17. The advisory committee to the general management shall analyze and make recommendations to the executive director with respect to:(1) the policies and priorities of the hospital centre;
(2) the means to be adopted in order to ensure that the services provided in the hospital centre complement those provided in other institutions in the region, and that they meet the needs of the public served, taking into account the ressources available and the need to supply adequate services;
(3) the administrative and financial consequences of the activities of the physicians and dentists of the various clinical departments;
(4) the distribution of beds made available to beneficiaries in terms of their needs, of the intensiveness of the treatment required or the seriousness of the illness, of the resources of the institution, and of its licence and teaching requirements;
(5) the preparation of an organization plan for the hospital centre. For that purpose, the advisory committee to the general management shall comprise, in addition to the persons appointed under section 16, a person designated by the clinical staff advisory council.