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M-7 - Medical Services Payment Act

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Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which the Crown in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as entitled persons;
(k.1) authorizing the Minister to provide a declaration of residency form;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20; 2010, c.29, s.1; 2011, c.51, s.2; 2014, c.18, s.2; 2014, c.18, s.3; 2019, c.12, s.20; 2023, c.17, s.152
Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as entitled persons;
(k.1) authorizing the Minister to provide a declaration of residency form;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20; 2010, c.29, s.1; 2011, c.51, s.2; 2014, c.18, s.2; 2014, c.18, s.3; 2019, c.12, s.20
Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as entitled persons;
(k.1) authorizing the Minister to provide a declaration of residency form;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20; 2010, c.29, s.1; 2011, c.51, s.2; 2014, c.18, s.2; 2014, c.18, s.3
Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as entitled persons;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20; 2010, c.29, s.1; 2011, c.51, s.2
Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as entitled persons;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20; 2010, c.29, s.1; 2011, c.51, s.2
Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as entitled persons;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20; 2010, c.29, s.1
Regulations
12The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) establishing a medical services plan;
(a.1) prescribing geographic areas for the purposes of subsection 2(4);
(b) providing for the administration and operation of the medical services plan;
(b.01) prescribing fees to be paid by beneficiaries to replace cards issued under the medical services plan that have been lost, damaged, destroyed or stolen;
(b.02) authorizing the Minister to waive fees to be paid under paragraph (b.01) where, in the Minister’s opinion, the payment of the fee would constitute a hardship;
(b.1) defining “practitioner number”;
(b.2) respecting applications by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons for practitioner numbers;
(b.3) respecting the issuance, classification, suspension, cancellation, reinstatement, surrender and revocation of practitioner numbers;
(b.4) respecting the terms, conditions and circumstances upon which practitioner numbers may be issued, classified, refused, held, used, suspended, cancelled, reinstated, surrendered and revoked;
(c) deeming certain services rendered by a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to be entitled services;
(c.1) respecting the payment to a person who is not a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for providing entitled services to beneficiaries;
(d) deeming certain services not to be entitled services;
(e) prescribing the procedure for a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to elect to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations;
(f) respecting the time, manner and form in which accounts shall be rendered and in which any other information required in connection with the accounts shall be submitted;
(g) respecting the assessment and review of accounts with respect to the provision and cost of entitled services and the determination of the amount payable therefor;
(g.1) prescribing the terms and conditions under which Her Majesty the Queen in right of the Province and a person who has suffered personal injuries as a result of the negligence or wrongful act of another shall share the proceeds of any recovery under subsection 10(7);
(g.2) respecting the payment of a fee to a barrister and solicitor who makes a claim on behalf of an injured person and recovers a sum in respect of the cost of entitled services in accordance with section 10;
(g.3) respecting formulas for the purposes of calculations and adjustments under subsections 2.2(4) and (6) respectively;
(h) Repealed: 1989, c.22, s.4
(h.1) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some medical practitioners may be, in the light of any or all of
(i) the location of a medical practitioner’s practice,
(i.1) the type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner,
(i.2) the percentage by which the actual number of full time equivalents for a type of practice engaged in by a medical practitioner in the Province or in an area exceeds the maximum desirable level of full time equivalents established by the provincial authority for that type of practice in the Province or in that area,
(ii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by a medical practitioner, and
(iii) totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons,
greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.2) respecting relief, in whole or in part, from the effect of regulations under subparagraph (h.1)(ii);
(h.21) respecting circumstances in which, periods for which and percentages by which amounts payable for all or some entitled services rendered by all or some oral and maxillofacial surgeons may be, in light of totals of amounts paid for entitled services rendered by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons, greater than or smaller than the amounts that would otherwise be payable;
(h.3) respecting procedures to be followed by the provincial authority and the New Brunswick Medical Society in relation to the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1 or an amendment to such an agreement;
(h.4) respecting the means, procedures and persons or bodies by which differences arising in the negotiation of an agreement under section 4.1, or an amendment to such an agreement, may be resolved;
(h.5) respecting the powers, duties and remuneration of persons or bodies referred to in paragraph (h.4);
(i) respecting the amounts to be paid with respect to the cost of entitled services
(i) in another province or territory of Canada, or
(ii) outside Canada;
(j) specifying circumstances under which travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner are deemed to be entitled services;
(j.1) respecting notices to be given by medical practitioners and oral and maxillofacial surgeons to the provincial authority or a person designated by the provincial authority and the form, manner, time and content of such notices;
(k) respecting the manner in which persons may be identified as beneficiaries;
(l) respecting the appointment of committees and prescribing the duties, powers, objects and procedures of committees, including the Professional Review Committee;
(l.1) Repealed: 1996, c.49, s.4
(m) fixing the remuneration for members of committees while attending meetings and otherwise carrying out their prescribed duties;
(m.1) respecting requests to the provincial authority for a review of calculations and adjustments done in accordance with subsections 2.2(4), (6) and (6.1) and the procedure for conducting a review upon receipt of such a request;
(m.2) defining words and expressions used but not defined in this Act;
(n) respecting appeals from anything done under this Act or the regulations and the procedure therefor; and
(o) generally for the administration of this Act.
1968, c.85, s.12; 1985, c.15, s.6; 1988, c.22, s.6; 1989, c.22, s.4; 1990, c.41, s.3; 1990, c.42, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.3; 1993, c.60, s.8; 1996, c.49, s.4; 1997, c.20, s.2; 2003, c.20, s.20