C-26, r. 67.2 - Code of ethics of guidance counsellors

Section 19 Disposition versions

2018-09-13

19. Pursuant to section 60.4 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), guidance counsellors may communicate information that is protected by professional secrecy, in order to prevent an act of violence, including a suicide, where the guidance counsellors have reasonable cause to believe that there is a serious risk of death or serious bodily injury to a person or an identifiable group of persons and where the nature of the threat generates a sense of urgency.

The term “serious bodily injury” means any physical or psychological injury that is significantly detrimental to the physical integrity or the health or well-being of a person or an identifiable group of persons.

However, guidance counsellors may only communicate the information to the person or persons exposed to the danger or their representative, or to the persons who can come to their aid.

Guidance counsellors may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated.

O.C. 1169-2018, s. 19.

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In force: 2018-09-13

19. Pursuant to section 60.4 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), guidance counsellors may communicate information that is protected by professional secrecy, in order to prevent an act of violence, including a suicide, where the guidance counsellors have reasonable cause to believe that there is a serious risk of death or serious bodily injury to a person or an identifiable group of persons and where the nature of the threat generates a sense of urgency.

The term “serious bodily injury” means any physical or psychological injury that is significantly detrimental to the physical integrity or the health or well-being of a person or an identifiable group of persons.

However, guidance counsellors may only communicate the information to the person or persons exposed to the danger or their representative, or to the persons who can come to their aid.

Guidance counsellors may only communicate such information as is necessary to achieve the purposes for which the information is communicated.

O.C. 1169-2018, s. 19.