S-5, r. 5 - Organization and Management of Institutions Regulation

Section 6 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

6. The board of directors of a public or private institution covered by section 177 of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) may make the necessary by-laws for carrying out the institution’s responsibilities, and it shall make by-laws dealing with the following matters, where they are within the scope of the institution’s activities:

(1)  internal management;

(2)  the policies and activities of the institution;

(3)  reports to be submitted to the board of directors on the nature, quantity and quality of services furnished to beneficiaries;

(4)  budget allocation and controls;

(5)  procedures relating to any application or plan submitted to the Minister or the regional council;

(6)  contracting for professional services within the meaning of section 124 of the Act;

(7)  (paragraph revoked);

(8)  the annual review of the distribution of beds in the institution in terms of the needs of the beneficiaries of the intensity of the care or the gravity of the illness, and of the resources of the institution and its licence and teaching requirements;

(9)  the organization of teaching and research in the institution;

(10)  in the case of hospital centres, the fixing of screening examinations at the time certain patients are admitted or registred, in accordance with the standards made under paragraph a of section 15 of the Medical Act (chapter M-9);

(11)  in the case of hospital centres and reception centres, the fixing of criteria for admission and final discharge and policies for the transfer of beneficiaries to be submitted for the approval of the regional council designated under section 24;

(12)  in the case of institutions providing a program of daytime activities, the fixing of the criteria for registering beneficiaries in the program;

(13)  in the case of reception centres, the fixing of criteria for registering beneficiaries;

(14)  in the case of local community service centres and social service centres, the fixing of criteria for access to services by groups of persons;

(15)  in the case of social service centres, the fixing of the criteria for reception of beneficiaries by foster families and the fixing of policies for transfer of beneficiaries;

(16)  the conditions for admission of persons suffering from contagious or infectious diseases;

(17)  visits to beneficiaries;

(18)  the mechanisms to be instituted within the institution in order to ensure supervision of the use of restraint and isolation in respect of beneficiaries;

(19)  the administration of beneficiaries’ allowances;

(20)  the procedure for granting temporary discharge to beneficiaries;

(21)  procedures for adoption and review of treatment plans;

(21.1)  the procedure to be applied when temporarily taking out a record or part thereof as covered by the third paragraph of section 61, including the designation of the persons responsible for authorizing the taking out of such record or part thereof;

(22)  the time allowed a physician, a dentist, a pharmacist or any member of the clinical staff to complete the beneficiary’s record after the last services provided;

(23)  the procedure to be applied where a beneficiary leaves the institution without having received his discharge;

(24)  the procedure for disposing of beneficiaries’ records or parts thereof in accordance with the Archives Act (chapter A-21.1).

Where the by-laws under this section affect the responsibilities of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists, the council must be previously consulted. Where they affect the responsibilities of the clinical staff advisory council, the council must be similarly consulted.

A copy of the by-laws made under this section shall be sent to the Minister on request.

O.C. 1320-84, s. 6; O.C. 545-86, s. 2; O.C. 375-88, ss. 1 and 7; O.C. 502-96, s. 1.