Law 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Peel Regional Police, Implied Consent, Internal Audit
25 Mar 2016
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There are numerous circumstances in which confidential patient information can be disclosed without consent. Various health care, health information and other statutes permit and, in some cases, require disclosure. If you are called as a witness you are required to answer all questions asked. You can be required to show all confidential information by subpoena, court orders, etc. There are a broad range of circumstances in which confidential information is disclosed saying it is never allowed to be disclosed is. Your health care provider can consult with other health care providers about your treatment if it disclosed for the advice of getting help with treatment. As long as it was motivated to get advice * (a) implicit consent. Common law right to disclose confidential patient inform-ation without consent in seeking advice on patient care from colleagues both within and outside of the organization. As little identifying information as possible should be disclosed.
