18. Guidance counsellors must preserve the secrecy of all confidential information obtained in the practice of their profession. Guidance counsellors may be released from their obligation of professional secrecy only with the authorization of their client or where so ordered by law.
In order to obtain such authorization, guidance counsellors must inform their client of the possible implications of the lifting of professional secrecy.
1169-2018O.C. 1169-2018, s. 18.