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When can a physician disclose information about the patient?

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Dr KK Aggarwal and Ira Gupta    03 November 2017

According to Regulation 7.14 of MCI Code of Ethics The registered medical practitioner shall not disclose the secrets of a patient that have been learnt in the exercise of his her profession except 1. In a court of law under orders of the Presiding Judge 2. In circumstances where there is a serious and identified risk to a specific person and or community and 3. Notifiable diseases. In case of communicable notifiable diseases concerned public health authorities should be informed immediately.

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