Marginal note:Definitions
278.1 The following definitions apply in sections 278.11 to 278.36.
- record
record means any form of record that contains personal information for which there is a reasonable expectation of privacy and includes medical, education, employment, child welfare, adoption and social services records, personal journals and diaries, and any record containing personal information the production or disclosure of which is protected by any other Act of Parliament or a provincial legislature, but does not include records made by persons responsible for the investigation or prosecution of the offence. (dossier)
- therapeutic record
therapeutic record means any form of record, regardless of its contents, that was produced in the course of psychiatric treatment or any therapy or counselling provided by a health care professional who is entitled under the laws of a province or of a foreign state to provide the treatment, therapy or counselling. (dossier thérapeutique)
- 1997, c. 30, s. 1
- 2018, c. 29, s. 23
- 2026, c. 19, s. 34
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