Law / Canada / Northwest Territories
Health Information Act, access to and correction of personal health information
S.N.W.T. 2014, c. 2, ss. 94-95, 101, 119
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A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights
As of .
What it requires
- Give an applicant access to a record containing personal health information about the applicant that is in your custody or control, unless an exception in ss. 110 to 118 or an authorization by the Information and Privacy Commissioner to disregard the request applies (s. 94).
- Respond in writing to an access request not later than 30 days after receiving it, subject to the time extensions the Act allows, stating whether access will be given and how, or the reasons for a refusal and the provision it rests on (s. 101(1)).
- Charge no more than the fees and disbursements set under the regulations, which may not exceed the costs of processing the access request (s. 95(1)-(2)).
- On a written request to correct an error or omission in a record about the individual, make every reasonable effort to assist the applicant and to make the correction or respond without delay, and charge no fees or disbursements for the request (s. 119(1)-(3)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
What this law does
An applicant has a right of access to any record containing personal health information about the applicant that is in the custody or under the control of a health information custodian, subject to the exceptions in the Act. The right is subject to the payment of fees and disbursements set in accordance with the regulations, which must not exceed the costs of processing the access request.
Subject to the exceptions and time extensions the Act provides, not later than 30 days after receiving an access request, a custodian shall give the applicant a written response. An individual who believes there is an error or omission in a record containing personal health information about the individual may request the custodian in writing to correct it. A custodian shall not charge fees or disbursements for a correction request.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app handles health records.