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The Act is generally considered to be in two parts: the first dealing with access to records in the custody or control of public bodies and the second dealing with the regulation of the collection, use and disclosure of personal information by those public bodies. It applies to provincially regulated public bodies in the province of Nova Scotia.
In Canada, the Access to Information Act allows citizens to demand records from federal bodies. The act came into force in 1983, under the Pierre Trudeau government, permitting Canadians to retrieve information from government files, establishing what information could be accessed, mandating timelines for response. [10]
www.nscc.ca. Nova Scotia Community College or NSCC is a Canadian community college serving the province of Nova Scotia through a network of 14 campuses and three community learning centres. The college delivers over 130 programs in five academic schools: Access, Education and Language; Business and Creative Industries; Health & Human Services ...
Patient access to copies of their medical records within 30 days of request for identification of errors and mistakes the records. Notification of how personal health information may be used, and ...
Federal. The Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA") governs the topic of data privacy, and how private-sector companies can collect, use and disclose personal information. The Act also contains various provisions to facilitate the use of electronic documents. PIPEDA was passed in 2000 to promote consumer trust ...
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is the first commission in Canada to engage a restorative dispute resolution process. The Commission is an arm's-length independent agency of the Government of Nova Scotia accountable to the Nova Scotia Department of Justice for budgetary issues. The Commission's mandate under the Act includes: helping ...
Nova Scotia universities continued to lobby for an increase in capital funds and following the report of the Royal Commission on Post-Secondary Education in 1986, [32] the Nova Scotia Council on Higher Education (NSCHE) was established, [permanent dead link] representing the interests of Nova Scotia on the MPHEC. In 1989, it became a legal ...
Website. www.nshealth.ca. The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the largest employer in the province, with more than 23,000 employees, 2,500 physicians and 7,000 volunteers working from 45 different facilities. [1] Its largest hospital is the Halifax Infirmary which is part of the ...