Who falls under PHIA?
PHIA applies to trustees who maintain (have custody or control of) personal health information. Trustees are: • all public bodies that fall under FIPPA, including provincial government departments, government agencies and local public bodies. Local public bodies include educational bodies (such as school divisions, universities and colleges), health care bodies (such as hospitals and regional health authorities) and local government bodies (such as the City of Winnipeg, municipalities, local government districts, planning districts and conservation districts), and any other body in these categories designated in the regulations; • health professionals licensed or registered to provide health care under an Act of the Legislature or who are members of a class of persons designated as health professionals in the Regulations (such as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists, etc.); • health care facilities (such as hospitals, personal care homes, psychiatric facilities, medical cli
