12. The National Student Ombudsman assigns each regional student ombudsman to a region and also designates, for each region, the regional student ombudsman in charge of accountability under section 58. The National Student Ombudsman ensures that regional student ombudsmen serve the entire territory of Québec.
For the purposes of assignment and designation under the preceding paragraph, the National Student Ombudsman may, when the territory of a school service centre exceeds the boundaries of a region, include the excess part of the territory of the school service centre as part of the region. The National Student Ombudsman may also include all the facilities of a private educational institution in the same region.
A part-time regional student ombudsman may be assigned to more than one region.
The National Student Ombudsman may modify the boundaries of a region to which a regional student ombudsman is assigned. The regional student ombudsman concerned completes the processing of complaints in progress at the time of the modification.
Where the National Student Ombudsman determines the territory of regions for the purposes of assignment and designation under the first paragraph, the National Student Ombudsman takes into account, wherever possible, factors such as the boundaries of administrative regions and municipalities, and the existence of common characteristics and physical barriers.
2022, c. 172022, c. 17, s. 12.