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InfoLAW: Community and Public Health Nursing and the Law

What legal processes could involve a community/public health nurse? The community/public health nurse may be a witness or a defendant in legal proceedings. Common legal proceedings are civil lawsuits, criminal prosecutions, professional discipline hearings, inquests, and labour arbitrations. Less common are public inquiries and human rights tribunals.1 What are the common legal issues a community/public…

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Intimidation of Health-Care Professionals: Changes to the Criminal Code in Effect as of January 16, 2022

Following protests against vaccination mandates that took place in the Fall of 2021 at various healthcare sites across Canada, the Criminal Code was amended to include the offence of intentionally taking steps to intimidate health-care professionals in specific circumstances. These changes came into effect on January 16, 2022.  Section 423.2 now makes it a criminal…

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