S-32.0001 - Act respecting end-of-life care

Section 4 Disposition versions

2023-12-07

4. Every person whose condition requires it has the right to receive end-of-life care, subject to the specific requirements established by this Act.

Such care is provided to the person in a facility maintained by an institution, in a palliative care hospice or at home. Medical aid in dying may be administered in another place so as to ensure respect for the person’s dignity and autonomy as well as the importance of such care, provided the place is authorized beforehand by the director of professional services or the director of nursing care of the local authority referred to in section 99.4 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) that serves the territory in which the place is situated.

This section applies within the framework of the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the organizational and operational structure of institutions and the policy directions, policies and approaches of palliative care hospices and within the limits of the human, material and financial resources at their disposal. It complements the provisions of the Act respecting health services and social services and of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) that relate to the rights of users and beneficiaries, including the right to receive the services required by their condition.

2014, c. 2, s. 4; 2023, c. 15, ss. 5 and 58.

2023-06-07

4. Every person whose condition requires it has the right to receive end-of-life care, subject to the specific requirements established by this Act.

Such care is provided to the person in a facility maintained by an institution, in a palliative care hospice or at home. Medical aid in dying may be administered in another place so as to ensure respect for the person’s dignity and autonomy as well as the importance of such care, provided the place is authorized beforehand by the director of professional services of the local authority referred to in section 99.4 of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) that serves the territory in which the place is situated.

This section applies within the framework of the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the organizational and operational structure of institutions and the policy directions, policies and approaches of palliative care hospices and within the limits of the human, material and financial resources at their disposal. It complements the provisions of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) and of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) that relate to the rights of users and beneficiaries, including the right to receive the services required by their condition.

2014, c. 2, s. 4; 2023, c. 15, ss. 5 and 58.

2015-12-10

4. Every person whose condition requires it has the right to receive end-of-life care, subject to the specific requirements established by this Act.

Such care is provided to the person in a facility maintained by an institution, in a palliative care hospice or at home.

This section applies within the framework of the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the organizational and operational structure of institutions and the policy directions, policies and approaches of palliative care hospices and within the limits of the human, material and financial resources at their disposal. It complements the provisions of the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) and of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5) that relate to the rights of users and beneficiaries.

2014, c. 2, s. 4.