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M-7 - Medical Services Payment Act

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Right of medical practitioner, oral maxillofacial surgeon and patient respecting entitled services
2019, c.12, s.20
3Subject to sections 2.01, 5.1 and 5.3 and subsection 5.5(6), nothing in this Act or the regulations interferes with
(a) the right of a beneficiary to select the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon from whom he will receive entitled services, or
(b) the right of a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon
(i) to accept or refuse to accept a patient who is a beneficiary, except in cases of medical emergency,
(ii) to make charges for services to a patient who is not a beneficiary,
(iii) to choose his method of remuneration in accordance with the regulations, or
(iv) to elect in accordance with the regulations to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations.
1968, c.85, s.3; 1985, c.15, s.1; 1986, c.53, s.1; 1993, c.60, s.5; 1996, c.49, s.1; 2003, c.20, s.5; 2019, c.12, s.20
Right of medical practitioner, oral maxillofacial surgeon and patient respecting entitled services
3Subject to sections 2.01, 5.1 and 5.3 and subsection 5.5(6), nothing in this Act or the regulations interferes with
(a) the right of a beneficiary to select the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon from whom he will receive entitled services, or
(b) the right of a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon
(i) to accept or refuse to accept a patient who is a beneficiary, except in cases of medical emergency,
(ii) to make charges for services to a patient who is not a beneficiary,
(iii) to choose his method of remuneration in accordance with the regulations, or
(iv) to elect in accordance with the regulations to practise his profession outside the provisions of this Act and the regulations.
1968, c.85, s.3; 1985, c.15, s.1; 1986, c.53, s.1; 1993, c.60, s.5; 1996, c.49, s.1; 2003, c.20, s.5