A-33, r. 3 - Code of ethics of hearing-aid acousticians

Section 3.05.04.01 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3.05.04.01. A hearing-aid acoustician must take the necessary measures to ensure that information and documents relevant to professional secrecy are not disclosed to a partner, shareholder, director, officer or employee of a partnership or joint-stock company within which the hearing-aid acoustician carries on professional activities or in which he has an interest, where he becomes aware that the partner, shareholder, director, officer or employee has a conflict of interest.

The following factors must be considered in assessing the effectiveness of such measures:

(1)  size of the partnership or company;

(2)  precautions taken to prevent access to the hearing-aid acoustician’s file by the person having a conflict of interest;

(3)  instructions given to protect confidential information or documents related to the conflict of interest; and

(4)  isolation, from the hearing-aid acoustician, of the person having a conflict of interest.

O.C. 549-2010, s. 9.