17.3 (1) Every physician, practitioner, health facility, hospital and integrated community health services centre shall give the General Manager records or other information, including personal information, that the General Manager may require, (a) for purposes related to the administration of this Act, the Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act, 2004
or the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023; or (b) for other prescribed purposes. 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 71 (3). Same (2) Such persons or organizations as may be prescribed shall give the General Manager such information, including personal information, as may be prescribed and such information as the General Manager may require for the purpose of administering this Act. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1). Form and time (3) The records and other information shall be provided in the form, and within the time, specified by the General Manager. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1). Application (4) This section applies despite anything in the
Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, an Act listed in Schedule 1 to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, or any regulations made under those Acts. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1). Rules re providing records and information (5) Where the General Manager requires a physician, practitioner or health facility that has been granted a billing number to provide records or other information, the following rules apply: 1. The physician, practitioner or facility shall submit copies of the requested records or other information and, where required by the General Manager, shall include a signed certificate of authenticity and a signed copy of an audit trail for electronic records. 2. If the General Manager is not satisfied with the copies of the requested records or other information, the General Manager may require the physician, practitioner or facility to produce the original documents to the General Manager, and the documents shall be returned to the physician, practitioner or facility in a timely manner after copies have been made. 3. Where a physician, practitioner or facility fails to produce the copies or originals of records or other information required under this section, the General Manager may, on notice to the physician, practitioner or facility, apply to a justice or a provincial judge for an order compelling production of the required records or other information and the justice or provincial judge may issue the order if they are satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the physician, practitioner or facility failed to produce the records or other information. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1). Electronic records (6) Where records required to be kept by physicians for the purposes of this Act are in electronic form, they shall have the characteristics of electronic records set out in the regulations under the Medicine Act, 1991. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1). Certificate of authenticity (7) A certificate of authenticity required under this section shall be in a form acceptable to the General Manager unless otherwise prescribed. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (1) - 10/12/2019; 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 15 (2) - no effect - see 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 76 (2) 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 71 (3) - 25/09/2023