Confidentiality of information
11(0.1)Repealed: 2023, c.36, s.13
11(1)All information acquired by the Minister or another person in relation to any person or matter under this Act, whether of a documentary nature or otherwise, is confidential to the extent that its release would tend to reveal personal information about a person identifiable from the release of the information.
11(2)The Minister shall not permit the release of confidential information to any person without the written consent of the person from whom the information was obtained and the person to whom the information relates.
11(3)Despite subsection (2), the Minister may permit the release of confidential information without the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained or the person to whom the information relates
(a)
to another Minister of the Crown or his or her servant,
(b)
Repealed: 2023, c.36, s.13
(b.1)
to an officer or employee of a public body or a custodian who is a health care provider, if the information is necessary for the delivery of a common or integrated service, program or activity, as defined in the
Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act, and for the performance of the duties, respecting the common or integrated service, program or activity, of the officer or employee or of the custodian to whom the information is released,
(b.2)
to an officer or employee of a public body, if the information is necessary for the delivery of a common or integrated service, program or activity, as defined in the
Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and for the performance of the duties, respecting the common or integrated service, program or activity, of the officer or employee to whom the information is released,
(c)
to protect the health, safety and security of a person, or
(d)
if the release is otherwise provided for under this Act.
11(4)Repealed: 2023, c.36, s.13
11(5)A person to whom information is released under paragraph (3)(
c), other than a person referred to in paragraph (3)(
a), shall not release, or permit or cause to be released, confidential information without the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained and the person to whom the information relates.
11(6)Except as otherwise provided in this Act, owners and operators of community placement resources, as defined in Part II, and their employees, and owners and persons in charge of community social service agencies, and their employees, shall not release, or permit or cause to be released, confidential information without the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained and the person to whom the information relates.
11(7)Any person who contravenes subsection (5) or (6) commits an offence.
1998, c.8, s.1; 1999, c.32, s.3; 2012, c.23, s.1; 2013, c.47, s.4; 2016, c.37, s.66; 2017, c.14, s.2; 2017, c.31, s.70; 2019, c.2, s.54; 2023, c.36, s.13