S-5, r. 5 - Organization and Management of Institutions Regulation

Section 81 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

81. Under the authority of the executive director, the physician in charge of medical care or the head of the medical service, as the case may be, shall exercise the following functions:

(1)  coordinate the professional activities of the physicians in the centre;

(2)  check the allocation of medical care in the centre;

(3)  distribute the work among the physicians;

(4)  see to the maintaining of administrative discipline among the physicians.

Under the control of the board of directors, the physician in charge of medical care or the medical service shall perform the following duties:

(1)  provide for the supervision and assessment of medical acts in the centre;

(2)  ensure that the physicians practising in the centre remain competent;

(3)  make sure that the distribution of medical care meets the needs of the beneficiaries;

(4)  draw up procedures for a duty roster in the centre and supervise its operation;

(5)  recruit physicians.

Under the authority of the board of directors, the medical service shall see to the application of the Regulation respecting the acts contemplated in section 31 of the Medical Act which may be done by classes of persons other than physicians (chapter M-9, r. 13).

O.C. 1320-84, s. 81; O.C. 545-86, s. 34; O.C. 9-87, s. 2; O.C. 375-88, s. 1.