2In this Regulation
“Act” means the Hospital Services Act;
“approved regional health authority” means any regional health authority listed in Schedule 1;
“Board” means the board of directors of a regional health authority;
“contract hospital” Repealed: 92-85
“dependant” means a resident who has been residing in the Province for not less than the period of time prescribed in section 3.1 and who is
(a)
the spouse of an entitled person if not maintaining a separate household, or
(b)
an entitled person’s child who is under the age of nineteen, unmarried and dependent for support upon the entitled person, including
(ii)
a child to whom a person stands
in loco parentis if that person’s spouse is a parent of the child, and
(iii)
a child whose parents are not married to one another;
“Director” means the Director of the Medicare Branch;
“entitled person” means a resident who is entitled to receive entitled services;
“Federal Act” means the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act, chapter H-8 of the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1970;
“Federal hospital” means a hospital that is owned or operated by the Government of Canada;
“hospital services plan” means the plan of entitled services established under the Act and this Regulation;
“Insured Services Appeal Committee” means the Insured Services Appeal Committee established under the General Regulation - Medical Services Payment Act;
“Insured Services Division” Repealed: 89-193
“liability insurer” means any person, firm, association, society or corporation that undertakes to indemnify another person against liability for loss or damage to persons or property;
“Medical Director” Repealed: 97-24
“medical practitioner” means a member of the medical profession who is licensed to practise medicine under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the medical practitioner practises;
“Medicare Branch” means the Medicare and Prescription Drug Payment Branch of the Public Health and Medical Services Division of the Department of Health;
“members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force” means the members of that force and includes persons appointed as special constables by the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and designated by the Commissioner as being eligible to receive hospital care and treatment from the force;
“New Brunswick Medicare Card” means the card issued by the Director under section 5 of New Brunswick Regulation 84-20 under the Medical Services Payment Act;
“nurse practitioner” means a person who is registered under the laws of the Province as authorized to practice as a nurse practitioner;
“participating province” means a province, other than New Brunswick, that is party to an agreement with the Government of Canada under the Federal Act and that has established a plan of hospital services pursuant to such agreement;
“private ward” means a room or ward that is designated by the regional health authority and approved by the Minister as a private ward and does not accommodate more than one patient;
“Public Health and Medical Services Division” means the Public Health and Medical Services Division of the Department of Health;
“reciprocal agreement” means an agreement made with the government of any province under section 4 of the Act to establish a plan for the collection and payment of costs for entitled services;
“resident” means a person who is legally entitled to remain in Canada and who makes a home and is ordinarily present in the Province, but does not include a tourist, a transient or a visitor to the Province;
“semi-private ward” means a room or ward that is designated by a regional health authority and approved by the Minister as a semi-private ward;
“shareable equipment” Repealed: 2002-29
“standard ward accommodation” means a bed in a hospital facility designated by the regional health authority and approved by the Minister as a standard ward accommodation.
87-44; 89-193; 92-85; 92-117; 97-24; 2000, c.26, s.160; 2002-29; 2002-56; 2002-89; 2006, c.16, s.86