S-4.2 - Act respecting health services and social services

Section 417.2 Disposition versions

2006-01-01

417.2. Within the framework of the powers conferred on the agency, the regional department of general medicine shall, while taking account of the responsibilities of the institutions in the territory of the agency, exercise the following responsibilities under the authority of the president and executive director:

(1)  making recommendations concerning the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners that must be drawn up in accordance with section 377 and, once the plan has been approved by the Minister, ensuring the implementation and application of the agency’s decision concerning the plan;

(2)  defining and proposing the regional organization plan for the provision of general medical care, which must specify, for each territory of a local health and social services network, the services provided in private health facilities, in local community service centres or in outpatient clinics of hospital centres operated by an institution, the nature of existing and expected services in terms of accessibility and the capacity to handle various types of patients, and ensuring the implementation and application of the agency’s decision concerning the plan;

(3)  defining and proposing the system of access to general medical care, that may include an integrated duty roster, particularly by means of service, pairing or sponsorship agreements between institutions, and an on-call duty roster for services dispensed in residential and long-term care centres and under the home-care program and ensuring the implementation and coordination of the agency’s decision concerning the system, the whole within the framework of the regional organization plan for general medical care services;

(4)  making recommendations on the nature of the general medical care services arising from priority programs, and ensuring the implementation of the agency’s decision concerning such matters;

(5)  making recommendations concerning the list of specific medical activities referred to in section 361, and ensuring the implementation of the agency’s decision concerning the list;

(6)  evaluating the degree to which the objectives of the regional organization plan for general medical care services and of the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners have been met;

(7)  giving its opinion on any project concerning the dispensing of general medical care services;

(7.1)  giving its opinion on certain projects relating to the use of drugs;

(7.2)  giving its opinion on the implementation of service corridors proposed by the integrated university health network; and

(8)  carrying out any other function assigned to it by the president and executive director of the agency in connection with general medical services.

Where the regional department of general medicine fails to exercise its responsibilities under subparagraph 2 or 3 of the first paragraph, the board of directors of the agency may request that they be exercised by the president and executive director.

1998, c. 39, s. 136; 2001, c. 24, s. 80; 2002, c. 66, s. 15; 2005, c. 32, s. 167.

2003-07-01

417.2. Within the framework of the powers conferred on the regional board, the regional department of general medicine shall, while taking account of the responsibilities of the institutions in the territory of the regional board, exercise the following responsibilities under the authority of the president and executive director:

(1)  making recommendations concerning the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners that must be drawn up in accordance with section 377 and, once the plan has been approved by the Minister, ensuring the implementation and application of the regional board’s decision concerning the plan;

(2)  defining and proposing the regional organization plan for the provision of general medical care, which must specify, for each territory and sub-territory, the services provided in private health facilities, in local community service centres or in outpatient clinics of hospital centres operated by an institution, the nature of existing and expected services in terms of accessibility and the capacity to handle various types of patients, and ensuring the implementation and application of the regional board’s decision concerning the plan;

(3)  defining and proposing the system of access to general medical care, that may include an integrated duty roster, particularly by means of service, pairing or sponsorship agreements between institutions, and an on-call duty roster for services dispensed in residential and long-term care centres and under the home-care program and ensuring the implementation and coordination of the regional board’s decision concerning the system, the whole within the framework of the regional organization plan for general medical care services;

(4)  making recommendations on the nature of the general medical care services arising from priority programs, and ensuring the implementation of the regional board’s decision concerning such matters;

(5)  making recommendations concerning the list of specific medical activities referred to in section 361, and ensuring the implementation of the regional board’s decision concerning the list;

(6)  evaluating the degree to which the objectives of the regional organization plan for general medical care services and of the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners have been met;

(7)  giving its opinion on any project concerning the dispensing of general medical care services;

(8)  carrying out any other function assigned to it by the president and executive director of the regional board in connection with general medical services.

Where the regional department of general medicine fails to exercise its responsibilities under subparagraph 2 or 3 of the first paragraph, the board of directors of the regional board may request that they be exercised by the president and executive director.

1998, c. 39, s. 136; 2001, c. 24, s. 80; 2002, c. 66, s. 15.

2001-12-19

417.2. Within the framework of the powers conferred on the regional board, the regional department of general medicine shall, while taking account of the responsabilities of the institutions in the territory of the regional board, exercise the following responsabilities under the authority of the president and executive director:

(1)  making recommendations concerning the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners that must be drawn up in accordance with section 377 and, once the plan has been approved by the Minister, ensuring the implementation and application of the regional board’s decision concerning the plan;

(2)  defining and proposing the regional organization plan for general medical care services, and ensuring its implementation and application of the regional board’s decision concerning the plan;

(3)  defining and proposing the system of access to general medical care, that may include an integrated duty roster and an on-call duty roster for services dispensed in residential and long-term care centres and under the home-care program and ensuring the implementation and coordination of the regional board’s decision concerning the system, the whole within the framework of the regional organization plan for general medical care services;

(4)  making recommendations on the nature of the general medical care services arising from priority programs, and ensuring the implementation of the regional board’s decision concerning such matters;

(5)  making recommendations concerning the list of specific medical activities referred to in section 361, and ensuring the implementation of the regional board’s decision concerning the list;

(6)  evaluating the degree to which the objectives of the regional organization plan for general medical care services and of the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners have been met;

(7)  giving its opinion on any project concerning the dispensing of general medical care services;

(8)  carrying out any other function assigned to it by the president and executive director of the regional board in connection with general medical services.

Where the regional department of general medicine fails to exercise its responsibilities under subparagraph 2 or 3 of the first paragraph, the board of directors of the regional board may request that they be exercised by the president and executive director.

1998, c. 39, s. 136; 2001, c. 24, s. 80.

1998-06-20

417.2. Within the framework of the powers conferred on the regional board, the regional department of general medicine shall, while taking account of the responsabilities of the institutions in the territory of the regional board, exercise the following responsabilities under the authority of the executive director:

(1)  making recommendations concerning the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners that must be drawn up in accordance with section 377 and, once the plan has been approved by the Minister, ensuring the implementation and application of the regional board’s decision concerning the plan;

(2)  defining and proposing the regional organization plan for general medical care services, and ensuring its implementation and application of the regional board’s decision concerning the plan;

(3)  defining and proposing the system of access to general medical care, that may include an integrated duty roster and an on-call duty roster for services dispensed in residential and long-term care centres and under the home-care program and ensuring the implementation and coordination of the regional board’s decision concerning the system, the whole within the framework of the regional organization plan for general medical care services;

(4)  making recommendations on the nature of the general medical care services arising from priority programs, and ensuring the implementation of the regional board’s decision concerning such matters;

(5)  making recommendations concerning the list of specific medical activities referred to in section 361, and ensuring the implementation of the regional board’s decision concerning the list;

(6)  evaluating the degree to which the objectives of the regional organization plan for general medical care services and of the part of the regional medical staffing plan relating to general practitioners have been met;

(7)  giving its opinion on any project concerning the dispensing of general medical care services;

(8)  carrying out any other function assigned to it by the executive director of the regional board in connection with general medical services.

Where the regional department of general medicine fails to exercise its responsibilities under subparagraph 2 or 3 of the first paragraph, the board of directors of the regional board may request that they be exercised by the executive director.

1998, c. 39, s. 136.