S-4.2 - Act respecting health services and social services

Section 531.4 Disposition versions

2023-10-04

531.4. Every person, other than a public institution or a member of a personnel placement agency’s personnel, who contravenes a provision of a regulation whose violation constitutes an offence under subparagraph 7 of the second paragraph of section 338.2 is liable to a fine of $1,000 to $25,000 in the case of a natural person and of $3,000 to $75,000 in any other case. For a subsequent offence, the amounts are doubled.

On an application by the prosecutor, the judge may impose on the offender, in addition to any other penalty, a further fine whose amount is equal to any excess amount obtained by the offender as a result of the commission of the offence, even if the maximum fine has been imposed on the offender. A judge who does not impose this additional fine must give reasons for the decision.

If an offence under the first paragraph continues for more than one day, it constitutes a separate offence for each day it continues.

2023, c. 8, s. 4.