British Columbia Schizophrenia Society

This official fact sheet from the information and privacy branch of the ministry of health provides guidelines for releasing clients’ information to third parties such as family or friends of the client or health care providers.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Fact Sheet on Releasing Personal Health Information to Third Parties (PDF) 

Other related information you may find useful to this topic is at:

• Sample Consent Form - for releasing information to family members  - Sample Consent form for the verbal release of information to family members. Developed and used for the following study:

• Confidentiality Intervention: Effects on Provider-Consumer-Family Collaboration

• Working Collaboratively with Family Caregivers Materials developed as part of a professional education workshop for mental health providers presented by BCSS in the Fraser Health Region in spring of 2006.