8. It is the function of the Health Services Ombudsman to examine any complaint(0.1) from any person who disagrees with the conclusions transmitted to the person by the service quality and complaints commissioner pursuant to subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 680 of the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021), or deemed to have been transmitted to the person under section 681 of that Act, or is dissatisfied with the actions taken as a result of the related recommendations; (1) from a user who disagrees with the conclusions transmitted to the user by the local service quality and complaints commissioner pursuant to subparagraph 6 of the second paragraph of section 33 of the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2), or deemed to have been transmitted to the user under section 40 of that Act, or is dissatisfied with the actions taken as a result of the related recommendations; (2) from any person who disagrees with the conclusions transmitted to the person by the regional service quality and complaints commissioner pursuant to subparagraph 6 of the second paragraph of section 66 of the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi, or deemed to have been transmitted to the person under section 72 of that Act, or is dissatisfied with the actions taken as a result of the related recommendations; and
(3) from any person who disagrees with the conclusions transmitted to the person by Urgences-santé pursuant to the provisions of section 104 of the Act respecting pre-hospital emergency services (chapter S-6.2) or deemed to have been transmitted to the person by Urgences-santé pursuant to the provisions of that section, or who is dissatisfied with the actions taken as a result of the related recommendations. It is also the function of the Health Services Ombudsman to examine any complaint from the heirs or the legal representatives of a deceased user regarding the services the user received or ought to have received, provided that the complaint was first submitted for examination to, as applicable, a service quality and complaints commissioner, a local service quality and complaints commissioner or a regional service quality and complaints commissioner.
2001, c. 43, s. 8; 2002, c. 69, s. 159; 2005, c. 32, s. 253; 2023, c. 342023, c. 34, s. 116711a.