Bill 205 — Fourth Session, 19Th Legislature, 31 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 205 Ambulance Service Act Dr. Buck (Legislature 19, Session 4)

L19 S4 3837

Alberta — Bills

1982 BILL Fourth Session, 19th Legislature, 31 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT DR. BUCK First Reading ....................................... '_,' ," , .................... . Second Reading ............................................................ . Committee of the Whole ... " ............................................... . Third Reading ........................ , ....................................... . Royal Assent ................................................................ .

Definitions Ambulance service grants Bill Dr.

Buck BILL AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT (Assented to , 1982) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 In this Act, (a) "ambulance service" includes capital and operating ex penses for vehicle and air ambulances, ambulance and paramed ical staff, services providing support to ambulances and administration and training expense; and (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care. 2( 1 ) The Minister shall in each year authorize the payment of a grant to a municipality to cover 80% of the cost of ambulance service in the municipality providing it meets the standards set by the regulations.

(2) Where an ambulance service is operated in an improvement district the Minister shall in each year authorize the transfer of money to the Minister of Municipal Affairs to cover 80% of the cost of the ambulance service providing that it meets the standards set by the regulations.

(3) Where an ambulance service serves more than municipality or improvement district, the Minister may authorize payments to them in such proportion as he detennines to be appropriate in the circumstances.

(4) Payments pursuant to this

section shall be made from money appropriated to the purpose by the Legislature. Regulations The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing: (

a) standards for ambulances and related equipment and supplies; (

b) number of ambulances and amount of equipment; (

c) number of personnel; (

d) qualifications and training of personnel; (

e) the services to be provided by an ambulance service; (

f) requirements of ambulance services to co-ordinate their ac tivities with other ambulance services and with health facilities; and (

g) conditions relating to the maintenance of standards to qualify for receiving payments pursuant to

section 2. Coming into force This Act comes into force on Proclamation which shall not be earlier than the date of the first appropriation referred to in section 2(4). 2 Title: 1982 (19th, 4th) Bill 205, Ambulance Service Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L19 S4 3837
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L19 S4 3837
Language	en
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