C-15 - Professional Chemists Act

Section 10 Disposition versions

2008-10-15

10. (1)  No person shall be entitled to become a member of the Order unless he

(a)  has passed the prescribed examinations or is exempt from such examinations as herein provided,

(b)  has satisfied the board of directors that he has had a minimum of five years’ experience or training in professional chemistry under the direction of a professional chemist, or a minimum of two years in the case of the holder of a diploma recognized as valid for that purpose by the Government or deemed equivalent by the board of directors,

(c)  has paid the prescribed fees.

(2)  Any applicant for membership who is a holder of a university degree recognized by the board of directors as being in pure or applied science for which chemistry was a principal subject studied, or who is, or within one year prior to the filing of his application has been, a member in good standing of a professional association of chemists outside Québec having standards of qualification for membership equivalent, in the opinion of the board of directors, to those of the Order, shall be exempt from the prescribed examinations.

(3)  The board of directors may, in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C-26), grant temporary membership to any person on such conditions and for such period as may be deemed desirable.

(4)  Any person qualified for membership, except as to the requirements of paragraph b of subsection 1 of this section, may be admitted by the board of directors for enrollment as a professional chemist in training and upon such enrollment shall have such rights and privileges and such obligations and responsibilities as may be determined by by-law, except that such person shall not be entitled to vote or to be elected to the board of directors or otherwise to hold office nor to assume the title of “professional chemist”.

(5)  Joint stock companies and associations of persons as such shall not be members of the Order.

R. S. 1964, c. 265, s. 8; 1973, c. 63, s. 8, s. 17; 1994, c. 40, s. 457; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.

1977-12-31

10. (1)  No person shall be entitled to become a member of the corporation unless he

(a)  has passed the prescribed examinations or is exempt from such examinations as herein provided,

(b)  has satisfied the Bureau that he has had a minimum of five years’ experience or training in professional chemistry under the direction of a professional chemist, or a minimum of two years in the case of the holder of a diploma recognized as valid for that purpose by the Government or deemed equivalent by the Bureau,

(c)  has paid the prescribed fees.

(2)  Any applicant for membership who is a holder of a university degree recognized by the Bureau as being in pure or applied science for which chemistry was a principal subject studied, or who is, or within one year prior to the filing of his application has been, a member in good standing of a professional association of chemists outside Québec having standards of qualification for membership equivalent, in the opinion of the Bureau, to those of the corporation, shall be exempt from the prescribed examinations.

(3)  The Bureau may, in accordance with the Professional Code, grant temporary membership to any person on such conditions and for such period as may be deemed desirable.

(4)  Any person qualified for membership, except as to the requirements of paragraph b of subsection 1 of this section, may be admitted by the Bureau for enrollment as a professional chemist in training and upon such enrollment shall have such rights and privileges and such obligations and responsibilities as may be determined by by-law, except that such person shall not be entitled to vote or to be elected to the Bureau or otherwise to hold office nor to assume the title of “professional chemist”.

(5)  Joint stock companies and associations of persons as such shall not be members of the corporation.

R. S. 1964, c. 265, s. 8; 1973, c. 63, s. 8, s. 17.