383. The regional board shall ensure that the institutions of its region are grouped for the joint procurement of goods and services it determines. It may, if necessary, require institutions to participate in regional joint purchasing groups.
The institutions of a region may, with the authorization of the regional board and on the conditions determined by the Minister, establish a non-profit legal person representing the institutions of the region to manage the procurement of goods and services. They must, however, establish such a legal person where the regional board considers it necessary. If they fail to do so, the regional board may, with the authorization of the Minister, see to the establishment of a joint service legal person for the institutions of the region.
With the authorization of the Minister, the types and manner of grouping institutions for the joint procurement of goods and services may be determined for two or more regions.
The provisions of sections 260 to 265, 278 to 280, 282, 289 to 292, 294 to 297, 436, 485, 486, 489, 499 and 500 apply, with the necessary modifications, to a legal person referred to in this section.
The auditor appointed by a legal person pursuant to section 290 must, for the fiscal year of the appointment, audit the financial report of the legal person and perform the other duties included in the audit mandate determined by the legal person, the regional board or the Minister.
1991, c. 42, s. 383; 1996, c. 36, s. 51; 1998, c. 39, s. 115.