A-25, r. 16 - Regulation respecting the processing of a claim for compensation or application for review and recovery of sums owed to the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec

Article 12 Versions de la disposition

2012-09-01

12. The Société’s officer responsible for rendering a decision on a claim for compensation or application for review, as the case may be, must withdraw where there is reasonable fear of bias, due to, in particular:

1°  a conflict of pecuniary interest;

2°  the existence of a personal, family, social, professional or business relationship with the claimant or an interested party;

3°  the officer’s being or having been an interested party in an application for review or claim for compensation involving matter like the one in question;

4°  the officer’s public statements or prior positions in direct connection with a case;

5°  manifestations of hostility or interest in favouring a claimant or interested party.

O.C. 662-98, s. 12.