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

Section 4 Disposition versions

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4. Health services and social services are comprised in the following groups:

(1)  “local community services” : a group of basic health and social services offered at the primary level of care and, where offered to the population of a territory served, health and social services of a preventive or curative nature, rehabilitation or reintegration services, and public health activities carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Public Health Act (chapter S-2.2);

(2)  “hospital services” : a group of diagnostic services and general and specialized medical care;

(3)  “residential and long-term care services” : the provision of an alternative living environment, of a group of lodging, assistance, support and supervision services and of rehabilitation, psychosocial, nursing care, pharmaceutical and medical services to adults who, because of loss of functional or psychosocial autonomy, can no longer live in their natural living environment, despite the support of their families and friends;

(4)  “youth protection services” : a group of psychosocial services, including social emergency services, required by the situation of a young person under the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1) or the Youth Criminal Justice Act (S.C. 2002, c. 1), and of services related to child placement, family mediation, expertise at the Superior Court on child custody, adoption, research into family and medical antecedents, and reunions; and

(5)  “rehabilitation services” : a group of adaptation or rehabilitation and social integration services intended for persons who, because of physical or mental impairment, behavioral disorders or psychosocial or family difficulties, or because of an alcohol, gambling or drug addiction or any other addiction, require such services, as well as assistance and support services intended for their families and friends.

2023, c. 34, s. 4.