Handles health records, in Quebec

Act respecting health and social services information, CQLR c R-22.1, ss. 4, 5, 93, 94, 108, 110 and 160 · Read the law's page

• If you operate a private health facility, a specialized medical centre, a laboratory, a private seniors’ residence or another body listed in Schedule II, or provide health or social services for a health and social services body under an agreement, treat the health and social services information you hold as confidential and use or communicate it only as the Act allows or with the express consent of the person concerned.
• Treat information as held by you even where you entrust its keeping to a third person.
• Do not acquire or use a non-certified technological product or service in the cases or circumstances a regulation under section 92 provides for.
• If you supply a certified technological product or service to a body under a contract, ensure that the body complies with the criteria a regulation under section 92 prescribes throughout the term of the contract.
• If you have cause to believe that a confidentiality incident involving information you hold has occurred or may occur, take reasonable measures to reduce the risk of injury and to prevent new incidents of the same nature.
• If the incident presents a risk of serious injury, promptly notify the Minister and the Commission d’accès à l’information and notify each person whose information is concerned.
• Keep a register of confidentiality incidents and send a copy to the Minister or the Commission on request.
• Do not sell or otherwise alienate information held by a body.