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A request was made to the Ministry of Health for access to: "The contents of the Health Discipline Board's file (Re: [the requester]) on which the Board ... made their negative 'decision & reasons' response of Feb 9, 1983".
The request was transferred to the Archives of Ontario (the "institution"), pursuant to section 25 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "Act"), and the requester was notified.
The requester was granted access to 90 records in their entirety, and partial access to 11 addition records, with severances pursuant to section 49(b) of the Act.
The requester appealed the institution's decision to this office.
During the course of mediation, the scope of the appeal was narrowed to only one severed paragraph of a letter dated June 7, 1982, written by a doctor (the "affected person") to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the context of the Health Discipline Board's review involving the appellant. Settlement of the appeal was not possible because the appellant held to his view that this paragraph contained his personal information because of the fact that the letter was written in reference to him, and the affected person refused to consent to disclosure of the severed information.
Because further mediation was not possible, the matter proceed to inquiry. Notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the decision of the head was sent to the appellant, the institution and the affected person, inviting representations concerning the subject matter of the appeal. Written representations were received from the institution and the appellant.
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