C-26, r. 14 - Code of ethics of chartered administrators

Section 46.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

46.1. Chartered administrators may communicate information that is protected by professional secrecy in order to prevent an act of violence, including a 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, chartered administrators may only communicate the information to the person exposed to the danger or the person’s representative, and to the persons who can come to the person’s aid. They may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated.

Chartered administrators who communicate such information may do so orally or in writing, provided the method chosen will not prejudicially delay the communication of the information.

O.C. 777-2004, s. 2.