Health Sciences 3101A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Health Professional, Island Health, Personal Information Protection And Electronic Documents Act
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In other words, the record must provide for continuity of care. If a health professional has a record that is sufficient to provide for ongoing, quality care, then the record will be adequate for legal purposes. It is the patient"s clinical needs and not the law that is the driving force in record keeping. C. g. h. ) (2003: kahlon (litigation guardian of) v. vancouver coastal health authority (2009) Falsifying records: while the following case illustrates the civil liability consequences of falsifying patient records, it does not address the very serious professional and criminal consequences of such conduct. Part 2: the legal quagmire governing record keeping. The provincial statutory maze: leaving aside the profession-specific regulatory statutes, there are numerous provincial statutes that apply to a single type of institution or service, such as the education act, Child, youth and family services act (cyfsa), public hospitals act (pha), and mental. Healthcare law chapter 9 workbook notes documentation & related issues.