S-4.2 - Act respecting health services and social services

Section 225.3 Disposition versions

1999-09-24

225.3. In accordance with the regulations of the institution, the council of midwives is responsible to the board of directors for

(1)   monitoring and assessing, generally, the quality and pertinence of the acts performed by midwives for the institution ;

(2)  making recommendations on the standards of care to be adhered to by council members ;

(3)  making recommendations on the appropriate distribution of the services provided by council members ;

(4)  making recommendations on the qualifications and competence of a midwife who has submitted an application to the board of directors for the purpose of entering into a contract with the institution pursuant to section 259.2 ;

(5)  making recommendations on the obligations to be attached to the practice of midwifery under a service contract made pursuant to section 259.2 ;

(6)  assuming any other function assigned to it by the board of directors.

The council of midwives must report annually to the board of directors on the carrying out of its functions and its resulting opinions.

If there is no council of midwives and section 225.2 is not applied, the midwifery services coordinator shall carry out the functions described in the first paragraph.

1999, c. 24, s. 32.