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

Section 580 Disposition versions

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580. A physician who is a member of the Collège des médecins du Québec is the only natural person who may operate a specialized medical centre. If the authorization holder is a legal person or a partnership, more than 50% of the voting rights attached to the shares of the legal person or the interests in the partnership must be held

(1)  by physicians who are members of that professional order;

(2)  by a legal person or a partnership all of whose voting rights attached to the shares or interests are held either

(a)  by physicians referred to in subparagraph 1; or

(b)  by another legal person or partnership all of whose voting rights attached to the shares or interests are held by such physicians; or

(3)  both by physicians referred to in subparagraph 1 and by a legal person or a partnership described in subparagraph 2.

The affairs of the legal person or the partnership must be administered by a board of directors or an internal management board, as applicable, the majority of whose members are physicians practising within the centre; such physicians must at all times form the majority of the quorum of such a board.

The shareholders of the legal person or the partners of the partnership may not enter into an agreement that restricts the power of the directors of the legal person or the partnership.

A producer or distributor of a good or service related to the field of health and social services, other than a physician who is a member of the Collège des médecins du Québec, may not hold, directly or indirectly, any shares of the legal person or any interest in the partnership if such a good or such a service may be required by the centre’s clientele before, while or after a medical service is provided.

2023, c. 34, s. 580.