Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2022-009 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

June 29, 2022

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2022-009 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.

To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner

Report: A-2022-009
Report Date: June 24, 2022
Public Body: Department of Health and Community Services
Summary: The Complainant made an access to information request to the Department of Health and Community Services pursuant to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 for records relating to the Premier’s billings as a fee-for-service physician. The Department declined to provide the records, relying on its yearly proactive disclosure of all fee-for-service physician billings. The Complainant disagreed with this decision and made a complaint to this Office. The Commissioner determined that section 22 (Published material) did not apply, and recommended the release of the records.

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