MacDermid, Joy C.
McClure, J. Andrew
Richard, Lucie
Faber, Kenneth J.
Jaglal, Susan
Article History
Received: 29 January 2021
Accepted: 5 November 2021
First Online: 29 November 2021
Declarations
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: ICES is a prescribed entity under section 45 of Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act. Section 45 authorizes ICES to collect personal health information, without consent, for the purpose of analysis or compiling statistical information with respect to the management of, evaluation or monitoring of, the allocation of resources to or planning for all or part of the health system. Projects conducted under section 45, by definition, do not require review by a Research Ethics Board. This project was conducted under section 45, and approved by ICES’ Privacy and Legal Office.
: None.