C-32.1.1, r. 1 - Regulation respecting the procedure for choosing persons qualified for appointment to the consultation forum

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chapter C-32.1.1, r. 1
Regulation respecting the procedure for choosing persons qualified for appointment to the consultation forum
Act respecting the Health and Welfare Commissioner
(chapter C-32.1.1, s. 29).
1. In order to choose persons qualified for appointment to the consultation forum pursuant to sections 24 to 27 of the Act respecting the Health and Welfare Commissioner (chapter C-32.1.1), the Health and Welfare Commissioner draws up a list of citizens qualified for appointment to the forum for each of the 18 regions of Québec.
The Commissioner also draws up a list of persons for all of Québec with special expertise who are qualified for appointment to the forum.
O.C. 478-2007, s. 1.
2. To draw up the list of citizens for each of the 18 regions of Québec, the Commissioner must retain the services of a person or partnership that is to be responsible for evaluating the candidacies and proposing to the Commissioner at least 3 candidates for each region. If the number of candidates is insufficient, the person or partnership may propose a lesser number of candidates for a region.
Any person who so wishes may request the person or partnership retained pursuant to the first paragraph to examine his or her candidacy. The request must be sent before the date indicated in the selection procedure published pursuant to the third paragraph of section 29 of the Act and be accompanied by the applicant’s résumé.
The candidates must have their domicile in the region for which they are proposed and must not be disqualified for a reason set out in section 25 of the Act.
The candidacies proposed for each of the 18 regions of Québec are sent to the Commissioner within 2 months of the date indicated in the published procedure for choosing persons qualified for appointment to the forum.
O.C. 478-2007, s. 2.
3. The list of persons with special expertise is drawn up by the Commissioner after the Commissioner makes a request for proposals of not more than 3 candidates to each of the following bodies:
(1)  the Collège des médecins du Québec;
(2)  the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec;
(3)  the Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec;
(4)  the Agence d’évaluation des technologies et des modes d’intervention en santé;
(5)  the Institut national d’excellence en santé et en services sociaux;
(6)  the universities offering philosophy or ethics programs;
(7)  the associations of institutions whose membership includes one or more institutions that have a research ethics committee or a clinical ethics committee;
(8)  the organizations most representative of sectors of activity related to health or welfare, including the education, economic, environment and labour sectors;
(9)  the universities offering research programs in health;
(10)  the Association québécoise d’établissements de santé et de services sociaux.
A proposal by a body is made by its board of directors or, in the case of a university, by the authorities at the head of the university department concerned. The proposal must be sent to the Commissioner within 2 months of the date indicated in the published procedure for choosing persons qualified for appointment to the forum.
The candidates proposed must have special expertise in the body’s sector of activity.
O.C. 478-2007, s. 3; S.Q. 2010, c. 15, s. 89.
4. The Commissioner evaluates the proposals sent pursuant to sections 2 and 3 and draws up the lists as provided in those sections.
O.C. 478-2007, s. 4.
5. In addition to the publication under the fourth paragraph of section 29 of the Act, the Health and Welfare Commissioner must also publish, on the Commissioner’s Internet site, the procedure for choosing persons qualified for appointment to the consultation forum and the date set by the Commissioner pursuant to that section for making appointments to the forum.
O.C. 478-2007, s. 5.
6. (Omitted).
O.C. 478-2007, s. 6.
REFERENCES
O.C. 478-2007, 2007 G.O. 2, 1599
S.Q. 2010, c. 15, s. 89