Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner. Steps to Request a Correction of Personal Information or Amendment of Personal Health Information. 29 April 2025. correction by 30 days. Please note that HIPA does not have a provision that allows a trustee to extend the time to respond to your request for amendment. The government institution, local authority or trustee is required to provide you with one of the following responses: • That it has made the requested correction or amendment. • That it did not make the correction or amendment and instead added a notation on the record indicating your request and its decision. A notation is a note made on the individual’s record by the personal information or personal health information at issue or in an electronic record indicating that the individual has requested correction of the personal information or amendment of the personal health information. A notation should include the date, who requested the correction or amendment, what the requested correction or amendment was and signature or name of the decision-maker. • That it is disregarding your request pursuant to section 45.1 of FOIP or section 43.1 of LA FOIP. These provisions allow a government institution or local authority to ask the Commissioner for approval to disregard a request for correction of personal information. For more information, please refer to Application to Disregard an Access to Information Request or Request for Correction: A Guide for Public Bodies and Applicants. Please note that HIPA does not have a provision that allows a trustee to disregard a request for amendment. Not satisfied? If you do not receive a written response within 30 days (or 60 days if the response deadline was extended by the government institution or local authority), or are dissatisfied with the response, you can request a review by the IPC. At that point, we will let you know what we need to go forward. Step 4: Submit a Request for Review to the IPC You have one year after receiving your written response from the government institution, local authority or trustee to ask the Commissioner to undertake a review. The Commissioner is an independent officer of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly and oversees FOIP, LA FOIP and HIPA.
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