2In this Regulation
“Act” means the Hospital Act;
“attending medical practitioner” means a member of the medical staff who has principal responsibility for the medical care of a patient;
“attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon” means a member of the medical staff who has principal responsibility for the medical care of a patient;
“board of directors” means the board of directors of a regional health authority;
“chief executive officer” means the chief executive officer of a regional health authority;
“clinical record” means a written, printed or electronic record maintained by a regional health authority of the care of a patient in a hospital facility and includes a clinical record as set out in section 20;
“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;
“fiscal year” means the fiscal year of a regional health authority;
“foreign body” means any matter that is not human tissue;
“health region” means a region of the Province designated as a health region under the Regional Health Authorities Act;
“medical advisory committee” Repealed: 2002-28
“medical practitioner” means a person lawfully entitled to practise medicine in the Province, and includes a dental officer of the Canadian Forces serving in the Province;
“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;
“mission statement” Repealed: 2002-28
“nurse” means a nurse who is lawfully entitled to practise nursing in the Province but does not include a registered nursing assistant;
“nurse practitioner” means a registered nurse who is lawfully entitled to practise as a nurse practitioner in the Province;
“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;
“privileges” means permission granted by a board of directors to a medical practitioner or 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;
“regional health authority” means a regional health authority as defined in the Regional Health Authorities Act.
93-6; 2002-28; 2002-55; 2003-49; 2008-97