By The Canadian Press

RED DEER

Former health services employee sentenced to $8,000 fine, one year probation

Oct 9, 2019 | 1:49 PM

A former billing clerk with Alberta Health Services has been fined $8,000 and sentenced to one year of probation after admitting he gained improper access to health records.

Amarish Tripathi pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court to going into the files of more than 80 people on 471 occasions at the city’s Michener Centre, a care facility for people with developmental disabilities.

Conditions of his probation include attending treatment and counselling.

As well, he is not allowed to be employed in a position that gives him access to health information for one year.

Tripathi was charged in June following an investigation by the office of the privacy commissioner.

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It is the third reported breach of private health records this month.