A-2.2 - Act to promote access to family medicine and specialized medicine services

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13. Every medical specialist subject to an agreement entered into under section 19 of the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29) and whose specialty is specified by government regulation must, to the extent prescribed in the regulation, participate in the specialized services priority access mechanism established by the Minister. The regulation must determine, among other particulars, the periods and frequency of participation in the mechanism, the requirements for using the mechanism and the information the physician must provide.
In connection with his or her participation in the mechanism, a medical specialist must, at the request of a general practitioner or another health professional specified by government regulation, provide medical consultations, elsewhere than in the emergency department of an institution, to patients who are not users admitted to a centre operated by an institution.
2015, c. 25, s. 1.