Bill 65 — Third Session, 17Th Legislature, 23 Elitlliln'Th 411 the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 6S the Emergency Medical Aid Amendment Act, 1974 (Legislature 17, Session 3)

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1974 Bill 65 Third Session, 17th Legislature, 23 ElitllilN'th 411 THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 6S The Emergency Medical Aid Amendment Act, 1974 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT First Reading .............................. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ••••••• 0"' ••••••••• ,. •• ,. •••••••• Printed by L. $. WALL, Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 65 BILL 6S 1974 THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID AMENDMENT ACT, 1974 (Assented to ,1974) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Emergency Medical Aid Act is hereby amended. 2. Sect.ion 2 is amended by (

a) renumbering clause (

a) as clause (a1), and (

b) adding the following clause: (a) "dentist" means a person registered as a member of The Alberta Dental Association; 3. The following

section is added after

section 3: 4. Where an adult person (

a) is, in the written opinion of two physicians, in need of an examination or medical, surgical or obstetrical treatment or is, in the written opinion of two dentists, in need IQf dental treatment, (

b) is incapable by reason of mental or physical dis ability of understanding and consenting to the examination or medical, surgical, IQbstetrical or dental treatment needed, and (

c) has not previously withheld consent to the examin ation or medical, surgical, obstetrical or dental treatment needed, to the knowledge of either of the physicians or the dentists referred to in clause (a), a physician lOr dentist may, without the consent of any person, (

d) examine the person, (

e) prescribe treatment for the person, and (

f) provide the person with such medical, surgical or obstetrical treatment lOr with such dental treatment, as the case may be, in such a manner and to such an extent as is reasonably necessary and in the best interests of the person examined

Explanatory Notes I. This Bill will amend

chapter 122 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2. "Dentist" defined. 3. Treatment of incapacitated adult.

Or treated, in the same way that the physician or dentist could have acted if the person had been an adult of full legal capacity and had consented to such examination or treat ment. 4. This Act co'mes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 2 Title: 1974 (17th, 3rd) Bill 65, The Emergency Medical Aid Amendment Act, 1974

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