C-26 - Professional Code

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20. The Interprofessional Council shall consist of the professional orders; each order shall be represented thereon by its president or by another member designated by the board of directors.
The chair of the Council shall be elected by the members of the Council in the manner determined by a by-law adopted under the seventh paragraph. Unless a by-law adopted under the seventh paragraph provides otherwise, any member of a professional order may run for the office of chair of the Council.
The chair of the Council may not hold that office concurrently with the office of president of a professional order or any other function determined in a by-law adopted under the seventh paragraph. Neither may he act as a member designated by the board of directors pursuant to the first paragraph.
If the chair of the Council represented a professional order pursuant to the first paragraph, the professional order of which he is a member shall designate a substitute for him.
If the office of chair of the Council becomes vacant, the chair shall be replaced for the unexpired portion of his term by another member of the Council elected in the same manner.
The chair of the Council shall direct the activities of the Council and coordinate its work; he shall act as liaison between the Council and the Minister, and between the Council and the Office.
The Council shall adopt a by-law determining the term of office of the chair of the Council and the manner in which he is to be elected. The by-law may prescribe other eligibility criteria for the office of chair of the Council and determine other functions that are incompatible with that office.
The by-law comes into force on the fifteenth day following the date of its adoption.
1973, c. 43, s. 20; 1974, c. 65, s. 4; 1977, c. 66, s. 1; 1994, c. 40, s. 13; 2008, c. 11, s. 1, s. 213; 2017, c. 11, s. 23.
20. The Interprofessional Council shall consist of the professional orders; each order shall be represented thereon by its president or by another member designated by the board of directors.
The chair of the Council shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Council present at the first meeting after the beginning of its fiscal year. Upon his election, the chair of the Council ceases to be the representative of the order of which he is a member, and the order shall designate a substitute for him.
If the office of chair of the Council becomes vacant, the chair shall be replaced for the unexpired portion of his term by another member of the Council elected in the same manner.
The chair of the Council shall direct the activities of the Council and coordinate its work; he shall act as liaison between the Council and the Minister, and between the Council and the Office.
1973, c. 43, s. 20; 1974, c. 65, s. 4; 1977, c. 66, s. 1; 1994, c. 40, s. 13; 2008, c. 11, s. 1, s. 213.
20. The Interprofessional Council shall consist of the professional orders; each order shall be represented thereon by its president or by another member designated by the Bureau.
The chairman of the Council shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Council present at the first meeting after the beginning of its fiscal year. Upon his election, the chairman of the Council ceases to be the representative of the order of which he is a member, and the order shall designate a substitute for him.
If the office of chairman of the Council becomes vacant, the chairman shall be replaced for the unexpired portion of his term by another member of the Council elected in the same manner.
The chairman of the Council shall direct the activities of the Council and coordinate its work; he shall act as liaison between the Council and the Minister, and between the Council and the Office.
1973, c. 43, s. 20; 1974, c. 65, s. 4; 1977, c. 66, s. 1; 1994, c. 40, s. 13.
20. The Interprofessional Council shall consist of the professional corporations; each of the corporations shall be represented thereon by its president or by another member designated by the Bureau.
The chairman of the Council shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Council present at the first meeting after the beginning of its fiscal year. Upon his election, the chairman of the Council ceases to be the representative of his corporation, which shall designate a substitute for him.
If the office of chairman of the Council becomes vacant, the chairman shall be replaced for the unexpired portion of his term by another member of the Council elected in the same manner.
1973, c. 43, s. 20; 1974, c. 65, s. 4; 1977, c. 66, s. 1.