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C-68.01 - Coroners Act
Section 76
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76. The medical and professional services director of a public institution within the meaning of the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021) operating a hospital centre, the most senior officer of a private institution governed by that Act that operates such a centre, or the director of professional services of an institution governed by the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2) and operating such a centre, as the case may be, shall take the necessary measures to have the required examination, autopsy or taking of specimens that is to be made or performed at the facility maintained by that institution carried out with due diligence.
The director of the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale shall do likewise when the required examination, autopsy, taking of specimens or expertise, as the case may be, is to be made or performed under his authority.
76. The director of professional services of an institution operating a hospital centre shall take the necessary measures to have the required examination, autopsy or taking of specimens that is to be made or performed at the facility maintained by that institution carried out with due diligence.
The director of the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale shall do likewise when the required examination, autopsy, taking of specimens or expertise, as the case may be, is to be made or performed under his authority.
76. The director of professional services of an institution operating a hospital centre shall take the necessary measures to have the required examination, autopsy or taking of specimens that is to be made or performed at the facility maintained by that institution carried out with due diligence.
The director of the Laboratoire de médecine légale du Québec and the director of the Laboratoire de police scientifique du Québec shall do likewise when the required examination, autopsy, taking of specimens or expertise, as the case may be, is to be made or performed under their authority.
76. The director of professional services of a hospital centre shall take the necessary measures to have the required examination, autopsy or taking of specimens that is to be made or performed at the centre carried out with due diligence.
The director of the Laboratoire de médecine légale du Québec and the director of the Laboratoire de police scientifique du Québec shall do likewise when the required examination, autopsy, taking of specimens or expertise, as the case may be, is to be made or performed under their authority.
