Collection
Health Information and Privacy
Date
File Numbers
HA21-00236
Adjudicators
Stella Ball
Decision Type
Decision - PHIPA
Applicable Legislation
PHIPA - 4(1)(a)
PHIPA - 4(1)(b)
PHIPA - 52(1)(e)(i)
The complainant asked for access to her child’s patient records on her child’s behalf. Hamilton Health Sciences granted access to some records, but withheld information in the records regarding its communications with a children’s aid society. It claimed that granting access to the withheld information could reasonably be expected to result in a serious risk of harm to the child’s treatment or recovery, within the meaning of the exemption in section 52(1)(e)(i) of PHIPA.
In this decision, the adjudicator accepts that the withheld information is exempt, and she dismisses the complaint.