20. Where public health is endangered by an event or a particular situation that creates an emergency, the Minister may order the institute to perform, as part of its mission, the tasks assigned by the Minister with priority over its other tasks.
In such a case, all agencies, the regional council and all institutions to which the legislation respecting health services and social services applies must, unless otherwise provided, furnish all the information required by the institute. They must also, to the extent possible, provide the institute with all the assistance it needs to perform the tasks expressly assigned by the Minister.
1998, c. 42, s. 20; 2002, c. 38, s. 8; 2005, c. 32, s. 308.