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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. 

Interpretive Document: Privacy Legislation in Alberta