Martin v HPARB – Physician Access to Hospital Records at Issue
This was a judicial review application to the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice of a decision of the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (“HPARB”), dated January 16, 2020, confirming the decision of the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (“ICRC”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (“CPSO”) that dismissed a complaint against a doctor for having accessed the patient’s medical records for the purposes of defending himself in a medical malpractice lawsuit after he was no longer the patient’s treating physician.