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2016-27 - Regional Health Authorities Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2016-27
under the
Regional Health Authorities Act
(O.C. 2016-90)
Filed April 29, 2016
1The enacting clause of New Brunswick Regulation 2002-87 under the Regional Health Authorities Act is repealed and the following is substituted:
Under section 71 of the Regional Health Authorities Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
2Section 2 of the Regulation is amended
(a) by repealing the following definitions:
“board of directors”;
“patient”;
(b) in the definition « dossier clinique » in the French version by striking out “malade” and substituting “patient”;
(c) in paragraph b) of the definition « évaluation infirmière » in the French version by striking out “malade” and substituting “patient”;
(d) by repealing the definition “medical staff” and substituting the following:
“medical staff” means medical practitioners and midwives who are appointed by a board to the medical staff of a regional health authority and given privileges;(personnel médical)
(e) by repealing the definition “privileges” and substituting the following:
“privileges” means permission granted by a board to(privilèges)
(a) a medical practitioner to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility or a community health centre, or
(b) a midwife to render health care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility or a community health centre;
(f) by adding the following definition in alphabetical order:
“midwife” means a midwife as defined in the Midwifery Act;(sage-femme)
3Section 4 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in subsection (1)
(i) in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”;
(ii) in paragraph (b) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”;
(b) in subsection (2) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”;
(c) in subsection (3) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”;
(d) by repealing subsection (4) and substituted the following:
4(4)A medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife who dictates an order for care under subsection (2) shall sign the order on the first visit to the community health centre after dictating the order.
4Section 5 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”;
(b) in subsection (2) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”;
(c) in subsection (3) by striking out “medical practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner, nurse practitioner or midwife”.
5Subsection 8(1) of the Regulation is amended
(a) in paragraph (b) by striking out “medical practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner or midwife”;
(b) in paragraph (d) by striking out “medical practitioner” and substituting “medical practitioner or midwife”;
(c) in paragraph (h) by striking out “of directors”.
6Section 10 of the Regulation is amended
(a) in subsection (4) by striking out “of directors”;
(b) in subsection (5) by striking out “of directors”;
(c) in subsection (9) by striking out “of directors”.