19. Billing statement: On providing an insured service, an accredited professional must always record in a duly completed billing statement the information required under section 31 and sign the document himself.
Where an accredited professional or an accredited group of professionals sends the same information to a data processing agency by means of a telecommunication system or terminals, or where the professional or the group itself processes the same information by means of computerized equipment or material, and the billing statement is processed by means of computerized equipment or material, the accredited professional or the professional who is a member of the accredited group must sign the billing statement himself. His signature must be affixed to the last page of a continuous format multiple page document or on each page in every other case.
For a accredited group of professionals, a mandatary duly authorized in accordance with Form 6 may sign the billing statement as prescribed on behalf of a professional who is a member of the group.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-29, r. 2, s. 19; O.C. 1178-86, s. 3; O.C. 553-87, s. 4; O.C. 1522-96, s. 4.