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A-29 - Health Insurance Act

Section 31
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31. A professional in the field of health shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to an insured person as a professional who had withdrawn, any remuneration other than that provided for in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary is absolutely null.
Every person who contravenes a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 to $50,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $10,000 to $100,000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 20; 1981, c. 22, s. 9; 1990, c. 4, s. 78; 1999, c. 40, s. 29; 1999, c. 89, s. 42; 2016, c. 28, s. 21.
31. A professional in the field of health shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to an insured person as a professional who had withdrawn, any remuneration other than that provided for in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary is absolutely null.
Every person who contravenes a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000 to $2,000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $2,000 to $5,000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 20; 1981, c. 22, s. 9; 1990, c. 4, s. 78; 1999, c. 40, s. 29; 1999, c. 89, s. 42.
31. A professional in the field of health shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to a beneficiary as a professional who had withdrawn, any remuneration other than that provided for in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary is absolutely null.
Every person who contravenes a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $1 000 to $2 000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $2 000 to $5 000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 20; 1981, c. 22, s. 9; 1990, c. 4, s. 78; 1999, c. 40, s. 29.
31. A professional in the field of health shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to a beneficiary as a professional who had withdrawn, any remuneration other than that provided for in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary is null ipsofacto.
Every person who contravenes a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $1 000 to $2 000 and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of $2 000 to $5 000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 20; 1981, c. 22, s. 9; 1990, c. 4, s. 78.
31. A professional in the field of health shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to a beneficiary as a professional who had withdrawn, any remuneration other than that provided for in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary is null ipsofacto.
Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary proceedings, in addition to costs, to a fine of not less than $1 000 nor more than $2 000 and, for each subsequent offence within two years, to a fine of not less than $2 000 nor more than $5 000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 20; 1981, c. 22, s. 9.
31. A professional in the field of health shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to a beneficiary as a professional who had withdrawn, any remuneration other than that provided for in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary is null ipsofacto.
Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable upon summary proceeding to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 and, for each subsequent offence within two years, to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10; 1979, c. 1, s. 20.
31. A professional shall not exact or receive, for insured services furnished by him to a resident of Québec as a professional who had withdrawn, any other remuneration than that contemplated in an agreement; any covenant to the contrary shall be null ipso facto.
Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable upon summary proceeding to a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $2,000 and, for each subsequent offence within two years, to a fine of not less than $2,000 nor more than $5,000.
1970, c. 38, s. 10; 1974, c. 40, s. 10.
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