Record Retention
Paper documentation containing information that is not confidential or sensitive in nature should be disposed of by placing it here.
What is the recycling bin?
This classification describes published materials such as pamphlets, newsletters and in some cases annual reports.
What is Public?
The collection, use and disclosure of health information by practice custodians is governed by provisions of this Act.
What is the Health Information Act (HIA)?
Confidential or sensitive information are disposed of using this method.
What is shredding?
These are administrative records that can be made available to public upon request (e.g. policies, reports, etc.).
What is Internal Use?
A subset of the Health Information Act that provides further guidance and clarification for the contents of the Act.
What is the Health Information Regulation?
Following termination of an employee, the employee record, in hard copy or digital format, is retained for this many years.
What is 5 years?
Information describing personal health and registration information, employee information, or information given in confidence or under privilege.
What is Confidential?
It is the name of the officer that must be designated by a business to satisfy section 62(1) of the Health Information Act.
What is the Privacy Officer?
Transitory records, such as analog x-rays, should be identifies, converted and this, after the actions to which they relate are completed.
What is destroyed?
Information describing practice security systems, access codes, financial records, and could harm staff or the corporation if revealed.
What is Restricted?
The Health Information Act instructs businesses to conduct this in order to increase awareness of requirements and activities associated with Protection of Personal Health Information.
What is Training?
Health records of employees exposed to hazardous materials shall be retained for a minimum of this many years. The Israelites in the desert could empathize.
What is 40 years?
The purpose of this policy is to establish criteria, standards, and procedures for identifying and managing confidential information within security zones.
What is the Information Security Classification Policy?
The collection, use and disclosure of this type of information by all staff is governed by the provisions of the Health Information Act.
What is Health?