347. A regional board must, in accordance with its three-year strategic service organization plan and in collaboration with the institutions and community organizations in its region and, where applicable, with persons involved in sectors of activity having an impact on health and social services, develop and implement service organization plans.
The plans must be consistent with the orientations determined and policies established by the Minister.
In addition, the plans shall identify the services required to respond to the needs of the population in the region, taking into account(1) (subparagraph repealed);
(2) the health and social resources in the region, particularly those of community organizations;
(3) the mission of the centres operated by the institutions of the region;
(4) the financial resources identified for such purposes;
(5) the social, cultural and linguistic characteristics of the population of the region and, where applicable, of the institutions of the region coming under section 348;
(6) the organization of teaching and research taking place in the institutions of the region.
The plans must identify the institutions operating a local community service centre which are authorized to offer midwifery services and which may enter into a service contract to that effect with a midwife pursuant to section 259.2.
The plans must specify the contribution expected from each institution and each community organization in the region in order to achieve the objectives formulated in the policy.
The Minister may, subject to the rights of third persons, cancel a decision made by a regional board pursuant to a service organization plan that is inconsistent with the Minister’s orientations and policies.
The part of the plans dealing with the highly specialized services determined by the Minister that are provided by the institutions in the region, and the part dealing with the services for which an institution has been granted a supraregional vocation by the Minister pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 112, must be submitted to the Minister for approval.
1991, c. 42, s. 347; 1996, c. 36, s. 34; 1998, c. 39, s. 102; 1999, c. 24, s. 36; 2001, c. 24, s. 52.