Bill 27 (Legislature 9, Session 4)

L9 S4 7632

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 27 of 1944. A BILL TO AMEND THE TUBERCULOSIS ACT NOTE. This Bill amends The Tuberculosis Act,

chapter 195, R.S.A., 1942. The Act as it now stands provides for free hospitaliza tion in a sanitorium of residents of Alberta suffering from tuberculosis. There are cases of non-tuberculous lung diseases which really require treatment in a sanitorium and which are not covered by the Act. The amendment author izes the Minister to make agreements with the local authorities for the treatment of such persons, the terms of the agreements,including the cost of the treatment, being left to be determined by the Minister and the local authority. w. S.

GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 27 of 1944.

An Act to amend The Tuberculosis Act. (Assented to , 1944.) HIS MAJE.ST~, by and with the advice. and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the ProvInce of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.. The Tuberculosis Act, being ,chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section by adding immediately after paragraph (

a) thereof the following new paragraph: "(aa) 'Local authority' means a city, town, village, muni cipal district and improvement district represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, and a special area represented by the Minister of Lands and Mines ;". 2. The said Act is further amended as to s'ection by adding immediately after paragraph (

d) thereof the follow ing new paragraph: "(dd) to enter into an agreement with any local authority upon such terms and conditions as he may deem proper for the admission to a sanitorium for diagnosis and treatment of residents of the local authority suffering from non-tuberculous lung diseases requiring spedal forms of treatment which may not be available eX,cept in a sanator ium;". 3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is as,sented to. No:- 27: FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Tuberculosis Act. Recei ved and read the First time ........................................ . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 27,

An Act to amend The Tuberculosis Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S4 7632
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Volume / chapter	L9 S4 7632
Language	en
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