PO-4471

The Ministry of Health received a request under the Act for access to records pertaining to its review of the requester’s OHIP billing. The ministry decided to grant the requester partial access to responsive records relying on the law enforcement exemption in section 14(1) and the personal privacy exemption in section 21(1). The requester appealed the ministry’s decision, seeking access to the information withheld pursuant to section 14(1)(c). During mediation, it was agreed that because the records might contain the requester’s personal information, the discretionary exemption to refuse the requester’s own information in section 49(a), read with 14(1)(c), may apply.
In this order, the adjudicator finds that the exemption in section 49(a), read with 14(1)(c), applies to the information at issue. The adjudicator upholds the ministry’s decision to withhold the information that she finds exempt and dismisses the appeal.