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Medical Act, 1973

The Minister of Labour is responsible for administering this Act.

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53 provisions
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Year 1973
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Enacted 1973 · Source version 10 Jun 2026
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Section 13

Every two years, the board must designate a vice-president by secret ballot at its first meeting after the first Wednesday in October; if an executive committee exists, it must also designate certain committee members.

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Chapter 46 of the statutes of 1973 is repealed, except sections 43 to 53 and 56, when chapter M-9 of the Revised Statutes comes into force.

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Provision 36Repeal 15Offence 2
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The Minister of Labour is responsible for administering this Act.

The Minister of Labour is responsible for the administration of this Act. Order in Council 1165-2025 dated 10 September 2025, (2025) 157 G.O. 2 (French), 5419.
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§ 1Section 1Repeal

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This section defines key terms used in the Act and its regulations.

1. In this Act and the regulations made thereunder, unless the context indicates a different meaning, the following terms mean: (a) “Order”: the Ordre des médecins du Québec, constituted by this Act; (b) “board of directors”: the board of directors of the Order; (c) “physician” or “member of the Order”: any person entered on the roll; (d) “permit”: a permit issued in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C-26) and this Act; (e) (paragraph repealed); (f) “institution”: an institution within the meaning of the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021), the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2) or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); (f.1) “specialized medical centre”: a specialized medical centre within the meaning of section 555 of the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system or the first paragraph of section 333.1 of the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi; (g) “roll”: the list of the members in good standing of the Order, prepared in accordance with the Professional Code and this Act; (h) “centre for assisted procreation”: a centre within the meaning of the Act respecting clinical and research activities relating to assisted procreation (chapter A-5.01). 1973, c. 46, s. 1; 1974, c. 65, s. 67; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 1992, c. 21, s. 188; 1994, c. 40, s. 369; 1994, c. 23, s. 23; 2006, c. 43, s. 48; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2009, c. 30, s. 53; 2023, c. 34, s. 1131.
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§ 2Section 2Provision

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Physicians qualified to practise medicine in Québec constitute a professional order with the listed names.

2. All the physicians qualified to practise the medical profession in Québec constitute a professional order called the “Collège des médecins du Québec” or the “Ordre professionnel des médecins du Québec” or the “Ordre des médecins du Québec”. 1973, c. 46, s. 2; 1977, c. 5, s. 229; 1994, c. 40, s. 370.
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§ 3Section 3Provision

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Subject to this Act, the Order and its members are governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26).

3. Subject to this Act, the Order and its members shall be governed by the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 46, s. 3.
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§ 4Section 4Provision

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The Order’s head office must be in Montréal, or in another place in Québec set by a regulation of the board of directors.

4. The head office of the Order shall be at Montréal or at any other place in Québec determined by regulation of the board of directors adopted pursuant to paragraph f of section 93 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 46, s. 4; 1994, c. 40, s. 371; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 5Section 5Provision

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Proceedings against the Order must be served on the secretary or one of his assistants at the Order’s head office.

5. Every proceeding directed against the Order must be served upon the secretary or one of his assistants at the head office of the Order. 1973, c. 46, s. 5.
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§ 6Section 6Provision

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The Order must be governed by a board of directors made up of a president and 14 other directors.

6. The Order shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of a president and 14 other directors. 1973, c. 46, s. 6; 1989, c. 27, s. 1; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2017, c. 11, s. 126.
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§ 7Section 7Provision

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Eleven directors must be elected under the Professional Code, and four other directors must be appointed by the Office des professions du Québec under that Code.

7. Eleven directors shall be elected in the manner provided for in the Professional Code (chapter C-26). Four other directors shall be appointed by the Office des professions du Québec in the manner provided in the Professional Code. 1973, c. 46, s. 7; 1974, c. 65, s. 109; 1994, c. 40, s. 372; 2017, c. 11, s. 127.
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§ 8Section 8Repeal

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Section 8 is repealed.

8. (Repealed). 1973, c. 46, s. 8; 1994, c. 40, s. 373.
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§ 9Section 9Provision

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Directors must elect the Order’s president by secret ballot, and the election must be held every four years at the first board meeting after the first Wednesday in October.

9. The directors shall by secret ballot elect the president of the Order from among the elective directors. An election for the office of president shall be held every four years at the first meeting of the board of directors following the first Wednesday in October. The president is elected for a term of four years and may not serve more than two consecutive terms. If a president is elected for a term exceeding his term as director, he shall cease to serve his term as president on the expiry of his term as director, unless he is re-elected as director. In such a case, he shall remain in office as president for the unexpired portion of his term as president. 1973, c. 46, s. 9; 1999, c. 40, s. 176; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2017, c. 11, s. 128.
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§ 10Section 10Provision

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Elections for the office of elective director must be held on the first Wednesday in October every two years.

10. Elections for the office of elective director shall be held on the first Wednesday in October every two years. They shall provide for the replacement of those elective directors whose term is about to expire. 1973, c. 46, s. 10.
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§ 11Section 11Provision

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The Office des professions du Québec must time the choice of its appointed directors to coincide with elections for elected directors.

11. The choice of the directors appointed by the Office des professions du Québec shall be made at the same time as the elections for elected directors are held. When this choice is made, provision shall be made to replace those appointed directors whose term is about to expire. 1973, c. 46, s. 11; 1974, c. 65, s. 109; 2017, c. 11, s. 129.
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§ 12Section 12Provision

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The directors must be elected or appointed for a four-year term.

12. The directors shall be elected or appointed, as the case may be, for a term of four years. 1973, c. 46, s. 12; 2017, c. 11, s. 130.
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§ 13Section 13Provision

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Every two years, the board must designate a vice-president by secret ballot at its first meeting after the first Wednesday in October; if an executive committee exists, it must also designate certain committee members.

13. Every two years, at the first meeting of the board of directors following the first Wednesday in October, the members of the board of directors shall by secret ballot designate a vice-president from among the elective directors. At the same meeting, where an executive committee is constituted under section 96 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), a member of the executive committee shall be designated by secret ballot of the members of the board of directors from among the members appointed by the Office and two other members shall be designated by secret ballot of the members of the board of directors from among the elective directors. The president and vice-president shall be members of the committee by virtue of office. 1973, c. 46, s. 13; 1974, c. 65, s. 68; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2017, c. 11, s. 131.
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§ 14Section 14Provision

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If the president is absent or unable to act, the vice-president replaces the president.

14. If the president is absent or unable to act, he shall be replaced by the vice-president. 1973, c. 46, s. 14; 1999, c. 40, s. 176.
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§ 14.1Section 14.1Provision

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On request, the president or a designated person may send certain physician-related information to the Minister of Health and Social Services or Santé Québec if they consider it necessary for their functions.

14.1. The president or the person designated by the president may, on request, send to the Minister of Health and Social Services or to Santé Québec, as applicable, the information concerning physicians or holders of a registration certificate in medicine that the Minister or Santé Québec considers necessary for the exercise of their functions, in particular for developing policies, medical staff planning, monitoring the implementation of those policies and that planning, and assessing applications for an approval, authorization or other decision that either of them is empowered to make under the law in respect of the medical staff or any member of such staff. 2022, c. 16, s. 18; 2023, c. 34, s. 1132.
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§ 15Section 15Repeal

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The board of directors must advise the Minister of Health and Social Services or Santé Québec on care quality matters, specialized medical treatments, and assisted procreation activities, and must maintain a register of medical students and certain trainees.

15. In addition to the duties contemplated in the Professional Code (chapter C-26), the board of directors shall: (a) advise the Minister of Health and Social Services or Santé Québec, as applicable, on the quality of medical care provided in the centres operated by the institutions and the standards to be followed to improve the quality of such care; (a.1) advise the Minister of Health and Social Services or Santé Québec, as applicable, on its own initiative or at the request of either of them, on the quality and safety of specialized medical treatments provided in a specialized medical centre, and the standards to be followed to improve the quality and safety of the treatments; (b) (paragraph repealed); (c) provide for the keeping of a register of medical students and of persons serving a professional training period or pursuing specialized studies and determine the formalities respecting entry in such register; (d) (paragraph repealed); (e) advise Santé Québec, on its own initiative or at the request of Santé Québec, on the quality, safety and ethical nature of the assisted procreation activities carried out in a centre for assisted procreation, the professional competence of the physicians carrying out those activities and the standards to be adopted to improve the quality, safety and ethical nature of those activities. 1973, c. 46, s. 15; 1974, c. 65, s. 69; 1985, c. 23, s. 24; 1992, c. 21, s. 189, s. 375; 1994, c. 40, s. 374; 2006, c. 43, s. 49; 2008, c. 11, s. 195, s. 212; 2009, c. 30, s. 54; 2023, c. 34, s. 1133.
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§ 16Section 16Provision

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The board of directors may, when carrying out certain assigned duties, have inquiries made into specified medical care, activities, or treatments, and may set up a committee of inquiry.

16. In the performance of the duties assigned to it by paragraphs a, a.1 and e of section 15, the board of directors may have inquiries made into the quality of the medical care provided in the centres operated by the institutions, the quality and safety of the activities carried out in centres for assisted procreation or the quality and safety of the medical treatments provided in specialized medical centres, and may constitute a committee of inquiry for that purpose. 1973, c. 46, s. 16; 1992, c. 21, s. 190, s. 375; 2006, c. 43, s. 50; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2009, c. 30, s. 55.
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§ 17Section 17Offence

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A person must not hinder, mislead, or refuse information or documents to a committee of inquiry member acting under section 16.

17. It is forbidden to hinder a member of a committee of inquiry constituted under section 16 in the performance of his duties, in any way, to mislead him by concealment or false declarations or refuse to provide him with any information or document relating to an inquiry which he holds under this Act. Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalties provided in section 188 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 46, s. 17.
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§ 18Section 18Provision

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The board of directors may hold an inquiry on medical deontology, member discipline, and the dignity of the profession, and must delegate a member of the Order to conduct it.

18. The board of directors may hold an inquiry on any matter related to medical deontology, the discipline of the members of the Order and the dignity of the profession. For the purposes of that inquiry, the board of directors shall delegate a member of the Order who may obtain from any physician, from any patient, from Santé Québec or from any institution all information he deems useful, without any of them being entitled to invoke professional secrecy. On refusal to answer or to file any document in connection with the inquiry or to allow the taking of copy of such a document, the Order may obtain, on an application duly served on the interested party, an order of the Superior Court equivalent to an order for contempt of court. 1973, c. 46, s. 18; 1974, c. 65, s. 70; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; I.N. 2016-01-01 (NCCP); 2023, c. 34, s. 1134.
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§ 18.1Section 18.1Provision

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The board of directors must send certain information to the relevant council, either when asked or on its own initiative, if it believes the information would help the council perform its functions.

18.1. The board of directors shall, on request or on its own initiative, send the information obtained by a committee of inquiry, the professional inspection committee or a syndic to the council of physicians, dentists and pharmacists or to the council of physicians, dentists, pharmacists and midwives, as applicable, of the institution to which a physician contemplated in an inquiry is attached, that it believes useful to the exercise of the functions of the council. 1981, c. 22, s. 35; 1984, c. 47, s. 210; 1992, c. 21, s. 375; 2008, c. 11, s. 196, s. 212; 2023, c. 34, s. 1135.
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§ 18.2Section 18.2Provision

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The board of directors may verify the quality of certain activities and may use designated committee members or Order members to obtain related information; professional secrecy cannot be invoked against that request.

18.2. The board of directors may verify the quality of activities referred to in the second paragraph of section 31 engaged in by persons authorized by a regulation of the board of directors. For that purpose, a committee or a member of the Order designated by the board of directors may obtain from the authorized persons and the physicians with whom they work, from Santé Québec or from any institution operating a centre in which such activities are engaged in, any information the committee or member considers useful that is directly related to those activities, and professional secrecy may not be invoked by any of them. Where the authorized persons are professionals, the board of directors, if it considers it necessary, shall transmit the verification report to the professional order concerned. 2002, c. 33, s. 15; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2023, c. 34, s. 1136.
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§ 19Section 19Repeal

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The board of directors must make regulations on listed medical activities, registration-certificate rules, and prescription standards, and it may establish an advisory committee.

19. In addition to the duties provided in sections 87 to 93 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), the board of directors shall by regulation: (a) (paragraph repealed); (b) determine among the activities referred to in the second paragraph of section 31 those which, under certain prescribed conditions, may be engaged in by classes of persons other than physicians; for that purpose, the board of directors may, in the regulation, establish an advisory committee; (c) determine the conditions and formalities applicable to the issue of a registration certificate to a medical student or a person serving a professional training period or pursuing specialized studies, together with the causes for and the conditions and formalities applicable to the revocation of such a certificate; (d) determine the standards relating to the form and content of verbal or written prescriptions made by a physician. The board of directors shall, before passing a regulation under subparagraph b of the first paragraph, consult the Office des professions du Québec and the professional orders to which the persons contemplated by such regulation belong or, if there are no such orders, the representative bodies of such classes of persons. Sections 95.2 and 95.3 of the Professional Code apply to the regulation adopted pursuant to subparagraph d of the first paragraph. 1973, c. 46, s. 19; 1974, c. 65, s. 71, s. 109; 1994, c. 40, s. 375; 1999, c. 24, s. 19; 2000, c. 13, s. 69; 2002, c. 33, s. 16; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 20Section 20Provision

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The board of directors may, by regulation, make rules about the training of physicians who wish to practise acupuncture.

20. In addition to the powers provided for in section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26), the board of directors may by regulation make rules respecting the training of physicians who wish to practise acupuncture. 1977, c. 66, s. 27; 1989, c. 27, s. 2; 1994, c. 40, s. 376; 1994, c. 37, s. 19; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 21Section 21Repeal

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21. (Repealed). 1977, c. 66, s. 27; 1986, c. 112, s. 1; 1994, c. 37, s. 20.

21. (Repealed). 1977, c. 66, s. 27; 1986, c. 112, s. 1; 1994, c. 37, s. 20.
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§ 22Section 22Repeal

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Section 22 is repealed.

22. (Repealed). 1973, c. 46, s. 20; 1974, c. 65, s. 109; 1977, c. 66, s. 28; 1989, c. 27, s. 3; 1994, c. 40, s. 377.
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§ 23Section 23Repeal

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Section 23 is repealed.

23. (Repealed). 1973, c. 46, s. 21; 1974, c. 65, s. 72; 1983, c. 54, s. 49; 1994, c. 40, s. 377.
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§ 24Section 24Repeal

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Section 24 is repealed.

24. (Repealed). 1973, c. 46, s. 22; 1994, c. 40, s. 377.
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§ 25Section 25Provision

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The board of directors must choose the secretary from among the Order’s members, and may appoint assistant secretaries and तय determine their functions.

25. The board of directors shall choose the secretary from among the members of the Order. The term of office of the secretary shall not be limited; it may be terminated: (a) by the resignation of the secretary; (b) by a resolution of the board of directors passed by a majority of two-thirds of its members. The board of directors may also appoint one or more assistant secretaries of the Order and determine their functions. 1973, c. 46, s. 23; 1974, c. 65, s. 73; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 26Section 26Provision

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The secretary must act as secretary of the Order, the board of directors, and the executive committee, and must be the depositary of the Order’s records.

26. The secretary shall act as secretary of the Order, of the board of directors and of the executive committee. He shall be the depositary of the records of the Order. 1973, c. 46, s. 24; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 27Section 27Provision

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A certificate signed by the secretary or an assistant secretary is authentic.

27. Every certificate bearing the signature of the secretary or of an assistant secretary shall be authentic. 1973, c. 46, s. 25.
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§ 28Section 28Provision

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28. Registration of a medical student or of a person serving a professional training period or pursuing specialized studies shall be established by a certificate issued by the secretary of the Order. 1973, c. 46, s. 26; 1974, c. 65, s. 74.

28. Registration of a medical student or of a person serving a professional training period or pursuing specialized studies shall be established by a certificate issued by the secretary of the Order. 1973, c. 46, s. 26; 1974, c. 65, s. 74.
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§ 29Section 29Provision

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A medical student, and also certain trainees or specialized-studies students, are entitled to a registration certificate if they meet the stated education and regulatory requirements.

29. A medical student is entitled to a registration certificate if he: (a) is a bachelor of arts or science of a university of Québec or of another university whose diploma is considered equivalent by the board of directors; or (b) is the holder of a diploma of college studies awarded by the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology or a university of Québec or of a diploma considered equivalent by the board of directors; and (c) has fulfilled the conditions and formalities determined by regulation under subparagraph c of the first paragraph of section 19. A person serving a professional training period or pursuing specialized studies who has fulfilled the conditions and formalities determined by regulation under subparagraph c of the first paragraph of section 19 is also entitled to a registration certificate. 1973, c. 46, s. 27; 1974, c. 65, s. 75; 1985, c. 21, s. 96; 1988, c. 41, s. 88; 1993, c. 51, s. 72; 1994, c. 16, s. 50; 2000, c. 13, s. 70; 2005, c. 28, s. 195; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2013, c. 28, s. 201.
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§ 30Section 30Provision

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The board of directors may revoke a registration certificate under the applicable regulations.

30. The board of directors may revoke a registration certificate in accordance with the regulations made under subparagraph c of the first paragraph of section 19. 1973, c. 46, s. 28; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 31Section 31Provision

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Section 31 defines the practice of medicine and reserves listed medical activities to physicians.

31. The practice of medicine consists in assessing and diagnosing any health deficiency in a person in interaction with their environment, in preventing and treating illness to maintain or restore health or to provide appropriate symptom relief. The following activities in the practice of medicine are reserved to physicians: (1) diagnosing illnesses; (2) prescribing diagnostic examinations; (3) using diagnostic techniques that are invasive or entail risks of injury; (4) determining medical treatment; (5) prescribing medications and other substances; (6) prescribing treatment; (7) using techniques or applying treatments that are invasive or entail risks of injury, including aesthetic procedures; (8) providing clinical monitoring of the condition of patients whose state of health is problematic; (9) providing pregnancy care and conducting deliveries; (10) making decisions as to the use of restraint measures; (11) deciding to use isolation measures in accordance with the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021), the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2) and the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5); and (12) administering the drug or substance allowing a person to obtain medical aid in dying under the Act respecting end-of-life care (chapter S-32.0001). 1973, c. 46, s. 29; 2002, c. 33, s. 17; 2009, c. 28, s. 15; 2014, c. 2, s. 69; 2023, c. 15, s. 54; 2023, c. 34, s. 1137.
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§ 32Section 32Repeal

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Section 32 is repealed.

32. (Repealed). 1973, c. 46, s. 30; 2002, c. 33, s. 18.
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§ 33Section 33Repeal

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A person who applies for a permit is entitled to obtain one if they hold a registration certificate and have met the Professional Code requirements, subject to stated exceptions for certain equivalence-recognition applicants.

33. Every person is entitled to obtain a permit who applies therefor and who: (a) holds a registration certificate; (b) (subparagraph repealed); (c) (subparagraph repealed); (d) has complied with the conditions and formalities imposed under the Professional Code (chapter C-26). Subparagraph a of the first paragraph does not apply to an applicant (1) holding a diploma awarded by an educational institution situated outside Québec whose equivalence has been recognized under a regulation made under paragraph c of section 93 of the Professional Code, unless the applicant was required, under that regulation, to successfully complete a course or training period in order to obtain recognition of the equivalence; (2) having obtained recognition of an equivalence from the board of directors under a regulation made under paragraph i of section 94 of the Professional Code, unless the applicant was required, under that regulation, to successfully complete a course or training period in order to obtain recognition of the equivalence. 1973, c. 46, s. 31; 1994, c. 40, s. 378; 2000, c. 13, s. 71; 2008, c. 11, s. 197.
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§ 34Section 34Provision

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The board of directors may issue a temporary permit to a qualifying person who is engaged as a professor of health sciences in a university of Québec, even if that person does not meet the conditions in section 33.

34. The board of directors may issue, on the conditions it determines, a temporary permit to any person who does not fulfil the conditions prescribed in section 33, but is engaged as a professor of health sciences in a university of Québec. Such permit shall be valid for the term of the engagement of such person as a professor. 1973, c. 46, s. 32; 1994, c. 40, s. 379; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2009, c. 35, s. 57.
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§ 35Section 35Provision

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The board of directors may grant an annual, renewable restrictive permit, under conditions it sets, to a person who does not meet section 33 conditions. The permit holder must not perform professional acts beyond those specifically authorized by the permit.

35. The board of directors may, on the conditions it determines, grant to any person who does not fulfil the conditions prescribed in section 33 a restrictive permit which shall be annual and renewable. The holder of such permit shall not perform professional acts other than those specifically authorized by his permit. 1973, c. 46, s. 33; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 36Section 36Repeal

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Section 36 is repealed.

36. (Repealed). 1973, c. 46, s. 34; 1994, c. 40, s. 380.
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§ 37Section 37Repeal

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A permit holder is entitled to a specialist’s certificate if they apply, hold a registration certificate, and comply with the required conditions and formalities.

37. Every holder of a permit is entitled to a specialist’s certificate who applies therefor and who: (a) is the holder of a registration certificate; (b) (subparagraph repealed); (c) has complied with the conditions and formalities imposed in accordance with the Professional Code (chapter C-26). Subparagraph a of the first paragraph does not apply to an applicant (1) holding a diploma awarded by an educational institution situated outside Québec whose equivalence has been recognized under a regulation made under paragraph c of section 93 of the Professional Code, unless the applicant was required, under that regulation, to successfully complete a course or training period in order to obtain recognition of the equivalence; (2) having obtained recognition of an equivalence from the board of directors under a regulation made under paragraph i of section 94 of the Professional Code, unless the applicant was required, under that regulation, to successfully complete a course or training period in order to obtain recognition of the equivalence. 1973, c. 46, s. 35; 1994, c. 40, s. 381; 2000, c. 13, s. 72; 2008, c. 11, s. 198.
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§ 38Section 38Provision

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Every physician may use needed medication, substances, and instruments in practice, and may administer and prescribe medication for patients.

38. Every physician may use the medication, substances and instruments that he may need in the practice of his profession, and administer and prescribe medication for his patients. He may also issue attestations relating to the supplying of medication. 1973, c. 46, s. 36.
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§ 39Section 39Provision

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A physician may not sell prostheses other than contact lenses, and may not have a direct or indirect interest in a prosthesis manufacturing or sales business.

39. No physician may sell prostheses other than contact lenses. Nor may a physician have a direct or indirect interest in an undertaking for the manufacture or sale of any prosthesis. If an interest in such an undertaking devolves to him by succession or otherwise, he shall dispose of it immediately. 1973, c. 46, s. 37.
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§ 40Section 40Provision

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A physician must not prescribe, administer, or supply a medication if the physician refuses to disclose its exact composition or refuses to submit it to analyses required by the board of directors.

40. No physician may prescribe, administer or supply any medication of which he refuses to reveal to the board of directors the exact qualitative or quantitative composition or that he refuses to submit to the analyses required by the board of directors. 1973, c. 46, s. 38; 2008, c. 11, s. 212.
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§ 40.1Section 40.1Provision

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A physician must not present as an acupuncturist, or use titles, abbreviations, or initials that could make people believe he is an acupuncturist, unless the physician has training consistent with the rules made under section 20.

40.1. No physician may, in any manner, claim to be an acupuncturist or use any title, abbreviation or initials which may lead to the belief that he is an acupuncturist, unless he has received training consistent with the rules made under section 20. 1994, c. 37, s. 22.
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§ 41Section 41Provision

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A person must not practise medicine under a name other than their own.

41. No person may practise medicine under a name other than his own. Nevertheless, physicians shall be allowed to practise their profession under the name of one or two or more of the partners. 1973, c. 46, s. 39.
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§ 42Section 42Provision

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A physician cannot be compelled to disclose what was revealed in a professional capacity.

42. No physician may be compelled to declare what has been revealed to him in his professional character. 1973, c. 46, s. 40.
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§ 42.1Section 42.1Provision

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A member of a professional order covered by this section must have the proposal approved and the Collège’s secretary must notify the order of the authorized conditions.

42.1. Where a member of a professional order is authorized, by a regulation of the board of directors under subparagraph b of the first paragraph of section 19, to engage in an activity referred to in the second paragraph of section 31 and the member intends to engage in the activity outside a centre operated by an institution within the meaning of the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system (chapter G-1.021), the Act respecting health services and social services for the Inuit and Naskapi (chapter S-4.2) or the Act respecting health services and social services for Cree Native persons (chapter S-5), the physician working with the professional shall transmit to the board of directors a proposal concerning the local conditions under which the activity may be engaged in; the proposal must be authorized by the board of directors. The secretary of the Collège shall inform the professional order concerned of the conditions that have been authorized. The physician working with the professional shall supervise the manner in which the activity is carried on by the authorized professional. 2002, c. 33, s. 19; 2008, c. 11, s. 212; 2023, c. 34, s. 1137.
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§ 43Section 43Repeal

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No person may engage in the section 31(2) activity unless the person is a physician, subject to express legal rights and listed exceptions.

43. Subject to the rights and privileges expressly granted by law to other professionals, no person may engage in any activity described in the second paragraph of section 31, unless he is a physician. This section does not apply to the activities engaged in: (a) by a person in accordance with the provisions of a regulation adopted pursuant to paragraph h of section 94 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26); (b) by persons who, by reason of their duties or training, assist the sick gratuitously under special circumstances; (c) (subparagraph repealed); (d) by a person belonging to a class of persons contemplated in a regulation adopted pursuant to subparagraph b of the first paragraph of section 19, provided he engages in them under the conditions prescribed in the regulation; (e) (subparagraph repealed); (f) by students as part of a training program for persons referred to in the regulations made under subparagraph b of section 19, provided they engage in them under the conditions prescribed in the regulation. 1973, c. 46, s. 41; 1974, c. 65, s. 76; 1977, c. 66, s. 29; 1984, c. 27, s. 78; 1994, c. 40, s. 382; 1994, c. 37, s. 23; 1999, c. 24, s. 20; 2000, c. 13, s. 73; 2002, c. 33, s. 20; 2009, c. 35, s. 58.
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§ 44Section 44Repeal

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Section 44 is repealed.

44. (Repealed). 1977, c. 66, s. 30; 1994, c. 37, s. 24.
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§ 45Section 45Offence

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A person who contravenes section 43 is liable to the penalties set out in section 188 of the Professional Code.

45. Every person who contravenes any provision of section 43 is liable, for each offence, to the penalties provided in section 188 of the Professional Code (chapter C-26). 1973, c. 46, s. 42; 1977, c. 66, s. 31; 1994, c. 37, s. 25.
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§ 46Section 46Provision

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46. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987). 1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.

46. (This section ceased to have effect on 17 April 1987). 1982, c. 21, s. 1; U. K., 1982, c. 11, Sch. B, Part I, s. 33.
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Chapter 46 of the statutes of 1973 is repealed, except sections 43 to 53 and 56, when chapter M-9 of the Revised Statutes comes into force.

In accordance with section 17 of the Act respecting the consolidation of the statutes (chapter R-3), chapter 46 of the statutes of 1973, in force on 31 December 1977, is repealed, except sections 43 to 53 and 56, effective from the coming into force of chapter M-9 of the Revised Statutes.
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