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Personal Health Information

If you are seeking a copy of your health record, please contact Health Information Services and Informatics: (709) 752-3974.

For further information about personal health information, visit "Your Rights" section.

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA)

The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA) is a provincial law that provides clarity for individual citizens regarding 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.

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 Privacy Provisions were proclaimed on January 16, 2008.

At Eastern Health, members of the public may request information in the custody or control of Eastern Health by completing the following ATIPPA Application Form:

ATIPPA Application Form (PDF) - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

For more information, please contact the ATIPP Coordinator for Eastern Health:

Rodney Hynes
Regional Access Officer
Room # 417 Southcott Hall
100 Forest Road
St. John, NL A1A 1E5
Tel: (709) 777-8912

Email: rodney.hynes@easternhealth.ca

Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act

The Act may be viewed in its entirety at the following link: http://www.assembly.nl.ca/legislation/sr/statutes/a01-2.htm

For more information, please visit NL Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Office.

How to Dispute a Decision

An applicant has two methods of recourse when they want to dispute a refusal of access; apply to the Supreme Court Trial Division for a review, or request a review through the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

For more information visit:

Or contact the Commissioner's office at:

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
Ed Ring, Commissioner
2 Canada Drive

P.O Box 13004 Station A
St. John's, NL A1B 3V8

Tel: (709) 729-6309

Toll Free: 1-877-729-6309

Fax: (709) 729-6500

Email: commissioner@oipc.nl.ca

Updated Apr 6, 2016