55. Occupational therapists may communicate information protected by professional secrecy to prevent an act of violence, including suicide, where they have reasonable cause to believe that there is an imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury to a person or an identifiable group of persons.
However, occupational therapists may only communicate the information to the person or persons exposed to the danger, their representative, or to the persons who can come to that person’s aid.
Occupational therapists may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated.