2In this Regulation
“Act” means the Medical Services Payment Act;(loi)
“agreement” means an agreement entered into by the provincial authority with the New Brunswick Medical Society under section 4.1 of the Act;(convention)
“beneficiary” means
(bénéficiaire)
(a)
a resident who has resided in the Province for not less than the period of time prescribed in subsection 3(1) other than
(i)
a dependent of a beneficiary, or
(ii)
a person mentioned in paragraphs 4(1)(
a), (
c) and (
d),
(b)
a visitor, other than a dependent, who has obtained authorization to enter Canada for the purposes of engaging in employment and includes a clergyman, priest or member of a religious order who has obtained authorization to enter in connection with the carrying out of religious duties, and
(c)
a visitor, other than a dependent, who
(i)
is a full-time student enrolled at a designated learning institution,
(ii)
holds a valid study permit under the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) entitling the person to be in Canada for a period of at least six consecutive months, and
(iii)
makes his or her home and is ordinarily present in the Province;
“dental practitioner” means a person lawfully entitled to practise dentistry in the place in which such practice is carried on by that person;(dentiste)
“dependent” means
(personne à charge)
(a)
a resident who has been residing in the Province for not less than the period of time prescribed in section 2.1 and who is
(i)
the spouse of a person described in paragraph (
a) or (
b) of the definition “beneficiary” if not maintaining a separate household, or
(ii)
a child of a person described in paragraph (
a) or (
b) of the definition “beneficiary” if the child is under 19 years of age, unmarried and dependent on the person for support, including
(B)
a child in relation to whom the beneficiary stands in the place of a parent if that beneficiary’s spouse is a parent of the child, and
(C)
a child whose parents are not married to one another; or
(b)
a person who holds a valid permit under the
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) entitling the person to be in Canada for a period of at least six consecutive months, who makes his or her home and is ordinarily present in the Province and who is
(i)
the spouse of a person described in paragraph (
c) of the definition “beneficiary” if not maintaining a separate household, or
(ii)
a child of a person described in paragraph (
c) of the definition “beneficiary” if the child is under 19 years of age, unmarried and dependent on the person for support, including
(B)
a child in relation to whom the beneficiary stands in the place of a parent if that beneficiary’s spouse is a parent of the child, and
(C)
a child whose parents are not married to one another;
“designated learning institution” means a post-secondary learning institution located in the Province that is designated, for the purposes of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Canada), by the Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour of the Province of New Brunswick; (établissement d’enseignement désigné)
“Director” means the person designated by the Minister to perform the duties, functions, tasks and to assume the responsibilities allocated to the Director by this Regulation;(Directeur)
“entitled person” means a beneficiary or dependent who is eligible under this Regulation to receive entitled services;(personne admissible)
“general practitioner” means a medical practitioner who is not a specialist;(généraliste)
“hospital corporation” Repealed: 2002-33
“Medical Director” Repealed: 97-23
“Medicare Branch” means the Medicare Insured Services and Physician Remuneration Branch and the Medicare Eligibility and Claims Branch of the Department of Health;(Direction de l’assurance-maladie)
“Medicare” means the medical services plan established under this Regulation;(Assurance-maladie)
“members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police force” Repealed: 2013-31
“non-participating medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who is practising outside the provisions of the Act and the regulations;(médecin non participant)
“non-participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon” means an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who is practising outside the provisions of the Act and the regulations;(chirurgien buccal et maxillo-facial non participant)
“optometrist” Repealed: 93-103
“oral surgeon” means a dental practitioner who is recognized as having special qualifications by the licensing body of the jurisdiction in which that person practises;(chirurgien dentiste)
“participating medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who is practising within the provisions of the Act and the regulations;(médecin participant)
“participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon” means an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who is practising within the provisions of the Act and the regulations;(chirurgien buccal et maxillo-facial participant)
“practitioner number” means an identification number issued by the Director that permits a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to receive payments, directly or indirectly, from Medicare in respect of entitled services rendered by the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon;(numéro de médecin)
“regional health authority” means a regional health authority established under the Regional Health Authorities Act;(régie régionale de la santé)
“Schedule of Fees” Repealed: 96-111
“specialist” means a medical practitioner whose name is on the Medical Specialists Register of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick or a medical practitioner practising outside New Brunswick who is recognized as a specialist by the licensing body of the jurisdiction in which that person practises;(spécialiste)
“spouse” means
(conjoint)
(a)
a person to whom a beneficiary is married, or
(b)
a person with whom a beneficiary has cohabited continuously in a conjugal relationship for at least one year.
86-150; 87-20; 93-103; 93-142; 94-13; 96-47; 96-111; 97-23; 2000, c.26, s.187; 2002-33; 2002-90; 2003-51; 2006, c.16, s.108; 2013-31; 2014-87; 2017-36; 2017, c.63, s.35; 2019, c.2, s.90; 2019, c.12, s.21