1In this Act
“beneficiary” means a beneficiary as defined in the regulations;(bénéficiaire)
“cost of the entitled services” includes the cost of future entitled services;(coût des services assurés)
“entitled person” means an entitled person as defined in the regulations;(personne admissible)
“entitled services” means
(services assurés)
(a)
all services rendered by medical practitioners or oral and maxillofacial surgeons that are medically required and includes any other services provided by a person other than a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon that are specified by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council except
(i)
services that a person is eligible for or entitled to under any Act of the Parliament of Canada or under a law of any jurisdiction relating to workers’ compensation,
(ii)
services that a person receives under the
Hospital Services Act and the regulations made thereunder,
(iii)
ambulance services and other forms of transportation of patients,
(iv)
travelling expenses incurred by a medical practitioner unless incurred under circumstances specified in the regulations,
(v)
travelling expenses incurred by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and
(vi)
any other services deemed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council not to be entitled services; and
(b)
those materials and supplies which the provincial authority has agreed to provide payment for under an agreement entered into under section 4.1; and
(c)
those materials and supplies in hospital facilities which the provincial authority has determined to provide payment for under the tariff or system of payment established under section 4.11;
“fiscal year” means the period commencing on April 1 in one year and ending on March 31 in the next year;(année financière)
“full time equivalent” means a unit of measurement of the workload of a medical practitioner in providing entitled services during a fiscal year, where one unit represents a workload that is typical of a full time medical practitioner during the fiscal year;(équivalent à plein temps)
“medical practitioner” means a person lawfully entitled to practise medicine in the place in which such practice is carried on by him;(médecin)
“medical services plan” means a plan established pursuant to this Act and the regulations;(régime de services médicaux)
“medicare number” means the number assigned to an entitled person under the regulations;(numéro d’assurance-maladie)
“Minister” means the Minister of Health;(ministre)
“New Brunswick Dental Society” means the New Brunswick Dental Society continued under section 3 of the New Brunswick Dental Act, 1985;(Société dentaire du Nouveau-Brunswick)
“New Brunswick Medical Society” means the New Brunswick Medical Society continued under section 74 of the Medical Act;(Societé médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick)
“non-resident” means a person
(non-résident)
(a)
who resides in a province or territory of Canada with which the provincial authority has entered an agreement under section 2.1, and
(b)
who is eligible and entitled to receive services under a plan that is similar to the medical services plan;
“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, or a dental practitioner who practises outside of New Brunswick and who is recognized as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon by the licensing body of the jurisdiction in which that dental practitioner practises oral and maxillofacial surgery;(chirurgien buccal et maxillo-facial)
“practitioner number” means a practitioner number as defined in the regulations;(numéro de médecin)
“private hospital facility” means a hospital facility established, operated or maintained by a person other than a regional health authority as defined in the Regional Health Authorities Act;(établissement hospitalier privé)
“provincial authority” means the Minister of Health and includes persons designated by the Minister to act on behalf of the Minister;(autorité provinciale)
“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)
1968, c.85, s.1; 1971, c.31, s.1; 1975, c.35, s.1; 1986, c.8, s.72; 1988, c.22, s.1; 1989, c.22, s.1; 1991, c.16, s.1; 1992, c.79, s.1; 1992, c.82, s.1; 1993, c.60, s.1; 1994, c.57, s.1; 2000, c.26, s.186; 2002, c.1, s.13; 2003, c.20, s.1; 2006, c.16, s.107; 2014, c.18, s.1; 2019, c.12, s.20