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

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138. At least two-thirds of the institution board of directors’ members referred to in subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the first paragraph of section 133 must qualify as independent members in the opinion of Santé Québec’s board of directors.
Members qualify as independent members if they have no direct or indirect relationships or interests, in particular of a financial, commercial, professional or philanthropic nature, that could interfere with the quality of their decisions as regards Santé Québec’s interests.
The following are deemed not to be independent members:
(1)  members who are in the employ of or practise within Santé Québec or who, in the three years preceding appointment to office, were in the employ of or practised within Santé Québec;
(2)  members who are in the employ of the Government or a government agency within the meaning of section 4 of the Auditor General Act (chapter V-5.01); and
(3)  members having an immediate family member who is a senior officer of Santé Québec.
2023, c. 34, s. 138.