BILL NO. 203

(as introduced)

2nd Session, 60th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
57 Elizabeth II, 2008

Government Bill

Hospitals Act
(amended)

The Honourable Chris A. d'Entremont
Minister of Health

First Reading: November 3, 2008

(Explanatory Notes)

Second Reading: November 14, 2008

Third Reading: November 18, 2008 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS) (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Clause 1 adds definitions of "qualified dental practitioner", "qualified medical practitioner" and "qualified midwife" to the Hospitals Act.

Clause 2 amends the Hospitals Act to allow District Health Authorities and the Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre to provide admitting privileges to midwives and removes the word "legally" for consistency between definitions in the Act.

Clause 3 adds powers for the Governor in Council to make regulations defining or further defining words or expressions used in the Hospitals Act.

Clause 4 provides that the Act comes into force upon proclamation.

1 Section 2 of Chapter 208 of Revised Statutes, 1989, the Hospitals Act, as amended by Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2000, Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2000 and Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2005, is further amended by

(a) adding immediately after clause (h) the following clause:

(ha) "qualified dental practitioner" means a licensed dentist under the Dental Act;

and

(b) adding immediately after clause (s) the following clauses:

(sa) "qualified medical practitioner" means a member under the Medical Act;
(sb) "qualified midwife" means a midwife under the Midwifery Act;

2 Section 8 of Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Hospitals Act, is amended by

(a) striking out "alone or" in the fourth and fifth lines and substituting "or qualified midwife alone, or a qualified medical practitioner"; and