520.3.13. A person wishing to act on the basis of a certificate must verify the following with the directory service established in accordance with the Act respecting the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (chapter R-5):(1) the certificate’s validity;
(2) whether the certificate was issued by a certification service provider within the meaning of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 520.3.3; and
(3) that the policy statement issued under section 52 of the Act to establish a legal framework for information technology (chapter C-1.1) and whose identifier is entered in the certificate corresponds to the policy statement applicable in the health and social services sector.