Appendix 4:
Privacy Legislation
Introduction
Primary Care Toolkit for Family Physicians
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
The following resources are provided for the use of Canadian family physicians who are looking for more specific information related to privacy legislation.
Federal, Provincial and Territorial Sources of Privacy Information
1. Government of Canada
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
www.privcom.gc.ca/legislation/02_06_01_e.asp - Your Privacy Rights: A Guide for Canadians to PIPEDA
- Responsibilities: A Guide for Businesses and Organizations to PIPEDA
- Privacy Commissioner of Canada - www.privcom.gc.ca/index_e.asp
2. British Columbia
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
www.oipcbc.org - BC Medical Association Privacy Toolkit -
http://www.bcma.org/publications-media/privacy-toolkit
3. Saskatchewan
- Health Information Protection Act
www.health.gov.sk.ca/ph_br_health_leg_hipamain.html - Overview of Health Information Protection Act
www.health.gov.sk.ca/ph_br_health_leg_hipamain.html
4. Alberta
- Health Information Act
www.oipc.ab.ca/hia/ - Health Information – A Personal Matter
www.oipc.ab.ca/ims/client/upload/HIA_Guide.pdf
5. Manitoba
- Personal Health Information Act
www.gov.mb.ca/health/phia/index.html - Information on Personal Health Information Act
www.ombudsman.mb.ca/phia.htm
6. Ontario
- Consultation on Privacy Protection
https://ozone.scholarsportal.info/bitstream/1873/8235/1/10300919.pdf
7. Quebec
- Act – Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector
http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch - Act – Respecting Access to Documents Held by Public Bodies and the Protection of Personal Information
http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch
8. New Brunswick
- Protection of Personal Information Act
http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/acts/p-19-1.htm - Ombudsman (Ellen King)
nombud@gov.nb.ca - New Brunswick: An Introduction to the Protection of Personal Information Act http://archives.gnb.ca/documents/POPI.pdf
9. Nova Scotia
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
http://www.gov.ns.ca/legislature/legc/statutes/freedom.htm - Freedom of Information and Privacy Review Officer (Darce Fardy)
fardyd@gov.ns.ca - The Nova Scotia Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Review Office - http://www.foipop.ns.ca/
10. Prince Edward Island
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/foipp.pdf.pdf - Information and Privacy Commissioner of PEI (Karen A. Rose)
karose@gov.pe.ca
11. Newfoundland & Labrador
- Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
http://www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/civil/atipp/ - Privacy Act
http://www.assembly.nl.ca/Legislation/sr/statutes/p22.htm - Director of Legal Services, Department of Justice of NL (Chris Curran)
chrisc@mail.gov.nf.ca
In addition to the above, the following websites for national / provincial medical organizations and regulatory colleges may be of assistance to those interested in probing the subject of Privacy in more depth:
a. National Medical Organizations:
- Canadian Medical Protective Association
P.O. Box 8225, Station T
Ottawa, ON K1G 3H7
(800) 267-6522
www.cmpa.org - The College of Family Physicians of Canada,
2630 Skymark Avenue
Mississauga, ON L4W 5A4
(800-387-6197)
www.cfpc.ca - Canadian Medical Association,
1867 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6
(800) 267-9703
www.cma.ca
b. Provincial Medical Associations:
- British Columbia Medical Association - www.bcma.org
- Alberta Medical Association - www.albertadoctors.org
- Saskatchewan Medical Association - www.sma.sk.ca
- Manitoba Medical Association - general@mma.mb.ca
- Ontario Medical Association: www.oma.org
- Quebec Medical Association: www.amq.ca
- New Brunswick Medical Society: www.nbms.nb.ca
- Medical Society of Nova Scotia: www.doctorsNS.com
- Medical Society of Prince Edward Island: www.mspei.org/
- Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association: www.nlma.nf.ca
c. Provincial Regulatory Colleges:
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia - www.cpsbc.ca
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta - www.cpsa.ab.ca
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan - www.quadrant.net/cpss
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba - www.cpsm.mb.ca
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario - www.cpso.on.ca
- Collège des médecins du Québec - www.cmq.org
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick - www.cpsnb.org
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia - www.cpsns.ns.ca
- College of Physicians and Surgeons of Prince Edward Island - mmacdonald@collegeofphysicians.pe.ca
- Newfoundland & Labrador Medical Board - nmb@thezone.net