4. Subject to the second and third paragraphs, an integrated health and social services centre is constituted for each health region listed in Schedule I through the amalgamation of the region’s public institutions and health and social services agency, as provided for in the schedule.
For the Montréal and Montérégie regions, five and three integrated health and social services centres, respectively, are constituted through the amalgamation of certain public institutions and, if applicable, the health and social services agency in each region, as provided for in the schedule.
For the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region, an integrated health and social services centre is constituted through the amalgamation of certain public institutions and the health and social services agency in the region, as provided for in the schedule. Furthermore, the institution mentioned in the schedule becomes an integrated health and social services centre and has the name given in the schedule.
Only an integrated health and social services centre governed by this Act may use the words “integrated health and social services centre” in its name. Similarly, only such a centre that is located in a health region where a university offers a complete undergraduate program in medicine, or that operates a centre designated as a university institute in the social sector, may use the words “integrated university health and social services centre” in its name.