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R-22.1 - Act respecting health and social services information
Section 74
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74. A body may communicate information it holds in order to protect a person or an identifiable group of persons where there is reasonable cause to believe that a serious risk of death or of serious bodily injury, related in particular to a disappearance or to an act of violence, including a suicide attempt, threatens the person or group and where the nature of the threat generates a sense of urgency.
In such a case, the information may be communicated to the person or persons exposed to that risk, to their representative or to any person who can come to their aid. Only the information necessary for the objectives pursued by the communication may be communicated to them.
No judicial proceedings may be brought against a body for communicating information in good faith under this section. The same applies to any person who, on behalf of the body, participates in good faith in such a communication, even indirectly.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, “serious bodily injury” means any physical or psychological injury that is significantly detrimental to the physical integrity or the health or well-being of a person or an identifiable group of persons.
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74. A body may communicate information it holds in order to protect a person or an identifiable group of persons where there is reasonable cause to believe that a serious risk of death or of serious bodily injury, related in particular to a disappearance or to an act of violence, including a suicide attempt, threatens the person or group and where the nature of the threat generates a sense of urgency.
In such a case, the information may be communicated to the person or persons exposed to that risk, to their representative or to any person who can come to their aid. Only the information necessary for the objectives pursued by the communication may be communicated to them.
No judicial proceedings may be brought against a body for communicating information in good faith under this section. The same applies to any person who, on behalf of the body, participates in good faith in such a communication, even indirectly.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, “serious bodily injury” means any physical or psychological injury that is significantly detrimental to the physical integrity or the health or well-being of a person or an identifiable group of persons.
