Scenario:

Finn works in Administration Services at Lotus Care. He was filing a client's case notes that mention the client's brother was admitted to the emergency department following a violent personal attack. As a result of the attack the brother has been prescribed heavy medication to control anxiety and mood swings.

As Finn enters the information onto the system, he notices the brother's name is the same as the teacher of Finn's 12-year-old son. Finn checks the details of the brother and it appears that it is the teacher of Finn's son.

Finn's son has mentioned his teacher had recently been absent from work for a few weeks, but has not directly mentioned anything about changes to his teacher's personality.

Finn is not comfortable with a potentially unstable person maintaining a position of influence over his son and yesterday went to the school to discuss the situation.

Decide if the issue in the scenario is a legal or ethical issue.

If you identify a legal issue include:

• Legislation that may have been breached
• How the legislation has been breached