R-22.1 - Act respecting health and social services information

Section 44 Disposition versions

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44. A researcher attached to a body referred to in Schedule I, to a public institution or to a private institution under agreement that operates a hospital centre may be informed of the existence of and have access to information held by a body and necessary for carrying out a research project, unless the person concerned has refused access to the information under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 8, if so authorized by the person exercising the highest authority within the body to which the researcher is attached.

To that end, the researcher must submit a written request for authorization to the person exercising the highest authority and enclose the following documents:

(1)  a detailed presentation of the activities related to the research project setting out, in particular,

(a)  the objectives pursued;

(b)  all the information necessary for achieving those objectives; and

(c)  the intended pairing of such information;

(2)  a report containing a privacy impact assessment; and

(3)  the documented decision of a research ethics committee formed or designated by the Minister under article 21 of the Civil Code with regard to the research project.

2023, c. 5, s. 44.