Every person in Quebec enjoys the following rights under the Civil Code of Quebec and the Quebec Health Act:
You are inviolable. No one is allowed to touch you without your free and enlightened consent.
You have the right to consent to care, except in case of an emergency when you cannot consent. You also have the right to refuse care.
If you cannot consent, someone else must consent for you.
You have the right to be informed about:
Inviolable
Free from attack.
Free
To give without being pressured, or threatened with violence.
Enlightened
Informed, know about the treatment offered.
Consent
To agree.
Health care
Any treatment or care provided by a health care professional, such as taking a sample, a medication, an operation, a therapy, a social service, etc.
Risk(s)
The chance of injury or damage.