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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
10 a.m.
1 Mr. Brar to introduce a Bill intituled Ensuring Fairness for Income Assistance Recipients and Low Wage Earners Act, 2008.
2 Ms. James to introduce a Bill intituled Community Care and Assisted Living Act Amendment Act, 2008.
3 Mr. Puchmayr to introduce a Bill intituled Farm Workers Fairness Act, 2008.
4 Mr. Fleming to introduce a Bill intituled Private Post-Secondary Accountability and Student Protection Act, 2008.
5 Mr. Krog to introduce a Bill intituled Accountability Act, 2008.
6 Ms. Thorne to introduce a Bill intituled Home Inspectors Act, 2008.
7 Mr. Cubberley to introduce a Bill intituled Funding Stability for Boards of Education Act, 2008.
8 Ms. Kwan to introduce a Bill intituled Residential Tenancy Act Amendment Act, 2008.
9 Ms. Kwan to introduce a Bill intituled Vancouver Social Housing Amendment Act, 2008.
10 Mr. Horgan to introduce a Bill intituled Members’ Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2008.
11 Mr. Farnworth to introduce a Bill intituled Victims of Crime Act, 2008.
12 Mr. Lali to introduce a Bill intituled Gaming Control Amendment Act, 2008.
(Afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday)
(30 minutes, afternoon sittings: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
(See Schedule A — Government Motions)
(See Schedule D — Private Members’ Motions)
(See Schedule B)
18 The Hon. B. Penner to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 18) intituled Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act to amend as follows:
SECTION 23, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(4) A person convicted of an offence under this section subsection (1), (2) or (3) is liable to a fine of not more than $1 000 000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months, or both.
(5) A person who contravenes section 36 (2) commits an offence.
(6) A person convicted of an offence under subsection (5) is liable to a fine of not more than $200 000 or imprisonment for a term of not more than 6 months, or both.
SECTION 36, by deleting the section and substituting the following:
36 (1) In this section:
“protected information” means information that would reveal
(a) trade secrets of a third party, or
(b) commercial, financial, labour relations, scientific or technical information of or about a third party;
“third party” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
“trade secret” has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
(2) Subject to this section, a person who has access to protected information that is in the custody or under the control of the government through
(a) reports required to be provided by an operator under this Act,
(b) the exercise of powers under section 43 [regulations in relation to inspections] in relation to a regulated operation or reporting operation, or
(c) an information-sharing agreement under section 36.1 that provides that the information is to be kept confidential
must not disclose the protected information to any other person.
(3) The prohibition in subsection (2) does not apply to disclosure of the following information:
(a) information that is publicly available;
(b) determinations of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to a regulated operation or reporting operation, including determinations of emissions by major source category;
(c) the application of compliance units for the purpose of section 2 (1) (b) [retirement of compliance units to match emissions];
(d) information in the compliance unit tracking system;
(e) information that is required or authorized to be made public under this Act.
(4) The prohibition in subsection (2) does not apply to disclosure in the following circumstances:
(a) if required under Part 2 [Freedom of Information] of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
(b) in the course of administering or enforcing this Act or a prescribed enactment;
(c) for the purpose of court proceedings;
(d) in accordance with an information-sharing agreement under section 36.1;
(e) with the consent of the person, group of persons or organization that is the third party in relation to the protected information.
36.1 (1) For the purposes of this section, “information-sharing agreement” means a data-matching or other agreement to provide or exchange information related to reducing concentrations of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere or reducing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
(2) With the prior approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the minister may enter into an information-sharing agreement with
(a) the administrative authority,
(b) an authority referred to in section 39 (c) [units from other authorities], or
(c) Canada, another province or another jurisdiction in or outside Canada, or with an agent of any of them.
SECTION 37, by deleting subsection (2) (a) and substituting the following:
(a) prescribing information that must or may be made public under this Act, other than information referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “protected information” in section 36 [confidentiality]; .
22 Mr. Dix to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 22) intituled Health Care Costs Recovery Act to amend as follows:
SECTION 7, is amended by adding the following subsection:
(4) All funds recovered by the government pursuant to this Act must be used by the government to fund the provincial health care system. .
24 The Hon. G. Abbott to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 24) intituled E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act to amend as follows:
SECTION 8, by renumbering the proposed section 8 as section 8 (1), deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
8 (1) Subject to subsection (3), tThe minister may must in a designation order
(a)authorize a person whose personal health information is contained in the health information bank that is the subject of the designation order to make a disclosure directive in respect of.
(2) An authorization under subsection (1) may limit the making of disclosure directives to
(ia) one or more types of personal health information, as identified in the designation order under section 3 (2) (a) [establishment or designation of health information banks], contained in the health information bank,
(iib) one or more purposes, as identified in the designation order under section 3 (2) (d), for which personal health information may be disclosed from the health information bank, and
(iiic) one or more persons or classes of persons, as identified in the designation order under section 3 (2) (g), and.
(b) put conditions on the making of disclosure directives.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a health information bank if the data stewardship committee recommends to the minister that disclosure directives should not be made in respect of the health information bank.
SECTION 9, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(2) A person who makes or revokes a disclosure directive must
(a) make the disclosure directive or revocation in writing,
(b) comply with any prescribed conditions set out in the designation order respecting the making or revoking of disclosure directives, and
(c) forward to a prescribed person the disclosure directive or revocation and, if applicable, the prescribed records.
(5) If the minister amends a designation order in respect of the authority to make a disclosure directive, any part of a disclosure directive that is inconsistent with the amendment is deemed to have been revoked.
SECTION 10, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
10 (1) A person who is otherwise permitted to collect, use or disclose personal health information from a health information bank must not do so in any manner that is inconsistent with a disclosure directive except as follows:
(a) to notify a person that a disclosure directive applies to personal health information that would otherwise be available to the person;
(b) for a purpose described in section 33.1 (1) (c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
(c) with the express consent of the person who made the disclosure directive;
(d) if section 12 [exception – urgent or emergency health care] of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act applies and a health care provider acting under that section reasonably believes that the personal health information may be required to provide health care in accordance with that section. ;
(e) if prescribed circumstances apply.
SECTION 11, by renumbering the proposed section 11 as section 11 (1) and by adding the following subsection:
(2) In addition to the data stewardship committee’s role under subsection (1), the data stewardship committee may make recommendations to the minister for the purposes of section 8 (3).
SECTION 16, by renumbering the proposed section 16 as section 16 (1) and by adding the following subsection:
(2) After making a report under subsection (1), the data stewardship committee must promptly publish the report.
SECTION 17, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
17 (1) Subject to this Act and the regulations made under it, an administrator must make available, without request, to a person
(a) that person’s personal health information contained in the health information bank for which the administrator is responsible,
(b) a record of any disclosure directives made by the person that apply to the health information bank, and
(c) information respecting who has collected, used or disclosed that person’’s personal health information.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the administrator may deny, for any reason for which a person may be denied access to information under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, access to information or records described in subsection (1).
(2) An administrator may delete from the information that would otherwise be available, or from a record made available, under this section any information he or she would be entitled to refuse to disclose under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
SECTION 18, by deleting the text shown as struck out:
18 (1) An administrator may disclose personal health information inside Canada from a health information bank for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) a purpose described in section 33.2 (b), (c) or (f) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
(b) to investigate or discipline a person regulated by a governing body of a health profession that has authority, under an enactment, to investigate or discipline the person;
(c) to monitor, by a governing body of a health profession, the practice of a health profession that is, under an enactment, regulated by that body;
(d) a purpose for which the person who is the subject of the personal health information has expressly consented.
SECTION 26, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:
(a) defining “health services” and “health service provider” for the purposes of this Act;
(b) prescribing databases, by name or by class, that must not be designated as a health information bank under section 3 [establishment or designation of health information banks];
(c) limiting or prohibiting classes of persons from making disclosure directives;
(d) respecting
(i) the manner in which a disclosure directive must be made,
(ii) conditions that apply to the making or revocation of a disclosure directive,
(iii) to whom a disclosure directive must be provided, and
(iv) records that must accompany a disclosure directive;
(e) prescribing circumstances in which a person may collect, use or disclose personal health information despite a disclosure directive;
(fe) respecting conflicts of interest in relation to members of the data stewardship committee, including defining conflicts of interest and providing rules for the management of conflicts of interest;
(gf) for the purposes of section 17 [one’s own personal health information to be available], including
(i) respecting the types of information that may, or must not, be made available,
(ii) respecting how personal health information is to be made available, including putting conditions on direct access to personal health information,
(iii) respecting information that must be removed from a record before the record is made available, and
(iv) respecting fees that may be charged by administrators for making available the information and records referred to in subsection (1) (c) of that section;
(hg) defining “bulk or regular” for the purposes of section 19 [information-sharing agreements required for disclosure];
(ih) for any other matter for which regulations are contemplated by this Act.
SECTION 39, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
39 Section 38.1 of the Pharmacists, Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 363, is amended
(e) in subsection (2) by adding the following paragraph:
(d) respecting fees that may be charged for access to the information and records referred to in subsection (1.1) (c). , and
(f) by adding the following subsection:
(3) Despite subsection (1.1) and withoutWithout limiting a regulation made under subsection (2) (c), an employee in the ministry of the minister designated by the minister for this purpose may delete from the information that would otherwise be available, or a record made available, under subsection (1.1) any information he or she would be entitled to refuse to disclose under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. deny, for any reason for which a person may be denied access to information under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, access to personal health information under subsection (1.1).
SECTION 41, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
39.3 (1) If by regulation the Lieutenant Governor in Council authorizes the making of disclosure directives, aSubject to the regulations, a person may, subject to the regulations,
(a) make a disclosure directive as authorized by the a regulation, and
(b) revoke a disclosure directive the person has made.
(2) A person who makes or revokes a disclosure directive must
(a) make the disclosure directive or revocation in writing,
(b) comply with any prescribed conditions respecting the making or revoking of disclosure directives, and
(c) forward to a prescribed person the disclosure directive or revocation and, if applicable, the prescribed records.
(3) Until the contrary is demonstrated, every person is presumed to be capable of understanding the nature of a disclosure directive and the consequences of making or revoking a disclosure directive.
(4) A disclosure directive takes effect when activated in the PharmaNet system.
(5) If the Lieutenant Governor in Council amends a regulation in respect of the authority to make a disclosure directive, any part of a disclosure directive that is inconsistent with the amendment is deemed to have been revoked.
39.4 (1) A person who is otherwise permitted to collect, use or disclose personal health information from PharmaNet must not do so in any manner that is inconsistent with a disclosure directive except as follows:
(a) to notify a person that a disclosure directive applies to personal health information that would otherwise be available to the person;
(b) as required under this Act;
(c) for a purpose described in section 33.1 (1) (c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
(d) with the express consent of the person who made the disclosure directive;
(e) if section 12 [exception – urgent or emergency health care] of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act applies and a health care provider acting under that section reasonably believes that the personal health information may be required to provide health care in accordance with that section. ;
(f) if prescribed circumstances apply.
39.6 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:
(a) authorizing, with or without conditions, the making of disclosure directives;
(ba) limiting or prohibiting classes of persons from making disclosure directives;
(cb) limiting persons from the making of disclosure directives in respect ofto
(i) one or more types of personal health information contained in the PharmaNet system,
(ii) one or more purposes for which personal health information may be disclosed from the PharmaNet system, and
(iii) one or more persons or classes of persons to whom personal health information from the PharmaNet system may be disclosed;
(dc) respecting
(i) the manner in which a disclosure directive must be made,
(ii) conditions that apply to the making or revocation of a disclosure directive,
(iii) to whom a disclosure directive must be provided, and
(iv) records that must accompany a disclosure directive.;
(e) prescribing circumstances in which a person may collect, use or disclose personal health information despite a disclosure directive.
SECTION 43, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
43 Section 15 of the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act, S.B.C. 2003, c. 77, is amended
(e) in subsection (2) by adding the following paragraph:
(i) respecting fees that may be charged for access to the information and records referred to in subsection (1.1) (c). , and
(f) by adding the following subsection:
(7) Despite subsection (1.1) and wWithout limiting a regulation made under subsection (2) (c), an employee in the ministry of the minister designated by the minister for this purpose may delete from the information that would otherwise be available, or from a record made available, under subsection (1.1) any information he or she would be entitled to refuse to disclose under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.deny, for any reason for which a person may be denied access to information under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, access to personal health information under subsection (1.1).
SECTION 45, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
16.3 (1) If by regulation the Lieutenant Governor in Council authorizes the making of disclosure directives, aSubject to the regulations, a person may, subject to the regulations,
(a) make a disclosure directive as authorized by the a regulation, and
(b) revoke a disclosure directive the person has made.
(2) A person who makes or revokes a disclosure directive must
(a) make the disclosure directive or revocation in writing,
(b) comply with any prescribed conditions respecting the making or revoking of disclosure directives, and
(c) forward to a prescribed person the disclosure directive or revocation and, if applicable, the prescribed records.
(3) Until the contrary is demonstrated, every person is presumed to be capable of understanding the nature of a disclosure directive and the consequences of making or revoking a disclosure directive.
(4) A disclosure directive takes effect when activated in the PharmaNet system.
(5) If the Lieutenant Governor in Council amends a regulation in respect of the authority to make a disclosure directive, any part of a disclosure directive that is inconsistent with the amendment is deemed to have been revoked.
16.4 (1) A person who is otherwise permitted to collect, use or disclose personal health information from PharmaNet under this Act must not do so in any manner that is inconsistent with a disclosure directive except as follows:
(a) to notify a person that a disclosure directive applies to personal health information that would otherwise be available to the person;
(b) as required under this Act;
(c) for a purpose described in section 33.1 (1) (c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
(d) with the express consent of the person who made the disclosure directive;
(e) if section 12 [exception – urgent or emergency health care] of the Health Care (Consent) and Care Facility (Admission) Act applies and a health care provider acting under that section reasonably believes that the personal health information may be required to provide health care in accordance with that section. ;
(f) if prescribed circumstances apply.
16.6 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations as follows:
(a) authorizing, with or without conditions, the making of disclosure directives;
(ba) limiting or prohibiting classes of persons from making disclosure directives;
(cb) limiting persons fromthe making of disclosure directives in respect of to
(i) one or more types of personal health information contained in the PharmaNet system,
(ii) one or more purposes for which personal health information may be disclosed from the PharmaNet system, and
(iii) one or more persons or classes of persons to whom personal health information from the PharmaNet system may be disclosed;
(dc) respecting
(i) the manner in which a disclosure directive must be made,
(ii) conditions that apply to the making or revocation of a disclosure directive,
(iii) to whom a disclosure directive must be provided, and
(iv) records that must accompany a disclosure directive. ;
(e) prescribing circumstances in which a person may collect, use or disclose personal health information despite a disclosure directive.
25 The Hon. G. Abbott to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 25) intituled Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008 to amend as follows:
SECTION 17 (c), by adding the text shown as underlined:
(c) in paragraph (g) by striking out “, functions” and substituting “, powers” and by adding “the registrar, deputy registrars or other” before “officers”, .
SECTION 18 (e), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(e) in subsection (6.1) by striking out “, (l.4), (m) or (n)” and substituting “or (l.4)(1.3)”, .
SECTION 19 (d), (e) and (g), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(d) in subsection (2.1) (a) by striking out “the health profession” and substituting “a health profession” and by striking out “jurisdiction” and substituting “province or a foreign jurisdiction”,
(e) in subsection (2.1) (b) by striking out “the health profession” and substituting “a health profession” and by striking out “jurisdiction” and substituting “province or a foreign jurisdiction”,
(g) in subsection (3) by striking out “If an applicant” and substituting “Despite subsection (2), if If a person applying for registration”, by striking out “that an applicant” and substituting “that a person applying”, by striking out “register the applicant” and substituting “grant registration to the person” and by striking out “set limits or conditions on the practice of the applicant.” and substituting “impose limits or conditions on the practice of the designated health profession by the person.”, .
SECTION 19 (h), in the proposed section 20 (4.4) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(4.4) Limits or conditions imposed in accordance with subsection (2.1), (3), (4.2) or (4.3) may be different for different registrants within the a class of restricted registrants or provisional registrants, as the case may be. , .
SECTION 19 (j), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(j) by adding the following subsection:
(7) If the registration committee decides, under this section,
(a) to refuse a person’s application for registration, or
(b) to grant a person registration for a limited period or with limits or conditions imposed on the practice of the designated health profession by the person,
the registration committee must, within 15 30 days of making its decision, deliver written notice to the person respecting the decision and advising of the person’s right to apply for a review of the decision under section 50.54 or to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, as applicable.
SECTION 20, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
20 The following section is added:
20.01 If a college has established one or more classes of certified non-registrants and the person or committee authorized under the bylaws of the college to certify persons as certified non-registrants refuses an application for certification, the person or committee must, within 15 30 days of making that decision, deliver written notice to the applicant respecting the decision and advising of the applicant’s right to request a review of the decision under section 50.54.
SECTION 22 (c), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(c) by repealing subsection (2) (a) and substituting the following:
(a) entering into agreements with one or more governing bodies respecting
(i) the interjurisdictional practice of the health professions,
(ii) the recognition of another governing body’s procedures for and results from the assessment and verification of the credentials, competencies or other qualifications of persons educated or trained in another province or a foreign jurisdiction,
(iii) the implementation of a trade agreement, as it relates to labour mobility, prescribed by the minister, andor
(iv) any other matter related to the labour mobility of health professionals; , and .
SECTION 23 (b), by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(b) by adding the following subsection:
(1.2) If a board appoints a deputy registrar or deputy registrars under subsection (1), the board may, by bylaw, authorize the deputy registrar or deputy registrars to perform some or all of the duties and exercise some or all of the powers of the registrar set out in the bylaws, subject to any limits or conditions specified in the bylaws. , .
SECTION 35, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
35 Section 34 is repealed and the following substituted:
34 If the inquiry committee disposes of a matter under section 32 (5) or 33 (6) (a) or (b), the inquiry committee must, within 1530 days of disposition, deliver to the complainant, if any, a written summary of the disposition advising the complainant of the right to apply for a review by the review board under section 50.6.
SECTION 37, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
37 Section 36 (1.1) is repealed and the following substituted:
(1.1) If a consent or undertaking given under subsection (1) relates to a complaint made under section 32 (1), the inquiry committee must, within 15 30 days of the consent or undertaking being given, deliver to the complainant a written summary of the consent or undertaking advising the complainant of the right to apply for a review by the review board under section 50.6.
SECTION 38, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
38 Section 37.1 is amended
(a) by repealing subsection (3) (a) and (b) and substituting the following:
(a) the inquiry committee must make an order consistent with the proposal, and the order is considered to be an order of the discipline committee made under section 39, and , and
(b) by repealing subsection (6) and substituting the following:
(6) If the inquiry committee accepts a proposal under subsection (5), it must make an order consistent with the proposal, the order is considered to be an order of the discipline committee made under section 39, and section 38 has no further application to the complaint or matter that is the subject of the hearing.
(6.1) Section 39 (3) (a) to (c) applies to an order made under this section as if the order had been made by the discipline committee.
SECTION 40, by adding the following paragraph:
(c.1) in subsection (9) (a) by adding “made under subsection (2)” after “stay the order”, .
SECTION 41, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
41 The following sections are added:
39.1 (1) If the discipline committee learns that
(a) another college established under this Act or a body in another province or a foreign jurisdiction that regulates a health profession in that province or foreign jurisdiction has found, either before or after the registrant was registered under section 20, that the registrant committed an act that, in the opinion of the discipline committee, constitutes unprofessional conduct under this Act, or
(b) the registrant has admitted, either before or after the registrant was registered under section 20, to another college established under this Act or to a body in another province or a foreign jurisdiction that regulates a health profession in that province or foreign jurisdiction, that the registrant committed an act that, in the opinion of the discipline committee, constitutes unprofessional conduct under this Act,
the discipline committee may, without issuing a citation under section 37 or conducting a hearing under section 38, make an order under section 39 (2) respecting the registrant, and section 39 (3), (5) and (7) to (10) to (9) applies as if a determination had been made under section 39 (1) by the discipline committee.
(2) The discipline committee may take action under subsection (1) only after giving the registrant the following:
(a) notice of the proposed action, in accordance with the bylaws;
(b) a copy of the record of the relevant decision or findings made or action taken by the other college or body;
(c) an opportunity to be heard, which may be limited to a hearing in writing.
(3) For the purposes of this section, a certified copy of a record of the decision or findings made or action taken by the other college or body in respect of a registrant is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the findings made or the action taken, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to have signed on behalf of that college or body.
39.2 (1) Before taking any action respecting a registrant under the following provisions, the registrar, inquiry committee or discipline committee may consider any action previously taken under Part 3 respecting the registrant:
(a) in the case of the registrar or the inquiry committee, section 32, 32.2 or 32.3;
(b) in the case of the inquiry committee, sections section 33 or sections 35 to 37.1;
(c) in the case of the discipline committee, section 38 (8), 39 (2), (5), (8) or (9) or 39.1 (1).
(2) The registrar, inquiry committee or discipline committee may, in applying subsection (1), consider
(a) any action under Part 3 respecting the registrant that occurred or was recorded before the coming into force of this section, or
(b) any action, similar to an action that may be taken under Part 3, that was taken by the governing body for a health profession under a former enactment regulating the health profession.
39.3 (1) Subject to subsection subsections (3) and (4), the inquiry committee or discipline committee, as the case may be, must direct the registrar to notify the public of the information set out in subsection (2) with respect to any of the following actions:
(a) an action taken under section 32.2 (4) (b), 32.3 (3) (b), 33 (2) or 35 (1);,
(b) a consent or undertaking given under section 36 (1) in relation to a serious matter;,
(c) a consent order made under section 37.1;,
(d) a determination made under section 39 (1) (a) to (d), or;
(e) an order made under section 38 (8), 39 (2), (5), (8) or (9), 39.1 (1) or 44 (1) or (2).
(2) The following information must be included in the notification required under this section:
(a) the name of the registrant respecting whom or the health profession corporation respecting which the action was taken;
(b) a description of the action taken;
(c) the reasons for the action taken.
(3) In the following circumstances, theThe inquiry committee or discipline committee, as the case may be, must direct the registrar to withhold all or part of the information otherwise required to be included in the public notification under this section in the following circumstances:
(a) the inquiry committee or discipline committee considers it necessary to protect the interests of the complainant, if any, in the matter, or another person, other than the registrant, affected by the matter;
(b) the complainant, if any, in the matter, or another person, other than the registrant, affected by the matter, has requested that the notification not contain information that would tendcould reasonably be expected to identify the complainant or the other person.
(4) In the case of a determination made under section 39 (1) (e), the discipline committee must direct the registrar to notify the public in accordance with this section if the committee is satisfied that
(a) the interests of the complainant, if any, in the matter will not be prejudiced by public notification of the determination, and
(b) the public interest in public notification of the determination outweighs the privacy interests of the registrant respecting whom the determination was made.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), in the case of
(a) an admission by a registrant that he or she suffers from a condition described in section 33 (4) (e), or
(b) a determination made regarding a registrant under section 39 (1) (e),
the inquiry committee or discipline committee, as the case may be, must direct the registrar to withhold all or part of the information otherwise required to be included in the public notification under this section if the information could reasonably be expected to identify the registrant or personal health information of the registrant respecting the condition.
(5) In the case of a determination made regarding a registrant under section 39 (1) (e), information respecting the registrant must not be withheld under subsection (4) unless the discipline committee is satisfied that the privacy interests of the registrant outweigh the public interest in public notification of the information.
(6) If information respecting a registrant is withheld under subsection (4), the public notification must indicate that information has been withheld.
(57) The notification required under this section may be made by posting a notice on the college website.
39.4 (1) A board must establish a program for its college to provide funding, in accordance with the regulations, for therapy and counselling for a person who has been psychologically or emotionally harmed as the result of professional misconduct by a registrant while the registrant was providing services to the person.
(2) A person is eligible for funding under subsection (1) only if
(a) the discipline committee has made a finding that the registrant committed professional misconduct with respect to the person while the registrant was providing services to that person, and
(b) the requirements prescribed by the minister are met.
SECTION 42, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
42 Section 40 is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by adding “or 39.1” after “39” and by striking out “or the board may appeal”, and
(a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:
(1) A college, a respondent described in section 38 (2) or a registrant described in section 39.1 (1), aggrieved or adversely affected by an order of the discipline committee under section 39 or 39.1 (1), may appeal the order to the Supreme Court. , and
(b) by repealing subsections (4) to (6) and substituting the following:
(4) The petition commencing an appeal under this section must, within 14 days of its filing in the court registry, be served on
(a) the college, effected by service on the registrar, if the appellant is a respondent described in section 38 (2) or a registrant described in section 39 39.1 (1),
(b) the respondent or the registrant, if the appellant is the college, and
(c) the complainant, if the matter relates to a complaint.
(5) Only the persons required to be served under subsection (4) (a) and (b) may be parties to an appeal.
SECTION 48, in the proposed section 50.53 (1) (c) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(c) on application by a complainant under section 50.6, to review a disposition of a complaint made by the inquiry committee under section 32 (3), or 33 (6) (a) to (c) or 37.1; .
SECTION 48, in the proposed section 50.54 (12) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(12) The review board must, no later than 15 30 days after making its order under subsection (9), deliver a copy of the order to the parties to the review.
SECTION 48, in the proposed section 50.55 (2), (4), (5) and (6) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(2) If a complaint made under section 32 (1) or an investigation by the inquiry committee under section 33 (4) has not been disposed of under section 32 (3) or 33 (6) within the period prescribed by the minister, the inquiry committee must, not later than 15 30 days after the expiry of the prescribed period, deliver written notice of that fact and an expected date of disposition to the following:
(a) the registrant under investigation;
(b) the complainant, if any.
(4) If the inquiry committee has not disposed of the complaint or the investigation by the expected date of disposition set out in the notice required under subsection (2), the inquiry committee must, not later than 15 30 days after that date, deliver written notice of and reasons for the delay, a new expected date of disposition and the right to apply for a review under section 50.57 to the following:
(a) the registrant;
(b) the complainant, if any;
(c) the review board.
(5) The new expected date of disposition referred to in subsection (4) must not be later than 30 45 days following the date of the expected date of disposition set out in the notice required under subsection (2).
(6) If the inquiry committee has not disposed of the complaint or the investigation by the new expected date of disposition set out in the notice required under subsection (4), the inquiry committee must, within 15 30 days after that date, deliver written notice to that effect to the following:
(a) the registrant;
(b) the complainant, if any;
(c) the review board.
SECTION 48, in the proposed section 50.57 (1) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(1) A registrant or any complainant may apply to the review board for review of a complaint or investigation described in section 50.53 (1) (b) no later than 15 30 days after the date on which the notice required under section 50.55 (6) is delivered to the registrant or complainant.
SECTION 48, in the proposed section 50.58 (2) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(2) The review board must, within 15 30 days of receipt of the application, deliver written notice of the action taken or to be taken by the review board with respect to the matter to
(a) the inquiry committee,
(b) the registrant, and
(c) the complainant, if any.
SECTION 48, in the proposed section 50.6 (9) by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
(9) The review board must, no later than 15 30 days after making an order under subsection (8), deliver a copy of the order to the parties to the review.
SECTION 59.1, by adding the following section under the “Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003” heading:
59.1 Section 17 of the Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, S.B.C. 2003, c. 57, as it enacts section 25.2 of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, is amended by adding the following subsections:
(5.1) In the case of a suspension under subsection (3) or (5), section 39.3 applies as if
(a) the suspension were an action specified in section 39.3 (1), and
(b) the board were the inquiry committee.
(6.1) For the purpose of subsection (6) (b), sections 39 (2) (b) to (e), (3), (8) and (9), 39.3 and 40 apply as if the board were the discipline committee.
SECTION 60, by deleting the text shown as struck out:
60 Section 17 of the Health Professions Amendment Act, 2003, S.B.C. 2003, c. 57, as it enacts section 25.5 of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, is amended
(a) in subsection (1) (e) by adding “established under section 19 (1) (t)” after “committee”, and
(b) by repealing subsection (2).
SECTION 61.1, by adding the following section:
61.1 Section 17, as it enacts section 25.6 of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, is amended
(a) in subsection (8) by striking out “section” and substituting “sections” and by striking out “applies” and substituting “and 39.3 apply”, and
(b) by adding the following subsections:
(5.1) In the case of an action taken under subsection (2) (c) or (4) (d) or (e), section 39.3 applies as if
(a) the action were an action specified in section 39.3 (1), and
(b) the registrar or executive committee, as the case may be, were the inquiry committee.
(6.1) If the executive committee orders under subsection (6) (b) that the inquiry committee cease an investigation under section 33,
(a) the order is considered to be a disposition, under section 33 (6) (b), by the inquiry committee of a complaint, and
(b) section 34 and Part 4.2 apply as if the executive committee were the inquiry committee.
(6.2) If the executive committee orders under subsection (6) (b) that the inquiry committee delay undertaking an investigation under section 33,
(a) the executive committee must, no later than 30 days after the order is made, deliver written notice of and written reasons for the delay to the complainant, and
(b) section 50.55 (2) to (6) does not apply.
(6.3) If an investigation is delayed in accordance with subsection (6) (b) and the inquiry committee does not dispose of the complaint within the time prescribed by the minister,
(a) section 50.53 (1) (b) applies as if the inquiry committee has not disposed of the complaint within the time required under section 50.55,
(b) the inquiry committee must, no later than 30 days after the expiry of the prescribed time, deliver to the complainant written notice that the complaint has not been disposed of, the reasons for the delay and the right to request a review under section 50.57,
(c) section 50.56 applies as if the date of expiry of the prescribed time were the new expected date of disposition which would have been set out in a notice otherwise required under section 50.55 (4), and
(d) section 50.57 (1) applies as if the date on which the notice under paragraph (b) is delivered to the complainant were the date by which a notice under section 50.55 (6) would otherwise have been required to have been delivered.
SECTION 67, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
67 Section 34, as it enacts section 50.3 (2) of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, is amended by striking out “reserved action to a registrant” and substituting “restricted activity to a registrant, or the authorization of a registrant to perform a restricted activity under the supervision of a registrant,”.repealed and the following substituted:
(2) A registrant of a college may only
(a) delegate a restricted activity to a registrant of another college, or
(b) authorize a registrant of another college to perform a restricted activity under the supervision of the authorizing registrant or another registrant of the authorizing registrant’s college
if the delegation or authorization is made in accordance with the bylaws of the other college. , .
SECTION 71 (b), by adding the text shown as underlined:
(b) by repealing paragraph (b) and substituting the following:
(b) fulfilling the conditions or requirements for registration as a member of a college whose registrants are authorized by a regulation under section 12 to perform the restricted activity, and the restricted activity is performed under the supervision of a registrant of a college specified for the purposes of this paragraph by the board for the college for which the person is fulfilling the conditions or requirements for registration, or .
SECTION 72, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
72 Section 37, as it enacts section 52.1 of the Health Professions Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 183, is repealed and the following substituted:
52.1 (1) A person who provides a service described in, or whose work is described by, the definition of “health profession” in section 1 must not use any of the following in association with or as part of a title describing the person’s work or in association with a description of the person’s work, unless that person is a registrant of a college and uses that term in accordance with any regulations of the minister and any bylaws of the college:
(a) the term “regulated”, “registered”, “licensed” or “certified”;
(b) an abbreviation of a term set out in paragraph (a);
(c) an equivalent in another language of a term listed in paragraph (a).
(2) Subject to section 12.1 (3) and despite subsection (1) of this section, a person’s use of a term, abbreviation or equivalent referred to in subsection (1) in association with or as part of a title describing the person’s work or in association with a description of the person’s work is not a contravention of subsection (1) if
(a) the person is a member of an organization or a class of persons specified in a regulation of the minister and uses the term, abbreviation or equivalent in accordance with any limits or conditions specified in the regulation, or
(b) the person is authorized by a body in another province or a foreign jurisdiction, that regulates a health profession in that other province or foreign jurisdiction, to use the term, abbreviation or equivalent in association with or as part of a title to indicate membership in that body and, in using the term, indicates
(i) whether the person is authorized to practise the health profession in the other province or foreign jurisdiction, and
(ii) the name of the other province or foreign jurisdiction.
(3) A person using a term, abbreviation or equivalent as described in subsection (2) (b) may use the term, abbreviation or equivalent only for the purpose of indicating whether the person is authorized to practise the health profession in the other province or foreign jurisdiction.
(34) A regulation under subsection (2) (a) may prescribe limits or conditions on the use of a term, an abbreviation of a term, or an equivalent of a term in another language, as referred to in subsection (1).
26 The Hon. G. Abbott to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 26) intituled Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 to amend as follows:
SECTION 11, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
11 Section 49 of the Medicare Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 286, is repealed and the following substituted:
49 (1) In this section, “person engaged in the administration of this Act” includes the following persons:
(a) each member or former member of the commission;
(b) each former member of the Medical and Health Care Services Appeal Board;
(c) each employee or former employee of the ministry employed in the administration of this Act;
(d) each inspector or former inspector appointed under this Act;
(e) each member or former member of an advisory committee;
(f) any person engaged or previously engaged in the administration of this Act.
(2) A person engaged in the administration of this Act must keep confidential matters respecting an individual beneficiary or practitioner that come to his or her knowledge in the course of his or her employment or duties, and must not communicate any of those matters except as follows:
(a) in the course of the administration of this Act or another Act or program administered by the minister;
(b) to communicate prescribed information to a person who
(i) is a beneficiary and is, or whose personal information is, identified in a hearing under section 15 or 37,
(ii) provides information to the commission that leads to an audit or inspection under section 36, or to a determination that no audit or inspection is required under that section, or
(iii) provides information to the commission that leads to an application for an injunction under section 45.1, or to a determination that no injunction is required under that section;
(c) to communicate prescribed information to one or more persons if a person is the subject of
(i) a notice of hearing under section 15 or 37,
(ii) an audit or inspection under section 36, or
(iii) an application for an injunction under section 45.1, and if, in the opinion of the minister or the chair, there is a compelling public interest in the disclosure of that information;
(d) in accordance with section 33.2 (i) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act;
(ed) for a purpose listed in section 5 or 18 of the E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act.
32 The Hon. C. Hansen to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 32) intituled Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Act to amend as follows:
SECTION 50, by deleting the section and substituting the following:
50 Section 11 of the Employee Investment Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 112, is repealed and the following substituted:
11 (1) In this section, “permanent establishment” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Act.
(2) An employee venture capital corporation must establish a permanent establishment in Canada within 30 days after being registered and must afterward maintain a permanent establishment in Canada.
(3) An employee venture capital corporation
(a) may establish and maintain only one permanent establishment in Canada, and
(b) must not establish or maintain a permanent establishment outside of Canada.
SECTION 76, by deleting the section and substituting the following:
76 Section 5 of the Small Business Venture Capital Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 429, is repealed and the following substituted:
5 (1) In this section, “permanent establishment” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Act.
(2) A venture capital corporation must establish a permanent establishment in Canada within 30 days after being registered and must afterward maintain a permanent establishment in Canada.
(3) A venture capital corporation
(a) may establish and maintain only one permanent establishment in Canada, and
(b) must not establish or maintain a permanent establishment outside of Canada.
33 The Hon. R. Coleman to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 33) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008 to amend as follows:
SECTION 23, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
40 (1) Despite section 37 (1) or (1.1) and unless otherwise prescribed, an approval is not required to amend a range use plan or range stewardship plan if its holder determines that
(a) the proposed amendment
(i) to a range use plan
(A) conforms to section 33 or 34, whichever is applicable, and
(B) does not materially change the strategies specified in the plan, or
(ii) to a range stewardship plan
(A) conforms to section 35, and
(B) does not materially change
(I) the strategiesactions specified in the plan to deal with the issues identified by the minister under section 45.2, or
(II) the intended results or strategies specified in the plan, or
(b) the proposed amendment conforms to prescribed requirements.
(2) The holder of a range use plan or a range stewardship plan must provide the district manager with a copy of the amendment as soon as practicable after it has been incorporated in the plan.
(3) The minister may take action in accordance with the regulations if he or she considers that the decision under subsection (1) was wrongly made.
SECTION 24, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
45.1 (1) The holder of a range use plan must ensure that the strategies describedactions specified in the plan are carried out.
(2) The holder of a range stewardship plan must ensure that the
(a) actions specified in the plan are carried out, and
(b) intended results specified in the plan are achieved and the strategies described in the plan are carried out.
(3) Despite the expiry of a range use plan or a range stewardship plan, subsection (1) or (2) continues to apply to the holder of the expired plan if, in relation to any action, result, strategy or other provision of the plan that was in effect immediately before the expiry of the plan, there is no provision in another plan, applicable to that holder for the same area to which the expired plan applied, that is identified as being a replacement for the action, result, strategy or other provision.
(4) For the purpose of the continued application of subsection (1) or (2) required by subsection (3), a range use plan or a range stewardship plan may be amended as if unexpired.
42 The Hon. W. Oppal to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 42) intituled Election Amendment Act, 2008 to amend as follows:
SECTION 1.1, by adding the following section:
1.1 The following section is added to Part 1:
3.1 (1) For greater certainty, nothing in this Act affects an officer, director, employee or agent of one of the following bodies in the doing of an act necessary for carrying out the proper function of the body:
(a) the government as reported through the consolidated revenue fund;
(b) a government corporation within the meaning of the Financial Administration Act other than one that is a government corporation solely by reason of being, under an Act, an agent of the government;
(c) a corporation or organization that, under generally accepted accounting principles, is considered to be controlled by
(i) the government as reported through the consolidated revenue fund, or
(ii) a government corporation within the meaning of the Financial Administration Act other than one that is a government corporation solely by reason of being, under an Act, an agent of the government.
(2) For greater certainty, nothing in this Act affects a member of the Legislative Assembly in the doing of an act necessary for the performance of the member’s duties.
SECTION 42, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
42 Section 183 is amended
(a) in subsection (1) by striking out “during a campaign period” and substituting “within the period beginning 120 days 60 days before a campaign period and ending at the end of the campaign period”, and
(b) by repealing subsection (4) (c) and substituting the following:
(c) the cost of lodging, meals and incidental charges while travelling as referred to in paragraph (b); .
SECTION 50, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
50 Sections 198 and 199 are repealed and the following substituted:
198 (1) In respect of a general election conducted in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act, the total value of election expenses incurred by a registered political party
(a) during the period beginning 120 days 60 days before the campaign period must not exceed $2.2 million $l.l million, and
(b) during the campaign period must not exceed $4.4 million.
(2) In respect of a general election conducted other than in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act, the total value of election expenses incurred by a registered political party during the campaign period must not exceed $4.4 million.
(3) In respect of a by-election, the total value of election expenses incurred by a registered political party during the campaign period must not exceed $70 000.
(4) If a campaign period in an electoral district is extended under section 65 (2) as a result of the death of a candidate, the election expenses limit under subsection (1), (2) or (3) is increased by $70 000 in respect of the electoral district.
199 (1) In respect of a general election conducted in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act, the total value of election expenses incurred by a candidate
(a) during the period beginning 120 days 60 days before the campaign period must not exceed $70 000, and
(b) during the campaign period must not exceed $70 000.
(2) In respect of a general election conducted other than in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act, the total value of election expenses incurred by a candidate during the campaign period must not exceed $70 000.
(3) If a campaign period is extended under section 65 (2) as a result of the death of a candidate, the election expenses limit under subsection (1) or (2)
(a) applies to a candidate who is nominated after the date the new election proceedings are started, and
(b) is $140 000 for a candidate who was nominated before the new election proceedings were started.
SECTION 52, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
52 Section 204 (1) and (2) is repealed and the following substituted:
(2) In respect of each general election conducted in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act that is called after January 1, 2010, the chief electoral officer must establish, 120 days 60 days before the campaign period, the applicable election expense limit amounts for the election by
(a) determining the ratio between the consumer price index at January 1, 2010 and the consumer price index 120 days 60 days before the campaign period, and
(b) applying the ratio to adjust the amounts under sections 198 (1) and 199 (1).
(2.1) In respect of each general election conducted other than in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act and each by-election that is called after January 1, 2010, the chief electoral officer must establish before the end of the nomination period the applicable election expense limit amounts for the election by
(a) determining the ratio between the consumer price index at January 1, 2010 and the consumer price index at the time the election is called, and
(b) applying the ratio to adjust the amounts under sections 198 (2) to (4) and 199 (2) and (3).
SECTION 59, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
59 Section 228 is amended by repealing the definition of “ election advertising ” and substituting the following:
“election advertising” means the transmission to the public by any means, during the period beginning 120 days 60 days before a campaign period and ending at the end of the campaign period, of an advertising message that promotes or opposes, directly or indirectly, a registered political party or the election of a candidate, including an advertising message that takes a position on an issue with which a registered political party or candidate is associated, but does not include
(a) the publication without charge of news, an editorial, an interview, a column, a letter, a debate, a speech or a commentary in a bona fide periodical publication or a radio or television program,
(b) the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election,
(c) the transmission of a document directly by a person or a group to their members, employees or shareholders, or
(d) the transmission by an individual, on a non-commercial basis on the internet, or by telephone or text messaging, of his or her personal political views; .
SECTION 66, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
66 The following sections are added to Division 2:
235.1 (1) In respect of a general election conducted in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act, an individual or organization other than a candidate, registered political party or registered constituency association must not sponsor, directly or indirectly, election advertising during the period beginning 120 days 60 days before the campaign period and ending at the end of the campaign period
(a) such that the total value of that election advertising is greater than
(i) $3 000 in relation to a single electoral district, and
(ii) $150 000 overall, or
(b) in combination with one or more individuals or organizations, or both, such that the total value of the election advertising sponsored by those individuals and organizations is greater than
(i) $3 000 in relation to a single electoral district, and
(ii) $150 000 overall.
(2) In respect of a general election conducted other than in accordance with section 23 (2) of the Constitution Act, the limits under subsection (1) do not apply to the period beginning 120 days 60 days before campaign period, but do apply to the campaign period.
(3) In respect of a by-election, the limits under subsection (1) do not apply to the period beginning 120 days 60 days before campaign period, but the limits under subsection (1) (a) (i) and (b) (i) do apply to the campaign period.
(4) Section 204 applies to adjust the amounts under this section.
SECTION 68, by deleting the text shown as struck out and adding the text shown as underlined:
68 Section 244 (1) is amended by adding “or the period beginning 120 days 60 days before the campaign period” after “during a campaign period”.
43 The Hon. W. Oppal to move, in Committee of the Whole on Bill (No. 43) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2008 to amend as follows:
SECTION 147, by adding the following item to the table:
Item |
Column 1 Provisions of Act |
Column 2 Commencement |
5.1 |
Section 32 |
By regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council |
SECTION A: March 11th, 13th; April 8th, 10th, 14th, 17th, 29th, 30th; May 1st, 6th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 23rd.
Outstanding Summaries of Estimates — Section A
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.
Ministry of Advanced Education.
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands.
Ministry of Attorney General.
Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Ministry of Community Services.
Ministry of Economic Development.
Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance.
Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Ministry of Environment.
Ministry of Finance.
Ministry of Forests and Range.
Ministry of Labour and Citizens’ Services.
Ministry of Small Business and Revenue.
Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts.
Ministry of Transportation.
(Monday morning only) (See Schedule D)
Committee —
Bill (No. 18) intituled Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Environment and Minister Responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities. (Section 6.)
Committee —
Bill (No. 20) intituled Oil and Gas Activities Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Committee —
Bill (No. 21) intituled Medicare Protection Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health.
Committee —
Bill (No. 25) intituled Health Professions (Regulatory Reform) Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health. (Section 17.)
Committee —
Bill (No. 29) intituled Environmental (Species and Public Protection) Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Environment.
Committee —
Bill (No. 33) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism. (Sections 14 – 28 stood down.)
Committee —
Bill (No. 35) intituled Social Workers Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Children and Family Development.
Committee —
Bill (No. 43) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.
Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —
Bill (No. 24) intituled E-Health (Personal Health Information Access and Protection of Privacy) Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health. (Mr. Dix adjourned the debate.)
Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —
Bill (No. 26) intituled Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health. (Hon. G. Abbott adjourned the debate.)
Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —
Bill (No. 32) intituled Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement Implementation Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Economic Development and Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative and the Olympics. (Mr. Wyse adjourned the debate.)
Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —
Bill (No. 37) intituled Carbon Tax Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Finance. (Mr. Robertson adjourned the debate.)
Adjourned Debate on Second Reading —
Bill (No. 42) intituled Election Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism. (Mr. Puchmayr adjourned the debate.)
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 1) intituled An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 28) intituled Wills, Estates and Succession Act, PRINTED. Hon. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 30) intituled Resource Road Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 40) intituled Insurance Amendment Act, 2008, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Finance.
Second Reading —
Bill (No. 41) intituled Patient Care Quality Review Board Act, PRINTED. Hon. Minister of Health.
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