42. Each committee consists of seven members appointed for a term not exceeding two years by the Government, which shall designate a chairman and a vice-chairman from among them.
The term of office of a member of a revisory committee may be renewed consecutively only twice.
At the end of their term, the members of a committee remain in office until they are re-appointed or replaced.
One of the committees includes five medical specialists, of whom two are chosen from a list of at least four names furnished by the Ordre professionnel des médecins du Québec and three are chosen from a list of at least six names furnished by the Federation of Medical Specialists of Québec; such persons must not hold any elective or full-time office within such order or federation.
Another committee includes five general practitioners, of whom two are chosen from a list of at least four names furnished by the Ordre professionnel des médecins du Québec and three are chosen from a list of at least six names furnished by the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec; such persons must not hold any elective or full-time office within such order or federation.
Another committee includes five specialists in oral surgery, of whom two are chosen from a list of at least four names furnished by the Ordre professionnel des dentistes du Québec and three are chosen from a list of at least six names furnished by the Association of Oral Surgeons of Québec; such persons must not hold any elective or full-time office within such order or association.
Another committee includes five dentists of whom two are chosen from a list of at least four names furnished by the Ordre professionnel des dentistes du Québec and three are chosen from a list of at least six names furnished by the Québec Dental Surgeons Association; such persons must not hold any elective or full-time office within such order or association.
Another committee includes five optometrists, of whom two are chosen from a list of at least four names furnished by the Ordre professionnel des optométristes du Québec and three are chosen from a list of at least six names furnished by the Professional Association of Optometrists of Québec; such persons must not hold any elective or full-time office within such order or association.
Another committee includes five pharmacists, of whom two are chosen from a list of at least four names furnished by the Ordre professionnel des pharmaciens du Québec and three are chosen from a list of at least six names furnished by the Association of proprietary pharmacists of Québec; such persons must not hold any elective or full-time office within such order or association.
The sixth member of each committee, who must be an advocate duly registered with the Barreau du Québec, is appointed on the recommendation of the Office des professions du Québec.
The seventh member of each committee who is non-voting functionary of the Board is appointed on the recommendation of the Board.
If a body contemplated in this section fails to furnish its list of names, the Government, on the recommendation of the Office des professions du Québec, shall appoint, among the members of the body concerned who do not hold any elective or full-time office, the number of members of the committee which must be chosen from among the members of that body. However, the Government shall not exercise that power until 30 days after the Minister has sent to the body concerned notice that it has failed to furnish its list of names; such notice may be sent up to two months before the date on which a term of office is to expire.
1970, c. 37, s. 29; 1970, c. 38, s. 13; 1973, c. 30, s. 9; 1973, c. 49, s. 45; 1974, c. 40, s. 11; 1974, c. 65, s. 109; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 1979, c. 1, s. 30; 1981, c. 22, s. 11; 1991, c. 42, s. 574; 1994, c. 40, s. 457.