372.1. The Minister may, if a public health director is unable to act, is guilty of grave misconduct or tolerates a situation which could pose a threat to the health of the population, entrust the functions and powers vested in that public health director to another public health director, Québec’s national public health director appointed under the Act respecting the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (chapter M-19.2) or a physician the Minister designates, for the time and on the conditions the Minister considers appropriate.
The Minister shall forthwith notify the president and executive director and the board of directors of the regional board of the decision.