C-68.01, r. 7 - Tariff of costs for the transportation, keeping and preservation of dead bodies

Updated to 1 July 2024

This document has official status.

chapter C-68.01, r. 7

Tariff of costs for the transportation, keeping and preservation of dead bodies

Coroners Act

(chapter C-68.01, s. 168, 1st par., subpars. 3 and 4, and 2nd par., and s. 169).

The former alphanumerical designation of this Tariff was chapter R-0.2, r. 7.

O.C. 136-2015; S.Q. 2020, c. 20, s. 44.

1. A carrier that has entered into an agreement with the Chief Coroner for the transportation of dead bodies under section 33 of the Coroners Act (chapter C-68.01) receives the amounts below for the transportation of one or more bodies at the request of a coroner or another person authorized under section 65, 66 or 68 of the Act:

(1)  for a round trip within the limits of the agglomeration of Québec or the agglomeration of Montréal, only the following flat tariff is payable:

Basic amount	Day or evening	Night
Monday to Friday	$167	$200
Saturday or Sunday	$180	$219
holiday	$221	$261

(2)  for a round trip anywhere else:

Basic amount	Day or evening	Night
Monday to Friday	$125	$154
Saturday or Sunday	$139	$170
holiday	$178	$216
Plus the kilometres travelled
on public roads	$1.65/km
off public roads	$3/km

For the purposes of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this section, day transportation means transportation departing between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; evening transportation means transportation departing between 4:00 p.m. and midnight, and night transportation means transportation departing between midnight and 8:00 a.m.; despite the foregoing, where transportation begins in the evening and ends at night, the night tariff is applicable provided that half or more of the transportation takes place after midnight.

(3)  $113 for each additional dead body transported during the same trip;

(4)  $41.50 where a dead body’s condition requires further cleaning of the vehicle and equipment;

(5)  for the time waited and the work performed by the carrier’s employees when taking possession of a body or during an external examination or autopsy, up to a maximum of 9 hours per employee:

Basic amount	Day or evening	Night
Monday to Friday	$26.75/h	$32.75/h
Saturday or Sunday	$29.25/h	$35.75/h
holiday	$37/h	$44.50/h

For the purposes of this paragraph, “day” means the hours comprised between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., “evening” the hours comprised between 4:00 p.m. and midnight and “night” the hours comprised between midnight and 8:00 a.m.;

(6)  the living expenses of the employees are reimbursed to the carrier in accordance with the Directive concernant les frais de déplacement des personnes engagées à honoraires par des organismes publics (C.T. 212379, 2013-03-26).

O.C. 136-2015, s. 1; O.C. 1859-2022, s. 1.

2. A morgue designated under section 32 of the Act receives $61 for the keeping or preservation of a dead body for less than 24 hours. If the body is kept or preserved for 24 hours or more, the morgue receives $61 per period of 24 hours, including any incomplete 24-hour period.

The morgue receives $61 for each visit by the coroner or a person authorized under section 65, 66 or 68 of the Act during the time the dead body is kept or preserved.

O.C. 136-2015, s. 2; O.C. 1859-2022, s. 2.

3. On 1 January of each year, the amounts prescribed in paragraphs 1 to 5 of section 1 and in section 2 are adjusted by a rate corresponding to the annual change in the average all-items Consumer Price Index for Québec excluding alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and recreational cannabis for the 12-month period ending on 30 September of the year preceding the year for which the tariff is to be adjusted.

The Chief Coroner publishes the rate on the website of the Coroner’s Office and in the Gazette officielle du Québec.

O.C. 136-2015, s. 3; S.Q. 2020, c. 5, s. 214.

4. This Tariff replaces the Tariff of costs for the transportation, custody and preservation of dead bodies (chapter R-0.2, r. 6).

O.C. 136-2015, s. 4.

5. (Omitted).

O.C. 136-2015, s. 5.

REFERENCES

O.C. 136-2015, 2015 G.O. 2, 315

S.Q. 2020, c. 5, s. 214

S.Q. 2020, c. 20, s. 44

O.C. 1859-2022, 2022 G.O. 2, 4327