Are you confident in your responsibility to maintain healthcare privacy? Have privacy legislation questions you’d like answered?
Join Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod for a Regulatory Education Session on Saturday, April 27. She will discuss your accountability under the Health Information Act and explain how the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) applies to you.
The free online event is open to registrants, students, and affiliated health professionals.
College registrants may claim time at attended sessions towards their Continuing Competence Program (CCP) requirements after completing the required reflective practice review (self-assessment, learning plan and reflective learning).
Regulatory Education Session
Saturday, April 27, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Online via Zoom webinar
Free Registration
Program
The following program is subject to change.
| Time | Presentation | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. | WELCOME | Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists |
| 9:02 a.m. | Privacy for Healthcare Professionals, plus answering your Privacy Questions | Diane McLeod, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC). Diane McLeod was appointed Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta on August 1, 2022. She is Alberta’s fourth Information and Privacy Commissioner. For more than 25 years, Diane has been committed to helping governments, healthcare providers, and businesses protect the access to information and privacy rights of citizens, patients and customers. FULL BIO. |
| 10:00 a.m. | Close | Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists (ACMDTT) |
About the OIPC
One of the missions of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC) is “ensuring public bodies, health custodians and private sector organizations uphold the access and privacy rights contained in the laws of Alberta.”
Through the OIPC, the Commissioner oversees and enforces Alberta’s three access to information and privacy laws:
- Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP)
- Health Information Act (HIA)
- Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
The Commissioner’s powers, duties and functions under Alberta’s access and privacy laws include:
- Providing reviews of privacy complaints related to the collection, use and disclosure of personal or health information.
- Conducting inquiries and issuing orders.
- Educating public bodies, custodians and organizations about the application of the laws.
- Educating the public about access and privacy issues.
Session, not Symposium
Please note that this is a Session and not a Symposium. Compared to our multi-topic, multi-speaker four-hour Symposiums, Sessions are more focused, shorter, and will adopt a less formal approach to meet the needs of our busy registrants. Watch for more of these events this year!
Regulatory Education Sessions aim to provide expert knowledge on regulatory topics and their impact on health professionals’ practices. These sessions are hosted by the Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists (the College).
Questions?
Contact us at info@acmdtt.com, 780.487.6130 or 1.800.282.2165.
