C-26, r. 218 - Regulation respecting the practice of the profession of psychologist within a partnership or a joint-stock company

Section 2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

2. Psychologists may carry on their professional activities within a partnership or joint-stock company if the following conditions are met:

(1)  more than 50% of the voting rights attached to the company shares or partnership units are held:

(a)  by psychologists, persons legally authorized to practise the profession outside Québec or other professionals governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26);

(b)  by legal persons, partnerships or joint-stock companies, or any other enterprises whose voting rights attached to shares or partnership units are held entirely by one or more of the persons referred to in subparagraph a;

(c)  by trusts where the trustees are one or more of the persons mentioned in subparagraph a; or

(d)  at the same time by persons, enterprises or trusts referred to in subparagraphs a, b or c;

(2)  a majority of the directors of the board of directors of the joint-stock company, the partners or, if applicable, the directors appointed by the partners to manage the affairs of the limited liability partnership are the persons referred to in subparagraph a of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph; they must constitute the majority of the quorum of the board of directors or internal management board.

Psychologists must ensure that those conditions appear in the articles of the joint-stock company or in the written contract of the limited liability partnership and that the documents also provide that the partnership or joint-stock company is constituted for the purposes of carrying on professional activities.

O.C. 80-2011, s. 2.