On-line registry
2017, c.64, s.1
2.02(1)The Minister shall establish and maintain an on-line registry.
2.02(2)An operator of a licensed facility shall provide the Minister with the information, including personal information, for the on-line registry that is prescribed by regulation within the time prescribed by regulation.
2.02(2.1)In providing the Minister with the information for the on-line registry, an operator of a licensed facility may disclose the personal information of an individual if the person from whom the information was obtained and the individual to whom the information relates have consented to the disclosure.
2.02(3)Despite subsection (1), an on-line registry shall not be established before the date prescribed by regulation.
2.02(4)The Minister may collect any information, including personal information, that is provided to the Minister for the on-line registry.
2.02(5)Subject to subsection (6), the Minister may use the information provided to the Minister for the on-line registry for the following purposes:Â
(a)
determining a child’s eligibility to participate in a program or receive a service;
(b)
managing enrolment at licensed facilities;
(c)
creating a unique identification number for a child;
(d)
creating a unique identification number for a staff member of a facility;
(e)
determining an operator’s eligibility for grants under Part 2.1;
(f)
determining a parent’s eligibility for financial assistance under Part 4.
2.02(6)The Minister may use an individual’s Medicare number provided to the Minister for the on-line registry for the purpose of creating a unique identification number for a child.Â
2.02(7)The Minister may use a unique identification number referred to in paragraph (5)(c) to identify a school-age child for the purposes of the
Education Act.
2.02(8)Subject to subsections (9) and (10), the Minister may disclose the information provided to the Minister for the on-line registry Â
(a)
to the Minister of Heath,
(b)
to an operator of a licensed facility, and
(c)
to any other person or class of persons prescribed by regulation.
2.02(9)For the purposes of paragraph (8)(a), the Minister may disclose an individual’s Medicare number to the Minister of Health for the purpose of validating the unique identification number for a child referred to in paragraph (5)(c).
2.02(10)Subject to subsection (9), for the purposes of subsection (8), the Minister may disclose only the personal information, that has been prescribed by regulation.
2017, c.64, s.1; 2021, c.1, s.2; 2022, c.30, s.1