168. The centre “Centre d’appel d’urgence des régions de l’est du Québec (CAUREQ)”, a legal person constituted on 5 March 1996 under Part III of the Companies Act (chapter C-38), is recognized as a health communication centre within the meaning of this Act, if it complies with the provisions determined under the second paragraph of section 18. Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of section 21, the centre may continue to carry on all the activities carried on on 19 December 2002.
However, the centre must, before 19 March 2003, take the necessary measures to ensure that the operations inherent in a health communication centre within the meaning of this Act and the budgets attached to such operations are separated from the other activities of the legal person.
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision in this Act or any other Act, the centre “Centre d’appel d’urgence des régions de l’est du Québec (CAUREQ)” does not have to change the composition of its board of directors providing that, before 19 March 2003, it establishes a management committee in the manner and in accordance with the composition provided for in the second paragraph of section 21, to exercise, with full authority, the responsibilities of the board of directors of a health communication centre within the meaning of this Act.