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P-41 - Mental Patients Protection Act

Section 28
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28. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of section 59 of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (chapter A-2.1), every physician treating a person under close treatment must notify the family of such person or the persons taking care of him, of the arrangements made about him and the measures likely to hasten his recovery. The physician must further notify the person under close treatment unless his mental condition precludes use of such information or if it would be harmful to such person to have knowledge of his condition.
1972, c. 44, s. 28; 1987, c. 68, s. 99.
28. Every physician treating a person under close treatment must notify the family of such person or the persons taking care of him, of the arrangements made about him and the measures likely to hasten his recovery. The physician must further notify the person under close treatment unless his mental condition precludes use of such information or if it would be harmful to such person to have knowledge of his condition.
1972, c. 44, s. 28.
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