The Ministry of Health (the “Ministry”) pays for the physiotherapy services (the “Services”) Russett Rehabilitation and Wellness Clinic (the “Clinic”) provides to you. The Ministry conducts periodic reviews to verify the Services the Clinic provided to you and to ensure the proper use of public funds.
Your Personal Health Information
To enable the Ministry to conduct its review, the Ministry needs to collect the following personal health information from the Clinic:
1. your name
2. your date of birth
3. your Ontario Health Insurance Plan number
4. your clinical record including details of your assessment, diagnosis, treatment
plan and discharge
5. the dates on which the Clinic provided Services to you
Consent for Verification Purposes
The Clinic is, therefore, asking you for your consent to allow the Ministry to collect your personal health information to assist the Ministry with its review.
Who can sign the consent form?
You can sign the consent form if:
• you are a patient of the Clinic; or
• you are a patient’s “Substitute Decision Maker” authorized under Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004. (See more information about what this means, below).
What does “Substitute Decision Maker” mean and who is authorized under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 to act as the patient’s Substitute Decision Maker?
If a patient does not have capacity₁ to give, withhold or withdraw consent, a Substitute Decision Maker can give, withhold or withdraw consent to the collection, use and disclosure of the patient’s personal health information on behalf of the patient.
You can act as a Substitute Decision Maker for a person who does not have capacity if you have capacity and you are the highest ranked person in this list:
• a substitute decision-maker within the meaning of the Health Care Consent Act, if the collection, use or disclosure of information is connected to the decision of a substitute decision-maker about the patient’s treatment;
• the guardian of the person;
• the attorney for personal care;
• the representative appointed by the Consent and Capacity Board;
• the spouse or partner;
• a child, a parent, a children’s aid society or other person who is allowed by law to give or refuse consent in the place of the parent;
• a parent who has a right of access to the child;