British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Medical and Health Care Services Regulation (O.C. 472/2020)

O.C. 472/2020

British Columbia — Orders in Council

472 August 10, 2020 PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Medical and Health Care Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 426/97, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. (This

part is for administrative purposes 011/y and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and

section : Medicare Protection Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 286, s. 51 Other: OICs 1436/97 page I of Rl0428917

SCHEDULE I The Medical and Health Care Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 426/97, is amended by adding the following section: Oral and maxillofacial surgical services in relation to public health emergency 19.1

(1) In this section: "public health emergency" means an emergency that is the subject of a notice provided by the provincial health officer under section 52 (2) of the Public Health Act; "qualifying period" means a period of time specified under subsection (3).

(2) During a qualifying period, section 19 (2) is to be read as though it also specified the following services: (

a) a medically required oral surgical procedure rendered by an oral and maxil lofacial surgeon to a beneficiary; (

b) any other medically required service rendered by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon to a beneficiary.

(3) The commission may specify a period of time during a public health emergency as a qualifying period for the purposes of this

section if the commission considers that the availability of dental services will be greatly reduced during the period because of the emergency.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a public health emergency ends on the date on which the provincial health officer provides notice under

section 59 (

b) of the Public Health Act that the emergency has passed.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 472/2020
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0472 2020
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	0b93305fa3e20a6109c23681fc14e0d77aea3703

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