Health Sciences 2711A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter XII: Notifiable Disease, Health Professional, Coroner
22 Nov 2017
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Chapter xii: mandatory reporting and the duty to warn. It is not a criminal offence to fail to report past or future crimes, except for imminent acts of treason or high treason. Generally, individuals are not required to identify them-selves, answer police questions, explain their conduct, or co-operate with the police. Like other members of the public, health professionals may choose to report crimes to the police provided they have not obtained that information in confidence. While practitioners are not required to report crimes to the police, lying to the police or others conducting an investigation may constitute various criminal code offences. There is no liability for anything done in the good faith execution of the. 3101: hospital management, regulation 965, physicians, registered nurses in the extended class, dental surgeons, or midwives who know or suspect that a patient they are admitting is or may be dangerous must notify the hospital administrator.
