S-2.2 - Public Health Act

Section 10 Disposition versions

2024-12-01

10. The national public health program shall define the parameters of the periodic national and regional reports on the population health status that must be produced and made public in concerted fashion by the Minister and public health directors.

The parameters must enable, as far as possible, a comparison of the health outcomes obtained throughout Québec and those obtained for each health region and, at the regional level, a comparison of the health outcomes obtained in the various territories served by institutions operating a local community service centre.

For the purposes of this Act, the following territories are each considered to be a health region:

(1)  the territory referred to in section 1.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); and

(2)  the territory referred to in Part IV.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2).

In addition, the territory referred to in Part IV.3 of the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi is considered to be part of the health region with which it is contiguous.

The national report on the health status of the population shall be prepared by the national public health director in collaboration with the public health directors and with the support of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec. The report shall be submitted to the Minister, who shall publish it on the Minister’s department’s website.

The regional reports shall be prepared by each of the public health directors with the support of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec and shall be made public and disseminated in each region by the regional director.

2001, c. 60, s. 10; 2002, c. 38, s. 14; 2005, c. 32, s. 308; 2023, c. 34, s. 1270.

2006-01-01

10. The national public health program shall define the parameters of the periodic national and regional reports on the population health status that must be produced and made public in concerted fashion by the Minister and public health directors.

The parameters must enable, as far as possible, a comparison of the health outcomes obtained throughout Québec and those obtained in the territory of each agency and in the territory of the regional council and, at the regional level, a comparison of the health outcomes obtained in the territories served by institutions operating a local community service centre.

The national report on the health status of the population shall be prepared by the national public health director in collaboration with the public health directors and with the support of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec. The report shall be submitted to the Minister, who shall make it public and ensure its dissemination.

The regional reports shall be prepared by each of the public health directors with the support of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec and shall be made public and disseminated in each region by the regional director.

2001, c. 60, s. 10; 2002, c. 38, s. 14; 2005, c. 32, s. 308.

2003-02-26

10. The national public health program shall define the parameters of the periodic national and regional reports on the population health status that must be produced and made public in concerted fashion by the Minister and public health directors.

The parameters must enable, as far as possible, a comparison of the health outcomes obtained throughout Québec and those obtained in the territory of each regional board and in the territory of the regional council and, at the regional level, a comparison of the health outcomes obtained in the territories served by institutions operating a local community service centre.

The national report on the health status of the population shall be prepared by the national public health director in collaboration with the public health directors and with the support of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec. The report shall be submitted to the Minister, who shall make it public and ensure its dissemination.

The regional reports shall be prepared by each of the public health directors with the support of the Institut national de santé publique du Québec and shall be made public and disseminated in each region by the regional director.

2001, c. 60, s. 10; 2002, c. 38, s. 14.