M-3, r. 3 - Regulation respecting discipline of the members of the Corporation of Master Electricians of Québec

Section 1 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

1. In addition to the acts in section 20 of the Master Electricians Act (chapter M-3), a member who commits any of the following is guilty of an act derogatory to the honour of the trade of master electrician and is liable to the disciplinary measures in section 33:

(1)  maliciously damaging the reputation of a colleague;

(2)  filing a frivolous or clearly unfounded complaint against a colleague;

(3)  being disloyal towards the Corporation of Master Electricians of Québec, maliciously damaging its reputation or speaking on its behalf without authorization;

(4)  impairing the work of an employee of the Corporation in the performance of duties or insulting or intimidating an employee in any way;

(5)  failing to reply to communications from the executive vice-president or a person designated by him or her, an investigator or a committee of the Corporation if they request information or explanations on any matter within the purview of the Act and regulations of the Corporation;

(6)  using disloyal and dishonest practices to obtain information on a tender submitted by a colleague;

(7)  using disloyal and dishonest practices to obtain a contract or to gain the favour of clients;

(8)  finishing work stopped by a contractor that is a member of the Corporation for non-payment of bills owing;

(9)  performing the work, or a part thereof, specified in the written contract of another member;

(10)  entering into any type of agreement with any person for the purpose of obtaining contracts or clients, in particular by offering commissions or other benefits to intermediaries;

(11)  misleading a client as to the cost and performance of a contract, in particular by

(a)  providing the client with false information on the quality and quantity of materials used or the labour involved;

(b)  deviating from the plans and specifications of a project; or

(c)  overbilling a client in relation to the services rendered;

(12)  defrauding an employee by illegally retaining the employee’s wages;

(13)  making a false statement in a document to be used for admission to the Corporation;

(14)  failing to compensate a client who is a victim of fraud, embezzlement or misappropriation of funds on the part of the member or to reimburse the Corporation for any amount the Corporation pays as security to one of the member’s clients;

(15)  lending his or her name or licence to a person who is not a member of the Corporation so that the person may work as an electrical contractor;

(16)  contravening the Act and its regulations;

(17)  contravening a provision of a statute or regulation that applies to the activities carried on by the member in the construction industry or being convicted of an offence against any such statute or regulation;

(18)  being convicted of a summary conviction offence relating to the member’s activities in the construction industry;

(19)  accepting money or any other actual or promised benefit for the member’s contribution to the making of any decision detrimental to the Corporation;

(20)  using in an advertisement or on a sign a title or name of a position that the member or the member’s delegate holds or held in the Corporation; and

(21)  failing to comply with a final judgment rendered by a court of justice following a breach of the member’s professional responsibility.

O.C. 66-2008, s. 1.