63 (1) Except for the purposes of this Act and the regulations or as required by law, (a)  an inspector, a person accompanying an inspector or a person who, at the request of an inspector, makes an examination, test or inquiry, shall not publish, disclose or communicate to any person any information, material, statement, report or result of any examination, test or inquiry acquired, furnished, obtained, made or received under the powers conferred under this Act or the regulations; (b)  Repealed:  1992, c. 14, s. 2 (2). (c)  no person shall publish, disclose or communicate to any person any secret manufacturing process or trade secret acquired, furnished, obtained, made or received under the provisions of this Act or the regulations; (d)  Repealed:  1992, c. 14, s. 2 (3). (e)  no person to whom information is communicated under this Act and the regulations shall divulge the name of the informant to any person; and (f)  no person shall disclose any information obtained in any medical examination, test or x-ray of a worker made or taken under this Act except in a form calculated to prevent the information from being identified with a particular person or case.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, s. 63 (1); 1992, c. 14, s. 2 (2, 3). Employer access to health records (2) No employer shall seek to gain access, except by an order of the court or other tribunal or in order to comply with another statute, to a health record concerning a worker without the worker’s written consent.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, s. 63 (2). Compellability, civil suit (3) An inspector or a person who, at the request of an inspector, accompanies an inspector, or a person who makes an examination, test, inquiry or takes samples at the request of an inspector, is not a compellable witness in a civil suit or any proceeding, except an inquest under the Coroners Act, respecting any information, material, statement or test acquired, furnished, obtained, made or received under this Act or the regulations.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, s. 63 (3). Compellability of witnesses (3.1) Persons employed in the Office of the Worker Adviser or the Office of the Employer Adviser are not compellable witnesses in a civil suit or any proceeding respecting any information or material furnished to or obtained, made or received by them under this Act while acting within the scope of their employment.  2011, c. 11, s. 16. Exception (3.2) If the Office of the Worker Adviser or the Office of the Employer Adviser is a party to a proceeding, a person employed in the relevant Office may be determined to be a compellable witness.  2011, c. 11, s. 16. Production of documents (3.3) Persons employed in the Office of the Worker Adviser or the Office of the Employer Adviser are not required to produce, in a proceeding in which the relevant Office is not a party, any information or material furnished to or obtained, made or received by them under this Act while acting within the scope of their employment.  2011, c. 11, s. 16. Power of Director to disclose (4) A Director may communicate or allow to be communicated or disclosed information, material, statements or the result of a test acquired, furnished, obtained, made or received under this Act or the regulations.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, s. 63 (4). Medical emergencies (5) Subsection (1) does not apply so as to prevent any person from providing any information in the possession of the person, including confidential business information, in a medical emergency for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment.  R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1, s. 63 (5). Conflict (6) This section prevails despite anything to the contrary in the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004.  2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 93. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1992, c. 14, s. 2 (2, 3) - 25/06/1992 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 93 - 1/11/2004 2011, c. 11, s. 16 - 1/04/2012