Effective date: July 1, 2017
Application: All information stored by the WCB.
Policy subject: Privacy and access to information
Purpose:
To establish guidelines for the storage, archiving, and destruction of information.
Transitory records means records of temporary usefulness that are needed only for a limited time to complete a routine task or prepare an ongoing document. These records are not required to meet statutory obligations or to sustain administrative or operational functions. These records should be destroyed once they have served their purpose.
The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013
20, 21, 22, 25, 140, 172, 173, 174;
The Health Information Protection Act;
The Archives Act;
The Electronic Information and Documents Act, 2000;
Administrative Records Management System, 2014.
PRO 18/2013 Records Management