C-26, r. 286 - Code of ethics of the members of the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec

Section 3.07.02 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

3.07.02. A social worker who grants a request referred to in section 3.07.01 shall allow his client access to documents, free of charge, in his presence or in the presence of a person he has authorized. However, a social worker who receives a request referred to in paragraph 2 of section 3.07.01 may charge reasonable fees not exceeding the cost for reproducing or transcribing documents or the cost for forwarding a copy.

A social worker charging such fees shall, before proceeding with the reproduction, transcription or forwarding of the information, inform his client of the approximate amount he will have to pay. The social worker has a right to withhold documents until the fees are paid.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. C-26, r. 180, s. 3.07.02; O.C. 1067-2000, s. 1.