C-26, r. 226 - Code of ethics of the members of the Ordre professionnel des technologues en prothèses et appareils dentaires du Québec

Section 3.06.01.01 Disposition versions

2020-09-24

3.06.01.01. In addition to the cases provided for in section 3.06.02, a technologist may communicate information that is protected by professional secrecy to prevent an act of violence, including a suicide, where the technologist has 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, the technologist may only communicate the information to a person exposed to the danger, to that person’s representative or to the persons who can come to that person’s aid.

The technologist may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated.

O.C. 834-2003, s. 1.

2012-09-01

3.06.01.01. In addition to the cases provided for in section 3.06.02, a dental technician may communicate information that is protected by professional secrecy to prevent an act of violence, including a suicide, where the dental technician has 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, the dental technician may only communicate the information to a person exposed to the danger, to that person’s representative or to the persons who can come to that person’s aid.

The dental technician may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated.

O.C. 834-2003, s. 1.