·
Privileged
Communication:
• It is a statement communicated by a doctor to the
concerned authority to protect the interest of the community of state.
• Examples of privileged communication
1. A syphilitic bath in a public pool
2. Engine or bus driver found to be colour blind
3. A person with infectious disease working as a cook.
4. A doctor’s duty is to notify birth, death, and infectious
disease to public health authority.
• Exceptions to the General rule of Professional Secrecy
is—“CIVIC SIN”:
1. C — Crime
I — Infections Disease
V — Veneral Disease
I — Interest (Self)
C — Courts of Law
S — Servant and Employee
I — Interest (Patients)
N — Negligence suits/Notifiable diseases
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