2In this Regulation
“Act” means the Regional Health Authorities Act;(Loi)
“attending medical practitioner” means a member of the medical staff who has principal responsibility for the medical care of a patient;(médecin traitant)
“attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon” means a member of the medical staff who has principal responsibility for the medical care of a patient;(chirurgien bucco-dentaire et maxillo-facial traitant)
“board of directors” means the board of directors of a regional health authority; (conseil d’administration)
“chief executive officer” means the chief executive officer of a regional health authority;(directeur général)
“clinical record” means a written, electronic or printed record maintained by a regional health authority of the services rendered to a patient;(dossier clinique)
“dental practitioner” means a person lawfully entitled to practise dentistry in the Province, and includes a dental officer of the Canadian Forces serving in the Province;(dentiste)
“fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the regional health authority;(année financière)
“medical practitioner” means a person lawfully entitled to practise medicine in the Province, and includes a medical officer of the Canadian Forces serving in the Province;(médecin)
“medical staff” means medical practitioners, oral and maxillofacial surgeons and dental practitioners who are appointed by a board of directors to the medical staff of a regional health authority and given privileges;(personnel médical)
“mission statement” means a summary statement adopted by a board of directors which outlines the general goals and objectives of a regional health authority in relation to services rendered to patients, teaching, research and health promotion;(déclaration d’objectifs généraux)
“oral and maxillofacial surgeon” means a dental practitioner whose name is entered in the specialists register and who is the holder of a specialist’s licence in oral and maxillofacial surgery issued pursuant to the New Brunswick Dental Act, 1985, and includes a dental officer of the Canadian Forces serving in the Province, who specializes in oral and maxillofacial surgery;(chirurgien bucco-dentaire et maxillo-facial)
“patient” means a person who receives health services from a regional health authority; (patient)
“privileges” means permission granted by a board of directors to a medical practitioner to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in one or more hospital facilities or community health centres or to an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in one or more hospital facilities or to a dental practitioner to render dental care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in one or more hospital facilities or community health centers.(privilèges)
2002-88; 2003-52; 2008-98