimes apply to matters of sexuality and reproduction, since these areas are sensitive in many cultures.

In the United States, clinics receiving federal funding from Medicaid or Title X of the Public Health Service Act must treat all patients confidentially. Thus minors can receive services without parental notification or consent.