Law / Canada / Saskatchewan
Health Information Protection Act, health services numbers
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- Information and Privacy Commissioner of Saskatchewan
- Obligation class
- Consent, Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- on_request
- Who audits it
- Regulator
As of .
What it requires
- Do not require an individual to produce a health services number as a condition of receiving any product or service, unless the number is for the provision of publicly funded health services to that individual, for a health service or program provided by a trustee, or an Act or regulation authorizes it (s. 11(2), (3)).
- Respect an individual’s right to refuse to produce a health services number or another prescribed identifying number as a condition of receiving a service, unless you are a trustee providing a health service (s. 11(1)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Section 64(1) makes it an offence to knowingly contravene any provision of the Act or the regulations, and section 64(1.1) bars a trustee or information management service provider from failing to keep secure the personal health information in its custody or control. Section 64(2) sets the penalty on summary conviction.
Penalty structure
Section 64(2) caps the fine at $50,000 for an individual, who may also be imprisoned for up to one year, and at $500,000 for a corporation.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- CAD
- Fixed cap
- 500,000
What this law does
A health services number is a unique number assigned to an individual who is or was registered as a beneficiary to receive insured services within the meaning of The Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act. An individual has the right to refuse to produce his or her health services number or any other prescribed identifying number to any person, other than a trustee who is providing a health service, as a condition of receiving a service.
Except as the Act provides, no person may require an individual to produce a health services number as a condition of receiving any product or service. A person may require the production of another person’s health services number for purposes related to the provision of publicly funded health services or of a health service or program by a trustee, or where an Act or regulation authorizes it.
The Act is effective , except for subsections 17(1), 18(2) and 18(4), which are effective .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app handles health records.