R-22.1 - Act respecting health and social services information

Section 14 Disposition versions

2024-07-01

14. Every body that collects information from the person concerned must, at the time of collection and subsequently on request, inform the person in clear and simple language

(1)  of the name of the body collecting the information or on whose behalf it is collected;

(2)  of the purposes for which the information is collected;

(3)  of the means by which the information is collected;

(4)  of the person’s right to have access to the information or to have it rectified;

(5)  of the possibility of restricting or refusing access to the information under section 7 or 8 and of the terms according to which the person may express his or her will to that effect; and

(6)  of the period of time the information will be kept.

However, a body that offers health services or social services is not required to inform the person concerned of the elements set out in the first paragraph every time it collects information in the course of a single episode of care if it has already informed the person of those elements, during that episode, in anticipation of any foreseeable collection of information.

In addition, despite the first paragraph, a body that holds files respecting the adoption of persons and collects information relating to the antecedents of a person referred to in any of those files or information making it possible to locate a parent of origin or an adopted person is not required to inform the person concerned of the intended use of the information.

Any person who provides information concerning him or her in accordance with the first paragraph consents to its use for the purposes referred to in subparagraph 2 of that paragraph.

2023, c. 5, s. 14.

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14. Every body that collects information from the person concerned must, at the time of collection and subsequently on request, inform the person in clear and simple language

(1)  of the name of the body collecting the information or on whose behalf it is collected;

(2)  of the purposes for which the information is collected;

(3)  of the means by which the information is collected;

(4)  of the person’s right to have access to the information or to have it rectified;

(5)  of the possibility of restricting or refusing access to the information under section 7 or 8 and of the terms according to which the person may express his or her will to that effect; and

(6)  of the period of time the information will be kept.

However, a body that offers health services or social services is not required to inform the person concerned of the elements set out in the first paragraph every time it collects information in the course of a single episode of care if it has already informed the person of those elements, during that episode, in anticipation of any foreseeable collection of information.

In addition, despite the first paragraph, a body that holds files respecting the adoption of persons and collects information relating to the antecedents of a person referred to in any of those files or information making it possible to locate a parent of origin or an adopted person is not required to inform the person concerned of the intended use of the information.

Any person who provides information concerning him or her in accordance with the first paragraph consents to its use for the purposes referred to in subparagraph 2 of that paragraph.

2023, c. 5, s. 14.