Under Review: No
Issued by Council: January 1, 2010
- A regulated member must provide details of his or her findings, assessment, advice and treatment given to a patient, when requested by the patient or an authorized agent or required to do so by law.
- When responding to requests in clause (1) for information about a patient, a regulated member must respond to the authorized request as soon as possible, generally within thirty (30) days of receiving the request, in one of the following ways:
- providing the information requested
- acknowledging the request and giving an estimated date for providing the information requested, or
- explaining why all or part of the information will not be provided.
- Notwithstanding clause (1), a regulated member is not obligated to:
- provide a report containing a medical-legal opinion,
- provide an expert opinion, or
- become an expert witness in a legal proceeding.
- Notwithstanding clause (1), if the request is made under a contractual agreement, regulated members must comply with the specifics of that agreement.
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