The provincial government enacted its access and privacy legislation for the province with the proclamation of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA). The provisions included in ATIPPA follow extensive review and consultation to modernize and replace the Freedom of Information Act.

Approximately 460 public bodies are subject to ATIPPA, including government departments and agencies, school boards, public post-secondary institutions, health boards and municipalities. The Access to Information provisions were effective Monday, January 17, 2005, and the privacy provisions were proclaimed on January 16, 2008.

ATIPPA provides clarity for the people in the province of their right to information, and introduces a personal privacy regime to limit the collection, use and disclosure of personal information held by government or any of its agencies.

At Eastern Health, members of the public may request information (not related to their personal health records) subject to the requirements of the legislation. The request for information must be accompanied by the completed form and the $5 application fee. If submitting your request via e-mail or fax, please note that you request cannot be acted upon until receipt of this fee. You may request information from your health record file by contacting the Health Records Department of the appropriate site.

For more information please contact the ATIPP Coordinator for our organization:

Marian Crowley
12th Floor, Southcott Hall, Dr. L.A. Miller Centre
100 Forest Road, St. John's, NL, A1A 1E5
Phone: 777-8025
Fax: 777-8033
Email:marian.crowley@easternhealth.ca

ATIPP Application Form: 
www.justice.gov.nl.ca/just/civil/atipp/forms.htm

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