This customizable document, Photographing/Videotaping Patients, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Behavioral Health Partial Hospitalization Program Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Photographing/Videotaping Patients:

	POLICY: It is the policy of this facility to take photographs and/or film or video tape in an effort to assist educational, treatment, research, scientific, public relations and charitable goals of the institution; and to document certain physical conditions when it may be of benefit to the patient's plan of care and treatment. Photographs, films and/or videotape made for the purposes of identification, diagnosis or treatment of the patient do not require patient consent. Photography, filming or videotaping to be used internally by the organization for educational or operational...
Second excerpt:
	...the confidentiality and security guidelines, policies and procedures that govern medical record security and confidentiality of this institution. The patient's care provider is granted permission, while performing patient care activities, to obtain photographs for documentation and/or evidence of physical abuse; however, must maintain compliance with the confidentiality and security of patient information regulations set forth by this institution. SUBJECT: PHOTOGRAPHING/VIDEOTAPING...