The Health Information Protection Act describes a number of rights that you have with respect to your personal health information. These rights include:

• The right to consent to use and disclosure. (It should be noted that there are circumstances identified in HIPA where consent of the individual is not required for use or disclosure of an individual’s personal health information.)
• The right to revoke consent to the use or disclosure.
• The right to prevent access to a comprehensive health record.
• The right to be informed by trustees about anticipated uses and disclosures.
• The right to be informed about disclosures without consent.
• The right to refuse to provide the Health Services Number as identification for a non-health service.
• The right to access personal health information about oneself.
• The right to request amendments to records of personal health information about oneself.
• The right to request a review by the Information and Privacy Commissioner about a decision by a trustee.
• The right to appeal to a court the decisions of a trustee.
• The right to designate another person to make decisions about one’s personal health information.