226. A multidisciplinary council shall be established for each public institution, provided the institution operates one or more centres in which at least five people who qualify for membership in the council work.
The council shall be composed of all persons holding college or university diplomas who perform functions for the institution which are specific to the field of activity in which the diploma was granted and which are directly related to health services, social services, research or teaching, and of persons performing nursing assistants activities for the institution.
However, no physician, dentist, pharmacist or midwife may be a member of the multidisciplinary council.
Similarly, no nurse or person performing nursing assistants activities may be a member of the multidisciplinary council if a nursing council has been established for the institution.
The board of directors established under section 125 or 128 must, however, provide that only one multidisciplinary council will be established for all the institutions under its administration. Such a council shall be composed of all the persons referred to in this section who perform their duties in one of the centres operated by the institutions.
1991, c. 42, s. 226; 1992, c. 21, s. 29; 1996, c. 36, s. 27; 1998, c. 39, s. 75; 1999, c. 24, s. 33; 2001, c. 24, s. 42; 2005, c. 32, s. 112.