Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
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Third party appeal of a transfer application for the licence to a medical facility.
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Section 2(1) (definition of "personal information") - records contain personal information; some information is not personal but relates to an individual in a professional capacity.
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Section 21(1) (personal privacy)- upheld
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Section 17(1) (third party information)- not upheld
• Ministry ordered to sever the portions of the record that contain personal information. Ministry's decision to disclose the remainder of the record upheld.
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the following information:
…copies of licences and (if applicable) transfers of same licences held by [named individual and/or second named individual] in respect of a facility operating under the name of [named medical facility] as well as any other available and related information held by the Ministry.