I had call from a gentleman who would not give his name or name of psychologist. This gentleman asked for a copy of his file from the psychologist and the psychologist’s response was I have to talk to the Board. The gentleman said he can get copies of his doctor’s file and psychiatrist files, why not his psychologist’s file.

This gentleman would like to know if he is entitled to his file. If not, he is going to take legal action. I told him he could put in a complaint against this psychologist, he said “I know that, I don’t want to put in a complaint.” He said that he was going to take legal action.

Since he would not give me an email address or phone number, he is calling back at 1pm.

Clients are certainly entitled to receive a copy of their file, just as he noted he could do with other healthcare providers. There may be some items in his file that are restricted (psychological tests) that are subject to laws preventing their disclosure. However, that does not mean that the entire file cannot be provided. There is a policy that outlines the release of file materials that can be provided to any party that would like to review it.

https://www.ns-rp.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Raw-Data-General-Disclosure.pdf

In case he requests this, but does not want to provide an email address, this can be found on the Standards and Guidelines page of the NSRP website:

https://www.ns-rp.ca/information-for-registrants/for-all-registrants/standards-guidelines/nAnd then scrolling down to the PDF entitled:”September 2014 – Position on Release of File Materials (including raw data and test materials)”