36. Competent professionals who provide continuous palliative sedation or medical aid in dying, otherwise than as physicians or specialized nurse practitioners practising in a centre operated by a public institution, in the facilities of a private institution, in the premises of a palliative care hospice, at the patient’s home or in another place must, within 10 days following its administration, inform the Collège des médecins du Québec or, as applicable, the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec and send it the information it determines, under the conditions and in the manner it prescribes.
The Collège or the Ordre, or their respective committee, assesses the quality of the care provided, particularly with regard to applicable clinical standards.
2014, c. 2, s. 36; 2023, c. 152023, c. 15, s. 2911; 2023, c. 342023, c. 34, s. 141711.