1998/99 Legislative Session: 3rd Session, 36th Parliament
THIRD READING
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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 29th day of June, 1999
Ian D. Izard, Law Clerk
HONOURABLE PENNY PRIDDY
MINISTER OF HEALTH AND MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR SENIORS
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:
Community Care Facility Act
1 Section 4 (1) (b) of the Community Care Facility Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 60, is amended
(a) in subparagraph (iii) by adding "and" after "regulations,", and
(b) by repealing subparagraph (v).
Criminal Injury Compensation Act
2 Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Injury Compensation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 85, is amended by repealing the definition of "qualified practitioner" and substituting the following:
"qualified practitioner" means a person registered under the Podiatrists Act, the Chiropractors Act or the Dentists Act or a person registered as a naturopathic physician under the Health Professions Act; .
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
3 Schedule 1 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 165, is amended by repealing paragraph (b) of the definition of "health care body".
Health Act
4 Section 11 (2) and (3) of the Health Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 179, is repealed and the following substituted:
(2) Despite any other provision of this Act or of another enactment, an information charging a person with contravention of an order made under subsection (1) may only be laid
(a) by a medical health officer, a deputy medical health officer or an assistant medical health officer, and
(b) with the prior approval of the Provincial health officer.
5 Section 17 is repealed.
6 Section 41 is amended by striking out "and the appointments are" and substituting "and the appointment of a medical health officer is".
Hospital Act
7 Section 56 (2) of the Hospital Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 200, is repealed.
8 Section 2 of the Supplement to the Hospital Act is amended by striking out "Section 2 (1) (c) is amended" and substituting "Section 2 (2) is amended".
Hospital (Auxiliary) Act
9 The Hospital (Auxiliary) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 201, is repealed.
Interpretation Act
10 Section 29 of the Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is amended by repealing the definition of "mentally disordered person", "mentally incompetent person", "mentally ill person", "mentally retarded person", or "insane person" and substituting the following:
"mentally disordered person", "mentally incompetent person", "mentally ill person" or "person with a mental disorder" means a person with a mental disorder as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Act; .
Jury Act
11 Section 3 (2) of the Jury Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 242, is amended by striking out everything after "registered" and substituting "under the Chiropractors Act or the Dentists Act or registered as a naturopathic physician under the Health Professions Act is exempt, if the person so desires, from serving on a jury."
Medical Practitioners Act
12 Section 82 (c) and (i) of the Medical Practitioners Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 285, is repealed.
Medicare Protection Act
13 Section 1 of the Medicare Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 286, is amended
(a) in the definition of "appropriate disciplinary body" by repealing paragraph (d),
(b) in the definition of "appropriate licensing body" by repealing paragraph (d), and
(c) in the definition of "health care practitioner" by repealing paragraph (c).
Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998
14 Section 1 (e) of the Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998, S.B.C. 1998, c. 35, is amended in paragraph (b) of the definition of "patient" by striking out "as an apparently person" and substituting "as apparently a person".
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997
15 Section 31 of the Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 1997, S.B.C. 1997, c. 31, is amended in that part enacting section 230 (1) of the Motor Vehicle Act by striking out "registered psychologist under the Psychologists Act or" and substituting "a psychologist registered under the Health Professions Act or a".
Naturopaths Act
16 The Naturopaths Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 332, is repealed.
Patients Property Act
17 Section 1 of the Patients Property Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 349, is amended in paragraph (a) of the definition of "patient" by striking out "as defined in the Mental Health Act or by the officer in charge of a psychiatric unit as defined in that Act," and substituting "or psychiatric unit as defined in the Mental Health Act,".
18 Section 11 (1) is amended
(a) in paragraph (b) by striking out "section 33 (6) (a) or (b) of the Mental Health Act;" and substituting "section 33 (8) (a) or (b) of the Mental Health Act;", and
(b) in paragraph (d) by striking out "as defined in the Mental Health Act or by the officer in charge of a psychiatric unit as defined in that Act," and substituting "or psychiatric unit as defined in the Mental Health Act,".
Psychologists Act
19 The Psychologists Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 381, is repealed.
Workers Compensation Act
20 Section 1 of the Workers Compensation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 492, is amended by repealing the definition of "qualified practitioner" and substituting the following:
"qualified practitioner" means a person registered under the Chiropractors Act, the Dentists Act or the Podiatrists Act or a person registered as a naturopathic physician under the Health Professions Act; .
Validations and Transitional
21 An appointment of a public health inspector purporting to have been made under section 41 of the Health Act at any time before section 6 of this Act is brought into force is conclusively deemed to have been validly made under section 41 of the Health Act on and after the date of the appointment, whether or not the appointment was approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
22 Despite anything to the contrary in Order in Council 1549/95, the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Hospital District is conclusively deemed to have had the same powers and duties under the Hospital District Act from December 31, 1995 to November 19, 1998 as it had immediately before December 31, 1995.
23 (1) If a health profession for persons registered or formerly registered under the Naturopaths Act or the Psychologists Act is designated under section 12 of the Health Professions Act, section 36 of the Interpretation Act applies and the Naturopaths Act or the Psychologists Act, as the case may be, is deemed to be the "former enactment" and the Health Professions Act is deemed to be the "new enactment" for the purposes of this section.
(2) For the purposes of this section, section 36 of the Interpretation Act applies
(a) to the board established under section 17 of the Health Professions Act for the health profession as though the board were, for the purposes of the health profession, the board defined in the former enactment,
(b) to, as circumstances require, the discipline committee or the inquiry committee as defined in section 1 of the Health Professions Act for the health profession as though the discipline committee or the inquiry committee were, for the purposes of the health profession, the board as defined in the former enactment, or a panel of the board established under the former enactment,
(c) to bylaws and rules made under the former enactment as though they were bylaws made under the Health Professions Act,
(d) to regulations made under the former enactment, and
(e) to a proceeding commenced under the former enactment to investigate or discipline a member of the health profession.
(3) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations to facilitate the transition from the former enactment to the new enactment for a health profession.
24 (1) This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(2) On being brought into force by regulation,
(a) section 6 is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect to section 21,
(b) section 21 is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect, and
(c) section 22 is retroactive to the extent necessary to give it effect on and after December 31, 1995.
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