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Authorized providers - Québec Health Records

Certain professionals working in the health and social services sector are authorized to access information in Québec Health Records (QHRs), based on their profession and the type of institution they practice in.

Places where providers practice

Physician:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec
  • Centre de toxicologie du Québec
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre
  • Indigenous addiction treatment residential centre

Inspector, investigator and syndic:

  • Varied access

Pharmacist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Community pharmacy
  • Palliative care home
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre

Nurse:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office
  • Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec
  • Centre de toxicologie du Québec
  • Community pharmacy
  • Transplant Québec
  • Private seniors’ homes
  • Palliative care home
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre
  • Indigenous addiction treatment residential centre

Nursing assistant and psychologist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office
  • Private seniors’ homes
  • Palliative care home
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre
  • Indigenous addiction treatment residential centre

Midwife and medical archivist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Indigenous health and social services centre

Biochemist and microbiologist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Medical biology laboratory
  • Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec
  • Centre de toxicologie du Québec

Holder of a training card issued by the Collège des médecins:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Palliative care home
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre
  • Indigenous addiction treatment residential centre

Holder of an authorization issued by the Collège des médecins du Québec and person who provides technical support services to a physician:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Indigenous health and social services centre

Pharmacy resident, pharmacy intern and person who provides technical support services to a pharmacist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Community pharmacy

Dentist, dental hygienist, optometrist, audiologist and speech‑language pathologist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office
  • Indigenous health and social services centre

Dietitian, nutritionist, physiotherapist, physiotherapy technologist and respiratory therapist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre

Occupational therapist and social worker:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre
  • Indigenous addiction treatment residential centre

Dental medicine resident, podiatrist, and chiropractor:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office

Medical imaging technologist, radiation oncology technologist and medical electrophysiology technologist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Physician’s private office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • General medical imaging laboratory
  • Medical diagnostic radiology laboratory

Laboratory technologist:

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Medical biology laboratory

Psychoeducator (to come):

  • Centre operated by an institution
  • Private physician’s office
  • Specialized medical centre
  • Private professional’s office
  • Private seniors’ homes
  • Indigenous health and social services centre
  • Indigenous residential and long‑term care centre
  • Indigenous addiction treatment residential centre

Paramedics (to come):

  • Urgences‑santé and holder of an ambulance service permit

Access to the QHR by profession

Physicians, nurses, midwives, holders of a training card or an authorization issued by the Collège des médecins, dentists, dietitians, nutritionists, dental medicine residents, podiatrists and optometrists may access:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain
  • Medical imaging domain

They may also:

  • enter or remove an electronic prescription (communicate)
  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)

Inspectors, investigators, syndics, professional technologists in the field of orthotics or prosthetics and psychologists have access to the:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain
  • Medical imaging domain

They may also:

  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)

Pharmacists, pharmacy residents and pharmacy interns have access to the:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain
  • Medical imaging domain

They may also:

  • enter or remove an electronic prescription (communicate)
  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)
  • retrieve an electronic prescription

Nursing assistants, persons who provides technical support services to a physician, medical archivists and medical imaging technologists, radiation oncology technologists or medical electrophysiology technologist have access to the:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain
  • Medical imaging domain

Biochemists and microbiologists have access to the:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain

Persons providing technical support services to a pharmacist have access to the:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain
  • Medical imaging domain

They may also:

  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)
  • retrieve an electronic prescription

Physiotherapists, physiotherapy technologists, respiratory therapists and occupational therapists have access to the:

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain
  • Medical Imaging domain

They may also:

  • enter or remove an electronic prescription (communicate)
  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)

Laboratory technologists and dental hygienists may:

  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)

Social workers and psychoeducators have access to the:

  • Medication domain

They may also:

  • consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)

Paramedics have access to the (to come):

  • Medication domain
  • Laboratory domain

They may also:

  • Consult electronic prescriptions (receive communication)

Last update: April 24, 2026

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