C-11 - Charter of the French language

Section 27 Disposition versions

2022-06-01

27. In the health services and the social services, the documents filed in the clinical records shall be drafted in French or in English, as the person drafting them sees fit. However, each health service or social service may require such documents to be drafted in French alone.

At the request of any person authorized to obtain such documents, a health service or a social service shall, as soon as possible and at its expense, provide the summary, drafted in French, of a clinical record and the French version of any document filed in the record that includes information in English.

1977, c. 5, s. 27; 2022, c. 14, s. 17.

1977-12-31

27. In the health services and the social services, the documents filed in the clinical records shall be drafted in French or in English, as the person drafting them sees fit. However, each health service or social service may require such documents to be drafted in French alone. Resumés of clinical records must be furnished in French on demand to any person authorized to obtain them.

1977, c. 5, s. 27.