H-1.1 - Act respecting Héma-Québec and the biovigilance committee

Section 3 Disposition versions

2020-09-01

3. The mission of Héma-Québec is to provide the health and social services institutions in Québec and the population with a sufficient supply of blood, blood products and blood components.

In the pursuit of its mission Héma-Québec shall, in particular,

(1)  develop and enforce strict quality and safety standards in order to earn the trust of the general public and of the recipients of the products it distributes;

(2)  recruit blood and plasma donors and work in partnership with those donors and volunteer blood donor clinic organizers;

(3)  assume responsibility for the collection of blood and plasma;

(4)  manage the records of blood and plasma donors in accordance with strict standards of accuracy, security and confidentiality;

(5)  process the products collected;

(6)  assume responsibility for the storage, distribution and management of provincial stocks;

(7)  supply, in particular to health and social services institutions, the blood, blood products and blood components required by those institutions;

(8)  at the request of the Minister of Health and Social Services or the Centre d’acquisitions gouvernementales, obtain, store and supply to the institutions the fractionated products or substitute products required by those institutions;

(9)  engage in research and development for the purpose of developing new methods, new technologies and new products that meet the needs of Québec’s health system;

(10)  maintain links to ensure collaboration and the exchange of information with counterpart organizations in Canada and elsewhere, in order to be informed of and share expertise;

(11)  work in close collaboration with the authorities of the Canadian supply service so as to enable each system to benefit from the services and products of the other if necessary;

(12)  exercise any other function related to the supply system that is entrusted to it by the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Héma-Québec is also assigned, with the necessary modifications, such duties and functions in connection with human milk, stem cells and any human tissue, as well as any other human biological product determined by the Government.

Héma-Québec shall carry out any other mandate related to the duties or functions described in the preceding paragraphs that is entrusted to it by the Government.

In pursuing its mission, Héma-Québec must manage its human, material, information, technological and financial resources effectively and efficiently.

1998, c. 41, s. 3; 2013, c. 11, s. 1; 2017, c. 21, s. 79; 2020, c. 2, s. 42.

2017-11-10

3. The mission of Héma-Québec is to provide the health and social services institutions in Québec and the population with a sufficient supply of blood, blood products and blood components.

In the pursuit of its mission Héma-Québec shall, in particular,

(1)  develop and enforce strict quality and safety standards in order to earn the trust of the general public and of the recipients of the products it distributes;

(2)  recruit blood and plasma donors and work in partnership with those donors and volunteer blood donor clinic organizers;

(3)  assume responsibility for the collection of blood and plasma;

(4)  manage the records of blood and plasma donors in accordance with strict standards of accuracy, security and confidentiality;

(5)  process the products collected;

(6)  assume responsibility for the storage, distribution and management of provincial stocks;

(7)  supply, in particular to health and social services institutions, the blood, blood products and blood components required by those institutions;

(8)  at the request of the Minister of Health and Social Services or a joint procurement group referred to in section 435.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) that has been designated by the Minister, obtain, store and supply to the institutions the fractionated products or substitute products required by those institutions;

(9)  engage in research and development for the purpose of developing new methods, new technologies and new products that meet the needs of Québec’s health system;

(10)  maintain links to ensure collaboration and the exchange of information with counterpart organizations in Canada and elsewhere, in order to be informed of and share expertise;

(11)  work in close collaboration with the authorities of the Canadian supply service so as to enable each system to benefit from the services and products of the other if necessary;

(12)  exercise any other function related to the supply system that is entrusted to it by the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Héma-Québec is also assigned, with the necessary modifications, such duties and functions in connection with human milk, stem cells and any human tissue, as well as any other human biological product determined by the Government.

Héma-Québec shall carry out any other mandate related to the duties or functions described in the preceding paragraphs that is entrusted to it by the Government.

In pursuing its mission, Héma-Québec must manage its human, material, information, technological and financial resources effectively and efficiently.

1998, c. 41, s. 3; 2013, c. 11, s. 1; 2017, c. 21, s. 79.

2013-06-05

3. The mission of Héma-Québec is to provide the health and social services institutions in Québec and the population with a sufficient supply of blood, blood products and blood components.

In the pursuit of its mission Héma-Québec shall, in particular,

(1)  develop and enforce strict quality and safety standards in order to earn the trust of the general public and of the recipients of the products it distributes;

(2)  recruit blood and plasma donors and work in partnership with those donors and volunteer blood donor clinic organizers;

(3)  assume responsibility for the collection of blood and plasma;

(4)  manage the records of blood and plasma donors in accordance with strict standards of accuracy, security and confidentiality;

(5)  process the products collected;

(6)  assume responsibility for the storage, distribution and management of provincial stocks;

(7)  supply, in particular to health and social services institutions, the blood, blood products and blood components required by those institutions;

(8)  at the request of the Minister of Health and Social Services or a body managing joint supplies to institutions that has been designated by the Minister, obtain, store and supply to the institutions the fractionated products or substitute products required by those institutions;

(9)  engage in research and development for the purpose of developing new methods, new technologies and new products that meet the needs of Québec’s health system;

(10)  maintain links to ensure collaboration and the exchange of information with counterpart organizations in Canada and elsewhere, in order to be informed of and share expertise;

(11)  work in close collaboration with the authorities of the Canadian supply service so as to enable each system to benefit from the services and products of the other if necessary;

(12)  exercise any other function related to the supply system that is entrusted to it by the Minister of Health and Social Services.

Héma-Québec is also assigned, with the necessary modifications, such duties and functions in connection with human milk, stem cells and any human tissue, as well as any other human biological product determined by the Government.

Héma-Québec shall carry out any other mandate related to the duties or functions described in the preceding paragraphs that is entrusted to it by the Government.

In pursuing its mission, Héma-Québec must manage its human, material, information, technological and financial resources effectively and efficiently.

1998, c. 41, s. 3; 2013, c. 11, s. 1.

1998-09-28

3. The mission of Héma-Québec is to provide the health and social services institutions in Québec and the population with a sufficient supply of blood, blood products and blood components.

In the pursuit of its mission Héma-Québec shall, in particular,

(1)  develop and enforce strict quality and safety standards in order to earn the trust of the general public and of the recipients of the products it distributes;

(2)  recruit blood and plasma donors and work in partnership with those donors and volunteer blood donor clinic organizers;

(3)  assume responsibility for the collection of blood and plasma;

(4)  manage the records of blood and plasma donors in accordance with strict standards of accuracy, security and confidentiality;

(5)  process the products collected;

(6)  assume responsibility for the storage, distribution and management of provincial stocks;

(7)  supply, in particular to health and social services institutions, the blood, blood products and blood components required by those institutions;

(8)  at the request of a body managing joint supplies to institutions that has been designated by the Minister of Health and Social Services, obtain, store and supply to the institutions the fractionated products or substitute products required by those institutions;

(9)  engage in research and development for the purpose of developing new methods, new technologies and new products that meet the needs of Québec’s health system;

(10)  maintain links to ensure collaboration and the exchange of information with counterpart organizations in Canada and elsewhere, in order to be informed of and share expertise;

(11)  work in close collaboration with the authorities of the Canadian supply service so as to enable each system to benefit from the services and products of the other if necessary;

(12)  exercise any other function related to the supply system that is entrusted to it by the Minister of Health and Social Services.

The Minister may also entrust similar duties or functions to Héma-Québec in connection with bone marrow or any other human tissue.

1998, c. 41, s. 3.