G-1.021 - Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system

Section 478 Disposition versions

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478. Santé Québec must establish a territorial medical staffing plan for each territory of a department referred to in section 446 or 452 on the basis of the medical and dental staffing plans that were submitted to the president and chief executive officer in accordance with section 234, the number of physicians required to perform the specific medical activities referred to in sections 468 and 475 and the number of family physicians and of medical specialists, by specialty, who are remunerated by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec and practise in the territory, even outside an institution.

In establishing a territorial medical staffing plan, Santé Québec must take into account the medical activities of the physicians and medical specialists who practise in the territory and receive remuneration from the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec. Santé Québec must also consult

(1)  the territorial department of family medicine on the part of the plan relating to family physicians; and

(2)  the territorial department of specialized medicine on the part of the plan relating to medical specialists.

A territorial department may make recommendations it considers appropriate with regard to the part of the plan on which it was consulted.

2023, c. 34, s. 478.