PHIPA DECISION 198

The complainant alleged that the physician disclosed more of his personal health information than necessary to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, in contravention of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). In this decision, the adjudicator finds that the discretionary disclosure provision at section 43(1)(h) (disclosure permitted or required by law) authorized the physician to disclose the complainant’s personal health information to the WSIB pursuant to the requirement at section 37(1) of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997. She also finds that the data minimization principle at section 30 of PHIPA does not apply, by virtue of section 30(3) of PHIPA, and she dismisses the complaint.