2. In order to permit these objectives to be achieved, this Act establishes an organizational structure of human, material and financial resources designed1° to ensure the participation of individuals and groups of individuals in the selection of orientations and in the setting up, improvement, development and management of services;
2° to foster the participation, in the various sectors of activity of the community, of all intervening parties whose action may have an influence on health and welfare;
3° to apportion responsibilities among public bodies, community organizations and other parties working in the field of health and social services;
4° to ensure that services are accessible on a continuous basis to respond to the physical, mental and social needs of individuals, families and groups;
5° to take account of the distinctive geographical, linguistic, sociocultural, ethnocultural and socioeconomic characteristics of each region;
6° to foster, to the extent allowed by the resources, access to health services and social services through adapted means of communication for persons with functional limitations;
7° to foster, to the extent allowed by the resources, access to health services and social services in their own languages for members of the various cultural communities of Québec;
8° to foster effective and efficient provision of health services and social services and respect for the rights of the users of such services;
8.1° to ensure users the safe provision of health services and social services;
9° to ensure participation of human resources of institutions referred to in Title I of Part II in the selection of orientations and the determination of priorities;
10° to promote research and education so as to respond more adequately to the needs of the population.