If you are not providing any licensable healthcare service(s) prescribed in the General Regulations that require a QAC, you are not required to establish a QAC. However, you may set up processes or engage qualified individuals to review the clinical quality of the service(s) provided.

However, if you are offering special licensable healthcare services that require a QAC, a QAC must be appointed as a pre-condition to offering these services, as this is deemed necessary to ensure quality and safety for patients. You are allowed to tap on relevant existing QACs. This can be appointed by the hospital involved in the patient’s care, or by another licensee. Multiple services can be overseen by the same QAC if the members of the QAC are appropriate for the evaluation of the healthcare services under its purview.