Module 7 — Legal, linguistic and professional framework (6 h)

classical, piano, rap, slow lambada rhythm · 4:02

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Harpsichord clicking like a courtroom gavel drops
Quebec professional system — better learn before it stops
Code des professions is the spine of everything
Office des professions watches over how the orders sing
OPQ, OTSTCFQ, OEQ — write them on your palm
OCCOQ, OPSQ — breathe and stay calm
Out-of-province credentials? You go through the order's gate
Recognition isn't automatic — don't arrive and wait

[Chorus]
*Las reglas del sistema, apréndetelas bien*
Bill 21 defines the permit, Article 187 — that's the scene
*Le leggi sono chiare, non c'è via di mezzo*
Psychotherapy title locked — you need the permit, no finesse
Professional order, French proficiency, consent on file
*Las reglas del sistema* — follow every article in style

[Verse 2]
Charter of the French Language — Section 35 demands
Proficiency in French before the order stamps your hands
OQLF exam tests your clinical vocabulary
Spoken interaction, comprehension — nothing cursory
Bill 96 reinforced the duty in 2022
Historic anglophone status? That's not a pass for you
Your patient has the right to be served en français
Records kept in French — that's non-negotiable, okay
The *prépondérance* of French is Quebec's legal norm
Serve francophones in French regardless of your form

[Chorus]
*Las reglas del sistema, apréndetelas bien*
Bill 21 defines the permit, Article 187 — that's the scene
*Le leggi sono chiare, non c'è via di mezzo*
Psychotherapy title locked — you need the permit, no finesse
Professional order, French proficiency, consent on file
*Las reglas del sistema* — follow every article in style

[Verse 3]
Civil Code Article Ten — autonomy begins
Consent and capacity, the patient's body is their skin
Substitute consent when cognition starts to fray
*Mandat de protection* — they wrote their wishes yesterday
The Curateur public reformed in twenty-twenty-two
Modulated tutorship, *assistant au majeur* — brand new
A 79-year-old refuses placement — who decides?
The tribunal weighs the tutorship, the clinician provides
Confidentiel — Law 25 governs every file
Imminent danger breaks the seal — but just that one profile

[Bridge]
Mandatory reporting — seniors in vulnerable states
Act of 2017 covers CHSLDs and their gates
*Aide médicale à mourir* — advance requests in flux
Verify implementation status — don't assume the crux
Disciplinary decisions here are public — not concealed
Ontario common law? Quebec civil code's revealed
The order's *déontologie* — read it in the French
No anglophone exemption scrubs the obligation's stench
That rare word *deontology* — duty-ethics fused in one
The moral architecture governing what clinicians have done

[Chorus]
*Las reglas del sistema, apréndetelas bien*
Bill 21 defines the permit, Article 187 — that's the scene
*Le leggi sono chiare, non c'è via di mezzo*
Psychotherapy title locked — you need the permit, no finesse
Professional order, French proficiency, consent on file
*Las reglas del sistema* — follow every article in style

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