43. Surveys on health and social issues conducted for the purposes of surveillance of the health status of the population must first be submitted to the ethics committee of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec for an opinion.
However, the Minister may exempt a proposed national survey from that requirement if the ethical review of that survey is conducted by the ethics committee of the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
2001, c. 60, s. 43; 2009, c. 45, s. 14.