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2018-88 - Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2018-88
under the
Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act
(O.C. 2018-330)
Filed August 22, 2018
1New Brunswick Regulation 2010-112 under the Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act is amended by adding after section 17 the following:
Collection and use of Medicare number
17.1(1)The following definitions apply in this section.
“infant” means an infant as defined in the Early Childhood Services Act. (enfant en bas âge)
“parent” means a parent as defined in section 45 of the Early Childhood Services Act.(parent)
“preschool child” means a preschool child as defined in the Early Childhood Services Act.(enfant d’âge préscolaire)
“pupil” means a pupil as defined in the Education Act.(élève)
17.1(2)For the purposes of subsection 48(1.2) of the Act, the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number for the following purposes:
(a) to uniquely identify an infant or preschool child in the on-line registry established under subsection 2.02(1) the Early Childhood Services Act, or, if the infant or preschool child does not have a Medicare number, the parent of the infant or preschool child;
(b) to verify the eligibility of an infant or preschool child to participate in a program or receive a service under the Early Childhood Services Act; and
(c) to verify the eligibility of a parent to receive assistance under section 46 of the Early Childhood Services Act.
17.1(3)For the purposes of subsection 48(1.2) of the Act, the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and a District Education Council, through the superintendent of the school district, may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number for the purpose of uniquely identifying
(a) a pupil in the records maintained under sections 10, 20, 40.1 and 54 of the Education Act, and
(b) a new pupil who is required to obtain a permit to attend school under subsection 11(1) of New Brunswick Regulation 97-150.