S-2.2 - Public Health Act

Section 116 Disposition versions

2001-12-20

116. The Minister may choose to coordinate the actions of several public health directors or to exercise, with the necessary modifications, certain or all of the powers granted to the public health director by Chapter IX or Division I of this chapter

(1)  where the national public health director informs the Minister that he or she has received a report concerning an intoxication, infection or disease to which Chapter VIII applies;

(2)  where the Minister is informed of a situation that is likely to constitute a real or apprehended threat for the population of two or more regions;

(3)  where the Minister is informed of a situation that is likely to constitute a real or apprehended threat for the population and it is necessary to inform health authorities outside Québec.

In those circumstances, the Minister shall act with the assistance of the national public health director, and the orders and instructions given by the national public health director must be carried out in the same manner as those given by the Minister.

2001, c. 60, s. 116.