Section 15.1 - Request under section 7 deemed to be a request under HIA

15.1(1) If a request is made under section 7(1) for access to a record that contains information to which the Health Information Act applies, the part of the request that relates to that information is deemed to be a request under section 8(1) of the Health Information Act and that Act applies as if the request had been made under section 8(1) of that Act.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the public body that receives the request is not a custodian as defined in the Health Information Act.

RSA 2000 cH-5 s114