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426. The Minister may, after consulting the Minister of Economy and Innovation and the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, designate as a “university hospital centre” or as an “affiliated university centre” an institution operating a hospital centre and which meets the following conditions:(1) it offers, in addition to hospital services, specialized or highly specialized services in two or more medical disciplines as part of an integrated vision of health and social services;
(2) it participates in the education provided to students, professionals and other resource persons in the field of health and social services;
(3) it evaluates the technologies and methods of intervention related to its advanced sectors;
(4) it contributes to the development of innovations and of advanced practices;
(5) it manages a research centre or structure recognized by the Fonds de recherche du Québec established by the Act respecting the Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation (chapter M-14.1); and (6) it contributes to the transfer and valorization of knowledge.
Designation as a university hospital centre may be granted where the level of the activities carried on by the institution that enables it to meet the conditions set out in the first paragraph is higher than that of an institution designated as an affiliated university centre.
2023, c. 342023, c. 34, s. 426; 2024, c. 162024, c. 16, s. 171.