Law 3101A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Regulatory College, Health Professional, Perjury
20 Apr 2016
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What is an adequate patient record treatment needs. The record includes all recorded clinical info about a patient. The amount of info should be greatest at outset (background info, attempts to. Legal importance of record keeping policies and practices would otherwise generate litigation and discourage unmeritous legal claims. provide info to patients and litigants. Assist practitioners in responding to the increasing demands to testify and to. Good records are of greater benefit in avoiding or addressing problems that contains are presumed to be true. Penal consequences: federal criminal law and various provincial law create statutory obligations to make and maintain records breaking these provisions may constitute a federal or provincial offence. Professional consequences: failure to keep adequate records is a specific ground for professional misconduct for various treatment professionals (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Use dark ink and legible and except if sole practitioner should print name and. All statements should be written in an objective, professional tone and refrain.
