O-7, r. 5 - Code of ethics of optometrists

Section 38.1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

38.1. The communication by an optometrist of confidential information to ensure the protection of persons, pursuant to the third paragraph of section 60.4 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), must:

(1)  be made within a reasonable time to achieve the purpose intended by the communication; and

(2)  be noted in the patient’s record, along with the name and contact information of any person to whom the information was communicated, the information in question, the reasons for the decision to communicate the information and the method of communication used.

O.C. 24-2004, s. 1.