Law / Canada / Nova Scotia
Personal Health Information Act, access to and correction of records
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 data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights
As of .
What it requires
- As a custodian, grant an individual access to a record of personal health information about the individual in your custody or under your control, unless one of the grounds in section 72 lets you refuse, and give access to any part of the record that can reasonably be severed from the part you may withhold (ss. 71, 72).
- Respond in writing to a request for access or correction no later than thirty days after receiving it, by granting it, refusing it or extending the deadline by up to thirty days, or longer with the Review Officer's permission (s. 84).
- Grant a request to correct a record if the individual demonstrates that it is not complete, accurate or up-to-date and gives you the information needed to correct it, and give written notice if you do not grant it under section 87(2) (s. 87).
- Do not charge a fee to an individual accessing their own personal health information from the Minister, and give an estimate before charging any other fee (ss. 82, 83).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
An individual has a right of access to a record of personal health information about the individual that is in the custody or under the control of a custodian. A custodian may refuse access to a record on the grounds the Act lists, which include that the record is subject to a legal privilege that restricts disclosure to the individual.
A custodian that receives a request for access to or correction of a record must, no later than thirty days after receiving it, grant it, refuse it or extend the deadline by not more than thirty days or, with the Review Officer's permission, longer. A custodian must grant a request for correction if the individual demonstrates to the custodian's satisfaction that the record is not complete, accurate or up-to-date and gives the custodian the information necessary to correct it.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app handles health records.