2In this Regulation
“alternative level of care patient” means a person who is no longer required to remain as a patient in a hospital facility for medical reasons but who remains a patient in the hospital facility; (patient en attente d’un autre niveau de soins)
“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 buccal et maxillo-facial traitant)
“board of directors” Repealed: 2012-96
“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)
“family medicine care” means care provided through the family medicine unit of a hospital facility; (soins en médecine familiale)
“fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the regional health authority;(année financière)
“nurse practitioner” means a person who is registered under the laws of the Province as authorized to practise as a nurse practitioner; (infirmière praticienne)
“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, dental practitioners, nurse practitioners and midwives who are appointed by a board to the medical staff of a regional health authority and given privileges;(personnel médical)
“midwife” means a midwife as defined in the
Midwifery Act;
(sage-femme)
“mission statement” Repealed: 2012-6
“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 buccal et maxillo-facial)
“patient” Repealed: 2016-26
“privileges” means permission granted by a board to
(privilèges)
(a)
a medical practitioner to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility or community health centre,
(b)
an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to render medical care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility,
(c)
a dental practitioner to render dental care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility or community health centre,
(c.1)
a nurse practitioner
(i)
to admit a patient to the extra-mural service delivered by a regional health authority or by a person under an agreement with the Minister,
(ii)
in the case of a person requiring family medicine care, to admit the person to a hospital facility, to render health care to the patient and to discharge the patient from a hospital facility,
(iii)
in the case of an alternative level of care patient, to render health care to the patient and to discharge the patient from a hospital facility, and
(iv)
to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility or a community health centre for the care of a patient, or
(d)
a midwife to render health care to a patient and to use the diagnostic services in a hospital facility or community health centre.
2002-88; 2003-52; 2008-98; 2012-6; 2012-96; 2016-26; 2017-10; 2017, c.45, s.9; 2019, c.12, s.33; 2022, c.43, s.2; 2025-41