The province has until May 31 to complete a review of the Personal Health Information Act.
The act came into effect in June 2013 in an attempt to balance Nova Scotians’ right to privacy with how their personal health information is collected, managed, disclosed and disposed.
The consultation process will end on Friday, March 3rd.
Finance Minister Randy Delorey says there’s two sides to the act.
“We want to hear from both perspectives. People who need to use the information to provide health services and also citizens of Nova Scotia whose personal information may be used. We want to hear if people have had experiences with the legislation and how those experiences have been based on the current legislation.”
Delorey says we have become more aware of the importance of managing our personal information particularly with technological advances and what people may do with that information.
Input can be provided online by completing a survey in English or French or download the survey and mail in their responses.
The survey is available at :https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.novascotia.ca%2Fd….