S-4.2 - Act respecting health services and social services

Section 189 Disposition versions

2017-11-10

189. The head of a clinical department, under the authority of the director of professional services, shall have the following responsibilities:

(1)  coordinating, subject to the responsibilities of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists in accordance with section 214, the professional activities of the physicians, dentists and pharmacists in his department and of the clinical biochemists, if any;

(2)  managing the medical and dental resources and, if a clinical department of pharmacy is formed in the centre, the pharmaceutical resources of his department and, to the extent provided by regulation under subparagraph 13 or 14 of the first paragraph of section 505, the other resources;

(3)  drawing up, for his department, rules governing the use of medical and dental resources and of material resources used by physicians and dentists that take into account such factors as the need to promote access to the institution’s services; if a clinical department of pharmacy is formed in the centre, he shall be responsible for drawing up rules governing the use of the pharmaceutical resources and material resources of his department;

(3.1)  ensuring that the rules and procedures of the central access management mechanism provided for in section 185.1 are observed in his department;

(4)  managing, in the case of the head of the clinical department of medical imaging, the head of the clinical department of laboratory medicine or the head of the clinical department of pharmacy, the resources of his clinical department to the extent provided for in the regulation referred to in subparagraph 2 of this section. The Government may in such regulation provide for the management of part or all of the resources of a clinical department of medical imaging, of a clinical department of laboratory medicine or of a clinical department of pharmacy being entrusted by the director of professional services to a person other than the heads of those clinical departments;

(5)  drawing up a duty roster in accordance with the by-laws of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists as approved by the board of directors, and seeing to its enforcement;

(6)  ensuring an appropriate distribution of medical and dental care and of pharmaceutical services in his department;

(7)  seeing that the rules governing the use of resources drawn up by him for his department are complied with and informing the director of professional services or the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists of any breach of those rules by a physician, dentist or pharmacist, if the case arises;

(8)  informing the board of directors of the nature of and grounds for any administrative sanction imposed.

The rules governing the use of resources drawn up under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph must include administrative sanctions which may have the effect of limiting or suspending the right of a physician or dentist to use the resources of the institution. However, such sanctions cannot be considered as a breach of the privileges granted by the board of directors to the physician or dentist, as the case may be.

Where no head of a clinical department is designated, the responsibilities listed in the first paragraph shall be exercised by the director of professional services.

Where the head of a clinical department refuses to draw up rules or is slow to act, the director of professional services or, failing that, the executive director must draw up such rules.

1991, c. 42, s. 189; 2006, c. 43, s. 8; 2017, c. 21, s. 27.

2007-03-01

189. The head of a clinical department, under the authority of the director of professional services, shall have the following responsibilities:

(1)  coordinating, subject to the responsibilities of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists in accordance with section 214, the professional activities of the physicians, dentists and pharmacists in his department and of the clinical biochemists, if any;

(2)  managing the medical and dental resources and, if a clinical department of pharmacy is formed in the centre, the pharmaceutical resources of his department and, to the extent provided by regulation under paragraph 13 or 14 of section 505, the other resources;

(3)  drawing up, for his department, rules governing the use of medical and dental resources and of material resources used by physicians and dentists; if a clinical department of pharmacy is formed in the centre, he shall be responsible for drawing up rules governing the use of the pharmaceutical resources and material resources of his department;

(3.1)  ensuring that the rules and procedures of the central access management mechanism provided for in section 185.1 are observed in his department;

(4)  managing, in the case of the head of the clinical department of radiology, the head of the clinical department of medical biology laboratories or the head of the clinical department of pharmacy, the resources of his clinical department to the extent provided for in the regulation referred to in subparagraph 2 of this section. The Government may in such regulation provide for the management of part or all of the resources of a clinical department of radiology, of a clinical department of medical biology laboratories or of a clinical department of pharmacy being entrusted by the director of professional services to a person other than the heads of those clinical departments;

(5)  drawing up a duty roster in accordance with the by-laws of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists as approved by the board of directors, and seeing to its enforcement;

(6)  ensuring an appropriate distribution of medical and dental care and of pharmaceutical services in his department;

(7)  seeing that the rules governing the use of resources drawn up by him for his department are complied with and informing the director of professional services or the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists of any breach of those rules by a physician, dentist or pharmacist, if the case arises.

The rules governing the use of resources drawn up under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph must include administrative sanctions which may have the effect of limiting or suspending the right of a physician or dentist to use the resources of the institution. However, such sanctions cannot be considered as a breach of the privileges granted by the board of directors to the physician or dentist, as the case may be.

Where no head of a clinical department is designated, the responsibilities listed in the first paragraph shall be exercised by the director of professional services.

Where the head of a clinical department neglects to draw up rules governing the use of resources, the executive director may request that the director of professional services draw up such rules.

1991, c. 42, s. 189; 2006, c. 43, s. 8.

1992-10-01

189. The head of a clinical department, under the authority of the director of professional services, shall have the following responsibilities:

(1)  coordinating, subject to the responsibilities of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists in accordance with section 214, the professional activities of the physicians, dentists and pharmacists in his department and of the clinical biochemists, if any;

(2)  managing the medical and dental resources and, if a clinical department of pharmacy is formed in the centre, the pharmaceutical resources of his department and, to the extent provided by regulation under paragraph 13 or 14 of section 505, the other resources;

(3)  drawing up, for his department, rules governing the use of medical and dental resources and of material resources used by physicians and dentists; if a clinical department of pharmacy is formed in the centre, he shall be responsible for drawing up rules governing the use of the pharmaceutical resources and material resources of his department;

(4)  managing, in the case of the head of the clinical department of radiology, the head of the clinical department of medical biology laboratories or the head of the clinical department of pharmacy, the resources of his clinical department to the extent provided for in the regulation referred to in subparagraph 2 of this section. The Government may in such regulation provide for the management of part or all of the resources of a clinical department of radiology, of a clinical department of medical biology laboratories or of a clinical department of pharmacy being entrusted by the director of professional services to a person other than the heads of those clinical departments;

(5)  drawing up a duty roster in accordance with the by-laws of the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists as approved by the board of directors, and seeing to its enforcement;

(6)  ensuring an appropriate distribution of medical and dental care and of pharmaceutical services in his department;

(7)  seeing that the rules governing the use of resources drawn up by him for his department are complied with and informing the director of professional services or the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists of any breach of those rules by a physician, dentist or pharmacist, if the case arises.

The rules governing the use of resources drawn up under subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph must include administrative sanctions which may have the effect of limiting or suspending the right of a physician or dentist to use the resources of the institution. However, such sanctions cannot be considered as a breach of the privileges granted by the board of directors to the physician or dentist, as the case may be.

Where no head of a clinical department is designated, the responsibilities listed in the first paragraph shall be exercised by the director of professional services.

Where the head of a clinical department neglects to draw up rules governing the use of resources, the executive director may request that the director of professional services draw up such rules.

1991, c. 42, s. 189.