Video: Privacy Legislation in Alberta

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) have a professional and ethical responsibility to practice within the relevant laws governing privacy and confidentiality of patient information. This means all LPNs have the duty to safeguard a patient’s personal and health information as well as respect a patient’s right to privacy. LPNs are ultimately responsible for determining and understanding which piece of privacy legislation helps fulfill this commitment.

This video will discuss the following Alberta privacy legislation:

• Health Information Act or HIA,
• Personal Information Protection Act or PIPA, and
• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act or FOIPP

Additionally, this video identifies when federal privacy legislation applies in place of provincial privacy legislation, including the

• Privacy Act, and
• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act or PIPEDA.

The CLPNA’s Interpretive Document: Privacy Legislation in Alberta and the Privacy Legislation Flowchart further guide LPNs in understanding the Privacy Legislation.

QUESTIONS?

For more information, please contact:

Ask CLPNA or call 1-800-661-5877 (toll-free in Alberta), or 780-484-8886.