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Information Protection Act 2016, S.O. 2016, c. 6 - Bill 119, to amend the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, to make related amendments, to introduce the idea of an "ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD", to repeal and replace the Quality of Care Information Protection Act 2004 with
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Ontario Act to establish consistent rules governing the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information in the hands of āhealth information custodiansā, such as doctors, hospitals or other health care providers.
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