1In this Act
“authorized charges” means charges to be made directly to a beneficiary for entitled services;(frais autorisés)
“beneficiary” means any resident
(bénéficiaire)
(a)
who has attained the age of sixty-five years, is registered under the
Medical Services Payment Act and regulations under that Act, and
(i)
is in receipt of the monthly guaranteed income supplement authorized to be paid under the
Old Age Security Act (Canada), or
(ii)
meets the eligibility requirements prescribed by regulation,
(b)
who is a person or of a class of persons as determined by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council by regulation, or
(c)
who is a person determined to be a beneficiary by the Minister or by a person authorized in writing by the Minister to make such a determination;
“benefit” means an entitled service that is furnished to a beneficiary pursuant to this Act and the regulations, or the payment to a beneficiary in the nature of a reimbursement for the purchase of an entitled service or a premium paid on behalf of a beneficiary;(prestation)
“department” means the Department of Health;(ministère)
“entitled service” means a drug, good or service that is determined by the Minister to be an entitled service;(service assuré)
“interchangeable pharmaceutical product” means an interchangeable pharmaceutical product as defined by regulation;(produit pharmaceutique interchangeable)
“Minister” means the Minister of Health and includes any person designated by the Minister to act on the Minister’s behalf;(ministre)
“participating provider” means a participating provider as defined and determined by regulation;(dispensateur participant)
“pharmacy” means a pharmacy as defined by regulation;(pharmacie)
“premium” means an amount paid in consideration of a contract or plan of insurance that provides coverage for entitled services, and includes a premium required to be paid by a beneficiary under this Act or the regulations;(prime)
“programme” means the programme established under this Act and the regulations;(régime)
“resident” means a person lawfully entitled to be or to remain in Canada, who makes his home and is ordinarily present in New Brunswick, but does not include a tourist, transient or visitor to the Province;(résident)
“Review Committee” means the Inspection Review Committee established under section 3.8;(Comité d’examen)
1983, c.66, s.1; 1986, c.8, s.104; 1987, c.42, s.1; 1988, c.71, s.1; 1990, c.29, s.1; 1992, c.53, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.247; 2006, c.16, s.140; 2020, c.1, s.2