367. A regional medical commission is hereby instituted for each region of Québec where the Government institutes a regional board.
The commission is composed of:(1) three general practitioners designated by the general practitioners of the region from among their number;
(2) three specialists designated by the specialists of the region from among their number;
(3) one person designated by the Dean of each Faculty of Medicine of the region, if any;
(4) the Director of Public Health.
The president and executive director of the regional board or the physician he designates for that purpose shall also be a member of the commission.
To ensure better representation of the fields of medical practice in the centres operated by the institutions of the region, the regional board shall designate not more than four physicians from the region who are members of the commission from the time of their designation. However, the regional board, in making such designations, must ensure that general practitioners and specialists are represented in equal numbers on the commission.
On the recommendation of the regional medical commission, the regional board may designate not more than four resource persons as observers. In regions where there is a Faculty of Medicine, the number of resource persons shall be not more than six of whom one must be a medical resident. Such persons shall participate in the discussions of the commission but shall be without voting rights.
The chairman of the regional medical commission shall be designated by the members designated under subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the second paragraph from among their number.
1991, c. 42, s. 367; 2001, c. 24, s. 55.