Acts and Regulations

P-7.05 - Personal Health Information Privacy and Access Act

Section 48
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Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service;
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system;
(d) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in the drug insurance plan under the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act;
(e) to obtain proof of immunization under subsection 42.1(1) of the Public Health Act; and
(f) for the establishment or maintenance of the immunization registry or the notifiable disease registry under the Public Health Act.
48(1.1)Despite subsection (1), a public body may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number, including the use to perform data matching, for the purpose of a research project approved
(a) by a research review body under section 43, or
(b) in accordance with an agreement referred to in paragraph 43.1(a).
48(1.2)Despite subsection (1), a public body may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number for a purpose prescribed by regulation.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8; 2014, c.4, s.65; 2016, c.7, s.5; 2017, c.29, s.1; 2017, c.30, s.2; 2019, c.22, s.1
Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service;
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system; and
(d) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in the drug insurance plan under the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act.
48(1.1)Despite subsection (1), a public body may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number, including the use to perform data matching, for the purpose of a research project approved
(a) by a research review body under section 43, or
(b) in accordance with an agreement referred to in paragraph 43.1(a).
48(1.2)Despite subsection (1), a public body may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number for a purpose prescribed by regulation.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8; 2014, c.4, s.65; 2016, c.7, s.5; 2017, c.29, s.1; 2017, c.30, s.2
Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service;
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system; and
(d) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in the drug insurance plan under the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act.
48(1.1)Despite subsection (1), the Minister may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number, including the use to perform data matching, for the purpose of research conducted under section 43 or conducted by a research data centre.
48(1.2)Despite subsection (1), a public body may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number for a purpose prescribed by regulation.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8; 2014, c.4, s.65; 2016, c.7, s.5; 2017, c.30, s.2
Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service;
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system; and
(d) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in the drug insurance plan under the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act.
48(1.1)Despite subsection (1), the Minister may collect and use an individual’s Medicare number, including the use to perform data matching, for the purpose of research conducted under section 43 or conducted by a research data centre.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8; 2014, c.4, s.65; 2016, c.7, s.5
Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service;
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system; and
(d) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in the drug insurance plan under the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8; 2014, c.4, s.65
Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service; and
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8
Medicare number
48(1)No person may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number except a person that requires its production, collection or use for the following purposes:
(a) for the provision of health care;
(b) to verify the individual’s eligibility to participate in a health care program or receive a health care service; and
(c) for the payment and management of the health care system.
48(2)An individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not authorized to require the production of the individual’s Medicare number or collect or use the individual’s Medicare number.
48(3)If a person requests a Medicare number from an individual, the person shall advise the individual of his or her authority to do so.
2009, c.53, s.8
Medicare number
48(1)No person, other than a custodian or a person authorized by the regulations, may require the production of an individual’s Medicare number or collect or use an individual’s Medicare number, and an individual may refuse to provide his or her Medicare number to any person not so authorized.
48(2)If a custodian or a person authorized by the regulations requests a Medicare number from an individual, a custodian or authorized person shall advise the individual of its authority to do so.