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2016-28 - Hospital Act

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2016-28
under the
Hospital Act
(O.C. 2016-91)
Filed April 29, 2016
1Section 2 of New Brunswick Regulation 92-84 under the Hospital Act is amended
(a) by repealing the definition “regional health authority”;
(b) by repealing the definition “medical staff” and substituting the following:
“medical staff” means medical practitioners, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, dental practitioners and midwives who are appointed by a board of directors to the medical staff of a regional health authority and given privileges;(personnel médical)
(c) by repealing the definition “privileges” and substituting the following:
“privileges” means permission granted by a board of directors to(privilèges)
(a) a medical practitioner to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility,
(b) an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility,
(c) a dental practitioner to render dental care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility, or
(d) a midwife to render health care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility.
(d) by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:
“attending midwife” means a member of the medical staff who has principal responsibility for the health care of a patient;(sage-femme traitante)
“midwife” means a midwife as defined in the Midwifery Act;
2 Subsection 18(1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the attending medical practitioner or the attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon” and substituting “the attending medical practitioner, attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon or attending midwife”.
3Section 19 of the Regulation is repealed.
4Subsection 21(1) of the Regulation is amended
(a) in paragraph (b) by striking out “medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon” and substituting “medical practitioner, oral and maxillofacial surgeon or midwife”;
(b) in paragraph (c) by striking out “medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon” and substituting “medical practitioner, oral and maxillofacial surgeon or midwife”.
5Paragraph 23(3)(c) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “oral and maxillofacial surgeon, dental practitioner or nurse practitioner” and substituting “an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, a dental practitioner, a midwife or a nurse practitioner”.
6Section 38 of the Regulation is amended in the portion preceding paragraph (a) by striking out “an attending medical practitioner or an attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon” and substituting “an attending medical practitioner, attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon or attending midwife”.