184. The organization plan of a hospital centre must, in addition, provide for the formation of clinical departments and services. The plan must indicate the number of general practitioners, specialists in each specialty, dentists and dental specialists who may practise in each department and service and, in the case of a centre designated as a university hospital centre or a university institute, the distribution of clinical, research and teaching tasks among the physicians. These elements must be determined taking into account the permit of the institution operating the hospital centre, the financial resources at its disposal, as well as the expansion or reduction objectives referred to in section 377.
The part of the organization plan referred to in the first paragraph must be transmitted to the agency for approval in accordance with section 378 after having been referred for consultation to the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists if any, and, in the case of a hospital centre designated as a university hospital centre or university institute, after consultation with the university with which the institution is affiliated. Once approved by the agency, the said part of the organization plan shall constitute the medical and dental staffing plan of the institution.
The medical and dental staffing plan must be reviewed at least once every three years and shall continue in force until the agency decides on its revision.
1991, c. 42, s. 184; 1992, c. 21, s. 70; 1998, c. 39, s. 67; 2005, c. 32, s. 96.