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Does federal and provincial privacy legislation restrict a Peer Assessor from reviewing patient charts?

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Does federal and provincial privacy legislation restrict a Peer Assessor from reviewing patient charts?

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A Peer Assessor is an employee of the College. According to the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991, the College has the authority to review personal information for the purposes of conducting an assessment and gathering information about nurses’ care of patients.