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O-7, r. 5.1 - Code of ethics of optometrists
Section 60
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60. An optometrist may not communicate information concerning a patient or contained in the patient’s record that has been provided by or concerns a third person and where knowledge of the existence or the communication thereof would make it possible to identify the third person and such disclosure could seriously harm the third person, unless the latter agrees to the communication of the information or in the case of an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the person concerned.
The first paragraph does not apply where the information was provided by a health professional or by an employee at an institution in the performance of their duties.
In force: 2018-05-17
60. An optometrist may not communicate information concerning a patient or contained in the patient’s record that has been provided by or concerns a third person and where knowledge of the existence or the communication thereof would make it possible to identify the third person and such disclosure could seriously harm the third person, unless the latter agrees to the communication of the information or in the case of an emergency that threatens the life, health or safety of the person concerned.
The first paragraph does not apply where the information was provided by a health professional or by an employee at an institution in the performance of their duties.
