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Section 658
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658. Santé Québec may evacuate and relocate the persons lodged by a specialized medical centre, a private institution or a resource offering lodging, or who reside in a private seniors’ residence, where Santé Québec has reasonable grounds to believe that the holder of the authorization for the operation of the centre, institution, resource or residence is engaging in practices or tolerating a situation, including acts of negligence or violence, that constitute a danger to the health or safety of those persons.
Before proceeding, Santé Québec must notify an evacuation order setting out the reasons for the evacuation to the authorization holder in writing and allow the holder to submit observations within a period determined by Santé Québec. It must also take the necessary means to inform the persons concerned and, to that end, it may require the operator to provide the contact information of those persons and, if applicable, of their representatives. If a danger is imminent, the reasons for the evacuation may first be transmitted verbally, and then be notified in writing once the evacuation has been completed.
Once the evacuation order has been notified, any person designated by Santé Québec may, at any time and until the evacuation has been completed, have access to any place of operation covered by the order, including any rooms or dwellings.
If the situation calls for the evacuation of all persons lodged in a place of operation or of all persons who reside in that place, the holder’s authorization ceases to have effect on the issue of the evacuation order and until the holder demonstrates to Santé Québec’s satisfaction that the practices or situations referred to in the first paragraph have been remedied, unless Santé Québec revokes the authorization in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Title I.
The costs, fees and expenses incurred by Santé Québec as a result of the evacuation and relocation procedure may be claimed from the authorization holder.
