177. Every board of directors must, at least once a year, hold a public information meeting to which it shall invite the population. The meeting may be held at the same time as a meeting held pursuant to section 176.
Public notice of at least 15 days of the date, time and place of the sitting must be given to the population by the board of directors.
At the meeting, the members of the board of directors must present to the population, in accordance with the regulation made by the Minister under section 487.1, such items of information as are prescribed with respect to the report of activities and the annual financial report of every institution under the administration of the board. They must also justify their priorities and new orientations established under section 171 and answer questions put to them with respect to the annual financial report, the management of each institution under the administration of the board of directors and the services provided by each of the institutions.
The report on the application of the complaint examination procedure, on user satisfaction and on the enforcement of user rights referred to in section 76.10 shall also be presented to the population at that public information meeting.
The procedure for calling and conducting the meeting shall be determined by by-law of the institution.
1991, c. 42, s. 177; 1998, c. 39, s. 64; 2001, c. 43, s. 45; 2005, c. 32, s. 90.