599. For the purpose of holding the public meeting which must be held under section 135, the population shall be invited to attend by the board of directors formed under the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5). However, in the case of institutions referred to in any of sections 119 to 124, provided that each section concerns more than one institution, four persons elected by and from among the persons appointed by the Minister under paragraph c of sections 79 and 82 of the Act respecting health services and social services are considered to be the persons elected by the population for the purposes of paragraph 1 of section 129.
Similarly, in the case of institutions referred to in section 125, four persons elected by and from among the members elected by users under paragraph a of section 81 and by the members appointed by the Minister under paragraph c of sections 81 and 82 of the Act respecting health services and social services are considered to be the persons elected by the population for the purposes of paragraph 1 of section 130. Two of those persons must however be members elected or appointed under paragraphs a and c of section 81 of the said Act and the remaining two members must be appointed under paragraph c of section 82 of the said Act.
In cases where only two out of four positions can be filled pursuant to the third paragraph because there is no institution operating a child and youth protection centre in the region, the Minister shall appoint two other persons who shall also be considered to be persons elected by the population for the purposes of paragraph 1 of section 130.
1991, c. 42, s. 599; 1992, c. 21, s. 63.