BILL NO. 216

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 63rd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
68 Elizabeth II, 2019

 

Private Member's Bill

 

Protection for Persons in Care Act
(amended)

 

Barbara Adams
Cole Harbour–Eastern Passage

First Reading: October 25, 2019

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading:

Third Reading:

Explanatory Note

This Bill amends the duty of a service provider to report if a person in care is or is likely to be abused to require that the report be made in writing.

An Act to Amend Chapter 33
of the Acts of 2004,
the Protection for Persons in Care Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 5(1) of Chapter 33 of the Acts of 2004, the Protection for Persons in Care Act, is amended by adding "in writing" immediately after "belief" in the second line.

 

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