C-26, r. 113 - Code of ethics of occupational therapists

Section 3.06.07 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

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

The occupational therapist may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated, in particular the identity of the person in danger, the identity, address and telephone number of the person uttering threats as well as the nature of those threats, and the circumstances in which they were uttered.

O.C. 839-2003, s. 1.