Law / Canada / Nova Scotia
Personal Health Information Act, health card numbers
S.N.S. 2010, c. 41, ss. 5(1)(c), 27
archived copy
Read from a public archive copy, not the publisher directly. The publisher does not serve this page to automated readers, so a direct fetch was not an option here; how we access sources. Archived . Publisher's page: https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/legc/statutes/personal%20health%20information.pdfIn force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
As of .
What it requires
- Do not collect or use an individual's health card number unless you are a custodian or the regulations authorize you to do so (s. 27).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
A person who is not a custodian, or authorized by the regulations to do so, must not collect or use an individual's health card number. The Act applies to the collection, use or disclosure of a health-card number by any person.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app handles health records.