S-4.2 - Act respecting health services and social services

Section 333.6 Disposition versions

2009-06-19

333.6. The operator of a specialized medical centre described in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 333.3 must offer persons who have surgery or receive some other specialized medical treatment referred to in section 333.1 in the centre, either directly or through another private resource with which the operator has entered into an agreement and to which the operator refers those persons, all the preoperative and postoperative services normally associated with the surgery or treatment, excluding any services associated with complications, and all the rehabilitation services and home care support services needed for complete recovery. The operator of the centre must also inform a person who wishes to receive such surgery or specialized medical treatment in the centre that the person must also obtain the preoperative, postoperative, rehabilitation and home care support services either in the centre or from another private resource. In addition, the operator of the centre must inform the person of the total foreseeable cost of the preoperative, postoperative, rehabilitation and home care support services that the person must obtain either in the centre or from another private resource.

The obligations under the first paragraph also apply to the operator of a specialized medical centre described in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 333.3 with respect to specialized medical treatment described in section 333.1 and provided in the centre that is non-insured or considered non-insured under the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29).

The cost of medical services obtained from a private resource under the first or second paragraph may not be assumed by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec.

However, if surgery or other specialized medical treatment is provided under an agreement under the second paragraph of section 108 or under an alternative access mechanism implemented under section 431.2, the Minister may allow the obligations under this section not to apply.

2006, c. 43, s. 11; 2009, c. 29, s. 6.

2008-01-01

333.6. The operator of a specialized medical centre described in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 333.3 must ensure that every person who has surgery or receives some other specialized medical treatment described in section 333.1 in the centre also receives in the centre all the preoperative and postoperative services normally associated with the surgery or treatment. The operator must also ensure that such a person receives all the rehabilitation services and home care support services needed for complete recovery, either in the specialized medical centre or from another private resource.

The obligations under the first paragraph also apply to the operator of a specialized medical centre described in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 333.3 with respect to specialized medical treatment described in section 333.1 and provided in the centre that is non-insured or considered non-insured under the Health Insurance Act (chapter A-29).

However, if surgery or other specialized medical treatment is provided under an agreement under the second paragraph of section 108 or under an alternative access mechanism implemented under section 431.2, the Minister may allow the obligations under this section not to apply.

2006, c. 43, s. 11.