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The Ministry of Community and Social Services (the Ministry) received a request from an individual under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to records relating to the admission and treatment of his daughter at the Child Psychiatric Research Institute (CPRI). The requester's daughter is now an adult.
Although the requester provided the Ministry with an authorization to release information signed by his daughter, the Ministry denied access to the records pursuant to sections 21(1)(f) and 49(b) of the Act. The requester appealed the Ministry's decision.
The records at issue include intake and discharge records, progress notes, program plans, lab reports, interview notes and correspondence related to the appellant's daughter.
During mediation, the Ministry advised the Appeals Officer that it had some doubt about the validity of the authorization provided by the requester.
The Appeals Officer attempted to investigate the facts surrounding the issue of authorization in greater detail but was unable to resolve the issue. As a result, a notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the Ministry, the appellant and to the appellant's daughter.
Written representations were received from the Ministry and the appellant.
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