L-0.2 - Act respecting medical laboratories and organ and tissue conservation

Section 1 Disposition versions

2019-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a medical imaging laboratory within the meaning of section 30.1 as well as a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  (subparagraph repealed);

(e)  (subparagraph repealed);

(f)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g.1)  “agency” means a health and social services agency referred to in the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  (subparagraph repealed);

(j)  (subparagraph repealed);

(k)  (subparagraph repealed);

(l)  (subparagraph repealed);

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(m.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  (subparagraph repealed).

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185; 2001, c. 60, s. 150; 2002, c. 69, s. 133; 2005, c. 32, s. 308; 2008, c. 28, s. 1; 2009, c. 30, s. 52; 2016, c. 1, s. 122.

2010-08-05

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a medical imaging laboratory within the meaning of section 30.1 as well as a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “reportable disease” means an infection, intoxication or disease that must be reported to the national public health director or a public health director under Chapter VIII of the Public Health Act (chapter S-2.2)

(e)  (subparagraph repealed);

(f)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g.1)  “agency” means a health and social services agency referred to in the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  (subparagraph repealed);

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (subparagraph repealed);

(l)  (subparagraph repealed);

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(m.1)  (subparagraph repealed);

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185; 2001, c. 60, s. 150; 2002, c. 69, s. 133; 2005, c. 32, s. 308; 2008, c. 28, s. 1; 2009, c. 30, s. 52.

2008-06-20

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a medical imaging laboratory within the meaning of section 30.1 as well as a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “reportable disease” means an infection, intoxication or disease that must be reported to the national public health director or a public health director under Chapter VIII of the Public Health Act (chapter S-2.2)

(e)  (subparagraph repealed);

(f)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g.1)  “agency” means a health and social services agency referred to in the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  (subparagraph repealed);

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (subparagraph repealed);

(l)  (subparagraph repealed);

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

Not in force

(m.1)  “gametes or embryos conservation centre” means premises outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre, designed for the collection, conservation or distribution of human gametes or embryos with a view to using the gametes or embryos for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185; 2001, c. 60, s. 150; 2002, c. 69, s. 133; 2005, c. 32, s. 308; 2008, c. 28, s. 1.

2006-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S‐4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S‐5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “reportable disease” means an infection, intoxication or disease that must be reported to the national public health director or a public health director under Chapter VIII of the Public Health Act (chapter S‐2.2)

(e)  (subparagraph repealed);

(f)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g.1)  “agency” means a health and social services agency referred to in the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  (subparagraph repealed);

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (subparagraph repealed);

(l)  (subparagraph repealed);

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

Not in force

(m.1)  “gametes or embryos conservation centre” means premises outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre, designed for the collection, conservation or distribution of human gametes or embryos with a view to using the gametes or embryos for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185; 2001, c. 60, s. 150; 2002, c. 69, s. 133; 2005, c. 32, s. 308.

2002-12-19

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “reportable disease” means an infection, intoxication or disease that must be reported to the national public health director or a public health director under Chapter VIII of the Public Health Act (chapter S-2.2)

(e)  (subparagraph repealed);

(f)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g)  (subparagraph repealed);

(g.1)  “regional board” means a regional health and social services board established under the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  (subparagraph repealed);

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (subparagraph repealed);

(l)  (subparagraph repealed);

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

Not in force

(m.1)  “gametes or embryos conservation centre” means premises outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre, designed for the collection, conservation or distribution of human gametes or embryos with a view to using the gametes or embryos for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185; 2001, c. 60, s. 150; 2002, c. 69, s. 133.

2002-04-19

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “reportable disease” means an infection, intoxication or disease that must be reported to the national public health director or a public health director under Chapter VIII of the Public Health Act (chapter S-2.2)

(e)  (paragraph repealed);

(f)  (paragraph repealed);

(g)  (paragraph repealed);

(g.1)  “regional board” means a regional health and social services board established under the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  (paragraph repealed);

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

Not in force

(m.1)  “gametes or embryos conservation centre” means premises outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre, designed for the collection, conservation or distribution of human gametes or embryos with a view to using the gametes or embryos for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185; 2001, c. 60, s. 150.

2002-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonococcal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(g.1)  “regional board” means a regional health and social services board established under the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

Not in force

(m.1)  “gametes or embryos conservation centre” means premises outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre, designed for the collection, conservation or distribution of human gametes or embryos with a view to using the gametes or embryos for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185; 2000, c. 56, s. 185.

1998-06-20

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonococcal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(g.1)  “regional board” means a regional health and social services board established under the Act respecting health services and social services and the institution to which Part IV.2 of that Act applies;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

Not in force

(m.1)  “gametes or embryos conservation centre” means premises outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre, designed for the collection, conservation or distribution of human gametes or embryos with a view to using the gametes or embryos for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 1997, c. 77, s. 1; 1998, c. 39, s. 185.

1995-05-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonococcal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(g.1)  “regional board” means a regional health and social services board established under the Act respecting health services and social services;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375; 1994, c. 23, s. 23.

1992-10-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre” means a hospital centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-4.2) or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree and Inuit Native persons (chapter S-5);

(a.1)  “local community service centre” means a local community service centre governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree and Inuit Native persons;

(a.2)  “regional council” means a health and social service council established under the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree and Inuit Native persons;

(a.3)  “institution” means an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services or by the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree and Inuit Native persons;

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside a facility maintained by an institution equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonococcal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(g.1)  “regional board” means a regional health and social services board established under the Act respecting health services and social services;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a facility maintained by an institution operating a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree and Inuit Native persons in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph. A laboratory within the meaning of the said subparagraph also includes a private health facility within the meaning of the Act respecting health services and social services in which equipment is used to carry on any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1; 1992, c. 21, s. 240, s. 375.

1989-07-22

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “regional council” and “establishment” have the meaning assigned to them in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonococcal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

A laboratory within the meaning of subparagraph b of the first paragraph includes and has always included a professional’s private consulting office, as defined in the Act respecting health services and social services, in which equipment is used to exercise any of the activities mentioned in the said subparagraph.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1989, c. 58, s. 1.

1985-06-20

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “regional council” and “establishment” have the meaning assigned to them in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Social Services;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonococcal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81; 1985, c. 23, s. 24.

1984-06-20

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “regional council” and “establishment” have the meaning assigned to them in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a laboratory included in one of the categories determined by regulation and which is a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Social Affairs;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonoccoccal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  (paragraph repealed);

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64; 1984, c. 27, s. 81.

1982-12-16

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “regional council” and “establishment” have the meaning assigned to them in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Social Affairs;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonoccoccal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  repealed;

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103; 1982, c. 58, s. 64.

1981-12-19

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “regional council” and “establishment” have the meaning assigned to them in the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Social Affairs;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a disease determined by regulation that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonoccoccal infections, chancroid, lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis or granuloma inguinale;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  “vacation camp” means any installation, other than an establishment, where children under 18 years of age are sheltered during a period of school vacation and where recreational services and sports, educational or cultural equipment are provided;

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297; 1981, c. 22, s. 103.

1981-01-01

1. In this Act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “establishment” and “professional” have the meaning assigned them by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, heamatology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans, or for making examinations in the fields of toxicology, audiology and the physiology of respiration;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Social Affairs;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a contagious disease determined by the regulations that must be declared in accordance with this Act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonorrhoea, chancroid, venereal lymphogranulomatosis or inguinal granuloma;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this Act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this Act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this Act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  “vacation camp” means any installation, other than an establishment, where children under 18 years of age are sheltered during a period of school vacation and where recreational services and sports, educational or cultural equipment are provided;

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1; 1979, c. 63, s. 297.

1977-12-31

1. In this act, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the expressions and words:

(a)  “hospital centre”, “local community service centre”, “establishment” and “professional” have the meaning assigned them by the Act respecting health services and social services (chapter S-5);

(b)  “laboratory” means a place outside an establishment equipped for manufacturing or repairing ortheses or prosthetic devices, making medical biology examinations, particularly in the fields of biochemistry, haematology, bacteriology, immunology, histopathology and virology, or for making radioisotope or radiology examinations for purposes of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans;

(c)  “Minister” means the Minister of Social Affairs;

(d)  “disease that must be declared” means a contagious disease determined by the regulations that must be declared in accordance with this act;

(e)  “venereal disease” means syphilis, gonorrhoea, chancroid, venereal lymphogranulomatosis or inguinal granuloma;

(f)  “disease entailing compulsory immunization” means a disease determined by the regulations against which immunization is made compulsory by this act;

(g)  “disease entailing compulsory treatment” means a contagious or venereal disease determined by the regulations for which treatment is made compulsory by this act;

(h)  “regulation” means any regulation made under this act by the Government;

(i)  “ambulance service” means any service for transport by ambulance of persons requiring medical care or already under medical treatment;

(j)  “deceased person” means the body of a deceased person or of a stillborn child or a foetus;

(k)  “vacation camp” means any installation, other than an establishment, where children under 18 years of age are sheltered during a period of school vacation and where recreational services and sports, educational or cultural equipment are provided;

(l)  “fluorination device” means a system which may be installed in a filtration plant, permitting the control of fluorine concentration in the water treated by such plant;

(m)  “organ and tissue bank” means a place outside a hospital centre equipped for keeping organs or tissues taken from human bodies, in view of the utilization of such organs or tissues for medical or scientific purposes;

(n)  “prosthesis” means a device intended to replace to whole or part of an organ or member of a human being;

(o)  “orthesis” means a device fitted to a human being and intended to ensure the proper functioning of one of his members or organs or to restore proper functioning, make up for the limitations or improve the physiological capacity of one of his members or organs that has ceased to function, has never become fully developed or suffers from a congenital abnormality;

(p)  “police department” means a municipal police department, the police department of an urban community or the Sûreté du Québec.

1972, c. 42, s. 1; 1975, c. 63, s. 1; 1977, c. 5, s. 14; 1977, c. 47, s. 1.