8. In addition to the duties contemplated in the Professional Code (chapter C-26), the board of directors:(a) (paragraph repealed);
(b) shall provide for the keeping of a register of students in pharmacy and determine the formalities respecting entry in such register;
(c) shall advise the Minister of Health and Social Services or Santé Québec, as applicable, on its own initiative or at the request of either of them, on the quality of pharmaceutical care or services provided in the centres operated by the institutions and on the standards to be followed to improve the quality of such care or services.
In the performance of the duties assigned to it by subparagraph c of the first paragraph, the board of directors may have inquiries made into the quality of the pharmaceutical care or services provided in the centres operated by the institutions and may constitute a committee of inquiry for that purpose.
It is forbidden to hinder in any way a member of a committee of inquiry constituted under the second paragraph in the performance of his duties, to mislead the member by concealment or false declarations, or to refuse to provide the member with any information or document relating to an inquiry the member is holding under this Act.
Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable to the penalties provided in section 188 of the Professional Code.
1973, c. 51, s. 8; 1994, c. 40, s. 426; 2000, c. 13, s. 86; 2008, c. 11, s. 208, s. 212; 2024, c. 312024, c. 31, s. 491.