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

Section 27 Disposition versions

2017-11-10

27. Where necessity demands, the director of professional services or his representative may designate a department or a service in which a bed shall be made available to a beneficiary.

A hospital centre shall limit to 24 hours the time for which a beneficiary remains in the emergency department, except in cases where the beneficiary’s medical condition requires him to be isolated for reasons of public health or mental health and no isolation room is available outside the department or in cases where the average duration of stay in the department is less than 12 hours. In such cases, a written approval from the director of professional services is required.

O.C. 1320-84, s. 27; O.C. 545-86, s. 9; O.C. 375-88, s. 1; S.Q. 2017, c. 21, s. 99.

2012-09-01

27. Where necessity demands, the director of professional services or his representative may designate a department or a service in which a bed shall be made available to a beneficiary.

A hospital centre shall, in any case, limit to 48 hours the time for which an emergency service bed is occupied by a beneficiary.

O.C. 1320-84, s. 27; O.C. 545-86, s. 9; O.C. 375-88, s. 1.