70. Members must refuse to release to a client any personal information concerning the client if its disclosure would likely reveal personal information concerning a third person or the existence of such information, and the disclosure could seriously harm that third person, unless that person consents to the communication of the information or the circumstances are those of an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the person concerned.
Members must notify the client in writing of the reasons for the refusal, enter the reasons in the record and inform the client of available recourses.
97-2020O.C. 97-2020, s. 70.