26.1 (1) An inspector acting within the scope of their appointment may enter any of the following places at any reasonable time to conduct inspections in accordance with the purpose for which the inspector was appointed, as provided for in section 25 or 26, as the case may be: 1.  A licensed independent health facility or a place in respect of which an application for or related to a licence has been made. 2.  Any business premises of a person or entity that owns or operates one or more independent health facilities. 3.  Any place that the inspector suspects on reasonable grounds is operating as an independent health facility. 4.  Any facility being operated by a potential licensee. 5.  Any place where a licensee, potential licensee or person who may be operating an independent health facility maintains records that relate in any way to, i.  the charging and accepting of facility fees, or ii.  the provision of services at an independent health facility. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Dwellings (2) No inspector shall enter a part of a place that is being used as a dwelling, except with the consent of the occupier of the part of the place or under the authority of an order under section 34. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Use of force (3) An inspector is not entitled to use force to enter and inspect a place. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Powers of inspector (4) An inspector conducting an inspection may, if the inspector considers it to be relevant to the inspection, (a)  examine records or anything else; (b)  demand the production of a record or any other thing; (c)  upon providing a receipt, remove a record or any other thing for review, examination or copying; (d)  in order to produce a record in readable form, use data storage, information processing or retrieval devices or systems that are normally used in carrying on business in the place; (e)  take photographs or make any other kind of recording but only in a manner that does not intercept any private communication and that is in keeping with reasonable expectations of privacy; (f)  question a person about a matter relevant to the inspection; (g)  call upon experts who may enter the premises and provide assistance to the inspector in carrying out the inspection in any manner that the inspector considers necessary; and (h)  if the consent of the person who is to receive the services has been obtained, observe the staff of the facility in providing services to members of the public. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Written demand (5) A demand under this section that a record or any other thing be produced must be in writing and must include, (a)  a statement of the nature of the record or thing required; and (b)  a statement of when the records and other things are to be produced. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Obligation to produce and assist (6) If an inspector demands that a record or any other thing be produced under this section, the person who has custody of the record or thing shall produce it and, in the case of a record, shall, on request, provide any assistance that is reasonably necessary to interpret the record or to produce it in a readable form. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Records and things removed from place (7) A record or other thing that has been removed for review, examination or copying, (a)  shall be made available to the person from whom it was removed on request and at a time and place that are convenient for the person and for the inspector; and (b)  shall be returned to the person within a reasonable time. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Co-operation (8) Every person shall give all reasonable assistance to an inspector in the exercise of the inspector’s powers or the performance of the inspector’s duties under this Act or the regulations. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Confidentiality (9) An inspector shall keep confidential all information that comes to his or her knowledge in the course of his or her duties under this section and shall not communicate any information to any other person except as permitted or required by law or except where the communication is to, (a)  the Director or a person employed in or performing services for the Ministry; or (b)  in the case of an inspector appointed under section 26, the Registrar, and the Registrar of any other relevant College under the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Inspection report (10) Within a reasonable period of time after completing an inspection, or at any other time upon the written request of the Director, an inspector appointed under section 25 shall make a report in writing to the Director. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Record (11) In this section, “record” means any document or record of information, in any form, including a record that contains personal information. 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2019, c. 15, Sched. 19, s. 18 - 10/12/2019