S-4.2 - Act respecting health services and social services

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185. The organization plan of a hospital centre operated by a public institution must include the following departments:
(1)  anesthesia;
(2)  surgery;
(3)  gynecology-obstetrics;
(4)  medical imaging;
(5)  general medicine;
(6)  specialized medicine;
(7)  emergency medicine;
(8)  pediatrics;
(9)  pharmacy; and
(10)  psychiatry.
The Minister shall determine the public institutions that must include a clinical department of laboratory medicine, a clinical department of dentistry or a clinical department of public health in their organization plan.
The clinical department of medical imaging must group the radiology and nuclear medicine services, and the clinical department of laboratory medicine must group the hematology, biochemistry, pathology, microbiology and genetics laboratory services. The clinical department of specialized medicine must include the radiation oncology service, the medical oncology service and the clinical activities in hematology and in microbiology and infectious diseases.
The Minister may authorize an institution to derogate from this section.
1991, c. 42, s. 185; 1992, c. 21, s. 70; 1998, c. 39, s. 68; 2017, c. 21, s. 24.
185. With the exception of hospital centres operated by institutions designated by government order, the organization plan of every hospital centre must also provide for the formation of a clinical department of general medicine which must be under the responsibility of a general practitioner.
1991, c. 42, s. 185; 1992, c. 21, s. 70; 1998, c. 39, s. 68.
185. With the exception of hospital centres operated by institutions designated by government regulation under paragraph 18 of section 505, the organization plan of every hospital centre must also provide for the formation of a clinical department of general medicine which must be under the responsibility of a general practitioner.
1991, c. 42, s. 185; 1992, c. 21, s. 70.