4. For the purposes of this Act, the following are health and social services bodies:(1) the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux;
(2) a person or a group referred to in Schedule I or Schedule II;
(3) Santé Québec, an institution other than a Santé Québec institution, and the Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services established under section 530.25 of the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2); (4) a person or a group not already referred to in this section that enters into an agreement with a health and social services body referred to in subparagraph 2 or 3 concerning the provision of health services or social services on behalf of that body; and
(5) any other person or group determined by government regulation, to the extent determined by the Government.
However, a person or a group referred to in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph is considered a health and social services body only with respect to its activities related to the provision of services in the field of health and social services on behalf of a health and social services body referred to in subparagraph 2 or 3 of the first paragraph.
A service provider who offers services in the field of health and social services within a health and social services body other than Santé Québec or an institution, and whose records are not kept by the body, is also considered a health and social services body.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, “body” used without a qualifier in this Act means a health and social services body. In addition, where this Act refers to a person or a group, such a body is included in that reference.
2023, c. 52023, c. 5, s. 4; 2023, c. 342023, c. 34, s. 146311a.