377. Each regional board shall prepare a regional medical staffing plan on the basis of the parts of the organization plans of institutions transmitted to it in accordance with sections 184 and 186, the number of physicians required to perform the specific activities referred to in section 361, and the number of general practitioners and medical specialists, listed by speciality, who are remunerated by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec and practise in the region, including those who practise in a private health facility.
In preparing its regional plan, the regional board shall take into account the expansion or reduction objectives identified by the Minister, the medical activities of the physicians practising in the region who receive remuneration from the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec, and the number of positions determined by the Minister to be reserved for physicians having practised in other regions.
In preparing its regional plan, the regional board must also take into account the recommendations of the regional medical commission, obtained in the manner set out in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 369, and the recommendations of the regional department of general medicine, obtained in the manner set out in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 417.2.
The regional plan, together with the parts of the organization plans of institutions that were used in preparing the regional plan, must be submitted to the Minister for approval with or without amendment.
The regional plan must be reviewed at least every three years and shall continue in force until the Minister decides on its review.
1991, c. 42, s. 377; 1998, c. 39, s. 112; 1999, c. 89, s. 53.