523. Notwithstanding section 9 of the Charter of human rights and freedoms (chapter C-12), a physician must report to the Régie the name and address of any patient sixteen years of age or older that he considers unable on medical grounds to drive a road vehicle. The physician shall make his decision taking into account the guide contemplated in paragraph 8 of section 163.
The obligation provided for in the first paragraph also applies to an optometrist in the exercise of his profession.