Browse policies below and visit Interior Health's Our Story page to learn more about our strategic priorities.
Policies
Our policies fall under the categories of administration and organization, board of directors and research. Communicating these policies, and public accountability, are components of our strategic priorities.
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Administration & organization
AC0100 | Visual Identity |
AC0400 | External Communications Consultants |
AC0500 | Social Media Guidelines |
AC0500 | Social Media |
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AH0210 | Responding to Emergencies Outside Community Dialysis Unit |
AH0300 | No Refusal |
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AH0600 |
ED Requirement for Assessment of Outpatients who Receive Injectable |
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AH1000 |
ED Triage and Reassessment in Waiting Room and Ambulance Stretchers |
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AH1030 |
ED Physician to Physician Hand Off of Patients at Shift Change |
AH1040 |
ED Pre Discharge Review of Patients Who are Kept for Observation or Therapy |
AH1050 |
ED Provision of Written Information Notification or Instructions to Patients at Discharge |
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AH1620 | Infant Feeding |
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AH2000 |
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AH4000 |
Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) and Advance Care Planning (ACP) |
AH5000 | Harm Reduction – People Who Use Substances Policy |
AI0100 | Premium Hip Devices Patient Fees |
AI0300 | Surgical Safety Checklist |
AI0400 | Organ Donation |
AI0500 | Dental Assistants |
AL0100 | Consent Adults |
AL0200 | Consent Persons Under 19 Years of Age |
AL0300 | Blood Alcohol |
AL0500 | Legal Court Documents and Proceedings |
AL0600 | Duty to Report Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect |
AL0700 | Records Retention |
AL0800 | Designated Agency Policy |
AL1000 | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
AL1600 | Project Ethics |
AP0200 | Client Rates For Long Stay Patients Awaiting Placement |
AP0300 | Travel Expense |
AP0300a | Travel Expense - Quick Reference Guide |
AP0300b | Travel Expense - User Guide |
AP0400 | Changes to Schedule of Fees and Charges |
AP0500 | Leased Space Management of |
AP0700 | Signing Authority |
AP0900 | Hardship |
AP1000 | Environmental Sustainability |
AP1100 | Research Finance |
AP1110 | Special Research Funds |
AP1120 | Clinical Research Overhead Rates |
AP1200 | Preferred Accomodation |
AR0100 | Information Systems Acceptable Use of |
AR0150 | Mobile Device Personal Use |
AR0200 | Information Security |
AR0300 | Wireless (WiFi) Network |
AR0400 | Privacy and Management of Confidential Information |
AR0450 | Managing Privacy-Security Breaches-Violations |
AR0500 | Email and Text Messaging |
AR0600 | Internet Access |
AR0700 | User Identification and Password |
AR1000 | Photography Videotaping and Audio Recording |
AT0100 | Health Records |
AT0200 | IMIT Acquisition and Implementation |
AT0300 | Software |
AU0100 | Standards of Conduct for IHA Employees |
AU0150 | Public Interest Disclosure Act |
AU0200 | Substance Use Disorder Procedural Guidelines |
AU0200 | Substance Use Disorder |
AU0250 | Post Retirement Employment |
AU0400 | External Consultants Use of |
AU0500 | Print Copy Management |
AU0800 | Dress Code, Personal Appearance |
AU0900 | Employee Information Release of |
AU1000 | Workplace Environment Procedural Guidelines |
AU1000 | Workplace Environment |
AU1100 | Post-Secondary Institution Student Experiences |
AU1150 | Learning and Development Request - Policy Guide |
AU1150 | Learning and Development Requests |
AU1200 | Vacation - Contract Employees |
AU1300 | Flexible Work Location Guidebook |
AU1300 | Flexible Work Location |
AU1500 | Career Exploration: Job Shadow Participant Experiences |
AU2100 | Diversity |
AU2200 | Anti-Racism |
AU3000 | Conferences Approval and Funding of |
AU4000 | Theft, Fraud and Corruption |
AW0200 | Laundry Services |
AW0300 | Parking Policy |
AW0500 | Facilities and Asset Naming |
AW0600 | Identification and Access Control |
AW0650 | Prohibited Items |
AW0800 | Art in IH Facilities |
AW1000 | Public Use of Interior Health Facilities |
Board of Directors
Research
RA0200 | Membership |
RA0300 | Training and Education |
RA0400 | Meeting Administration |
RA0500 | Records Management |
RA0600 | REB Signing Authority |
RA0700 | Confidentiality of Information |
RA0800 | Conflict of Interest |
RA0900 | Reportable Events |
RA1200 | External Audits for REB-Approved Research |
RR0100 | Activities Requiring Research Ethics Review |
RR0200 | Harmonized Ethics Review |
RR0300 | Initial Review Research |
RR0400 | Amendments |
RR0500 | Renewals |
RR0600 | Research Completion |
RR0700 | Obtaining Consent for Research |
RR0800 | Documentation of Consent for Research |
RR0900 | Safety and Serious Adverse Events Reporting |
RR1100 | REB Management Non-Compliance |
RR1200 | Suspensions and Terminations |
RR1300 | Appeal of REB Decision |
RR1400 | Research Participant Concerns |
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