BILL NO. 74
(as introduced)
2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015
Protection of Patient Safety Act
The Honourable Maureen MacDonald
Halifax Needham
First Reading: March 31, 2015
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Note
An Act to Amend Chapter 208
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Hospitals Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Protection of Patient Safety Act.
2 Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Hospitals Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 12 the following Section:
(2) The Minister shall collect and report on, in a manner accessible to the public, data respecting adverse patient events.
(3) To ensure transparency and accountability, the Minister shall make publicly available data respecting nursing care, including staffing levels and staff mix.
(2) The regulations may establish different ratios for acute care, acute psychiatric and other specialty hospitals or hospital wards.
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