35. If no council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists has been established for the institution, the head of medical services or, as applicable, the physician responsible for medical care in the institution assumes the functions assigned to the council by this division.
If no director of nursing care has been appointed by the institution, the nurse in charge of nursing within the institution assumes the functions assigned to the director by this division.
The competent professional must then inform the head of medical services or the physician responsible referred to in the first paragraph or, as applicable, the nurse in charge referred to in the second paragraph in accordance with the first paragraph of section 34.
2014, c. 2, s. 35; 2023, c. 152023, c. 15, s. 271.