I-9, r. 6.1 - Regulation respecting the committee on training of engineers

Updated to 12 December 2023

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chapter I-9, r. 6.1

Regulation respecting the committee on training of engineers

Engineers Act

(chapter I-9, s. 7).

Professional Code

(chapter C-26, s. 184, 2nd par.).

1. A committee on training is established within the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 1.

2. The committee is an advisory committee whose mandate is to examine matters relating to the quality of the training of engineers, in keeping with the respective and complementary jurisdictions of the Order, the educational institutions at the university level and the Minister of Education and Higher Education.

Quality of training means the adequacy of training in relation to the professional skills to be acquired to practise as an engineer.

To that end, the committee is to consider, in particular,

(1)  the objectives of the training programs that lead to a diploma giving access to a permit or a specialist’s certificate issued by the Order;

(2)  the objectives of the other terms and conditions for the issue of permits or specialist’s certificates that may be imposed by a regulation of the board of directors; and

(3)  the diploma or training equivalence standards giving access to a permit or a specialist’s certificate issued by the Order.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 2.

3. The committee is composed of 5 members chosen for their knowledge and the responsibilities they exercise in relation to the matters referred to in section 2.

The Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire appoints 2 members.

The Minister of Education and Higher Education or the Minister’s representative appoints 1 member and, if necessary, 1 alternate.

The board of directors appoints 2 members, and the committee selects 1 of those 2 members as its chair.

The committee may authorize persons or representatives of bodies concerned to take part in its meetings.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 3.

4. The members of the committee are appointed for a 3-year term. They remain in office until they are reappointed or replaced.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 4.

5. The functions of the committee are

(1)  to review each year the quality of training, in light of developments in knowledge and practice, particularly as regards protection of the public and, where appropriate, to report its observations to the board of directors; and

(2)  to give an opinion to the board of directors regarding the quality of training,

(a)  in respect of projects involving the review or development of the objectives or standards referred to in the third paragraph of section 2; and

(b)  on the means that could promote the quality of training, in particular by proposing solutions to the problems observed.

The committee is to include in its report and in its opinion the point of view of each of its members.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 5.

6. The members of the committee must endeavour to collect information relevant to the committee’s functions from the bodies that appointed them or from any other person or body concerned.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 6.

7. The chair sets the date, time and place of the committee’s meetings.

Despite the foregoing, the chair is to call a meeting if at least 3 of its members so request.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 7.

8. The committee is to hold at least 2 meetings per year.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 8.

9. The quorum of the committee is 3 members, including 1 member appointed by the board of directors, 1 by the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire and 1 by the Minister of Education and Higher Education.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 9.

10. The secretarial services required by the committee are provided by the Order.

The secretary designated by the Order sees to the drawing up and conservation of the committee’s minutes, reports and opinions.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 10.

11. The board of directors must send a copy of the committee’s report and opinion to the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire, the Minister of Education and Higher Education and the Office des professions du Québec.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 11.

12. Despite section 4, the term of office of one of the first members appointed by the board of directors is 2 years. This also holds for the term of office of one of the first members appointed by the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire.

O.C. 75-2019, s. 12.

13. (Omitted).

O.C. 75-2019, s. 13.

REFERENCES

O.C. 75-2019, 2019 G.O. 2, 178