Bill 72 — Third Session, 17Th Legislature, 23 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 72 the Health and Social Development Statutes Amendment Act, 1974 (Legislature 17, Session 3)

L17 S3 5338

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1974 Bill 72 Third Session, 17th Legislature, 23 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 72 THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 1974 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT First Reading . . . . . . .. . ..................... . Second Reading ............... , ........ ~ ..... . Third Reading Printed by L. S. WALL, Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON

Bill 72 BILL 72 1974 THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 1974 (Assented to ,1974) HER. MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: The Alberta Hospital Association Act 1.

(1) The Alberta Hospital Association Act is amended by this section.

(2) Section 2, clause (

a) is amended as to subclause (iii) by striking out the words "Provincial and Federal Depart ments of Health" and by substituting the words "Depart ment of Health and Social Development and the Department of National Health and Welfare".

(3) Section 17 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 17. Sections 116, 117, 118, 146 and 256 of The Companies Act do not apply to the Corporation. The Health Unit Act 2.

(1) The Health Unit Act is amended by this section.

(2) Section 20, subsection (1) is amended by striking out all the words after clause (

d) and by substituting the words "the Minister may, out of moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose, pay grants to the local board of health of that city for general health services and dental services" . The Hospital Visitors Committee Act 3.

(1) Thp, Hospital Visitors Committee Act is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1 is amended (

a) as to clause (c), (

i) in subclause (ii) by striking out the words "The M ental Health Act" and by substituting the words "The Mental Health Act, 1972", (ii) in subclause (

v) by striking out the words "The Homes for the Aged Act" and by substituting the words "The Senior Cit.izens Housing Act",

Explanatory Notes I.

(1) This

section will amend

chapter 2'2 ,of the Staltutes of Al berta, 1948.

(2) Section 2, 'clause (a), subclause (iii) presently reads: 2. The Corporation shall have the following purposes and objects, that is to say: (

a) To study, consider, discuss. accumulate and distribute information, and advice to the members of the Corporation regarding,- (iii) the co-relation of the work and aims of Alberta hospitals with those of the Provincial and Federal Departments of Health;

(3) To correct cress-references that pre-date the 19'70 Statute Revision. Secrtion 17 presently reads: 17. Sections 118, 119, 120, 130 and 237 of The Companies Act do not apply to the Corporation. 2.

(1) This

section win amend

chapter 168 of the Revised Sta tutes od: Alberta 1970'.

(2) Section 2'0 (1) presently reads: 20.

(1) Where (

a) the Minister is of the opinion that a satisfactory public health service is being provided within a city having a population in excess of 100,000, (

b) the local board of health of that city provides to the Minister an annual report showing the public health work undertaken within the city together with an audited financial statement showing the cost thereof, and (

c) the local board of health, prior to the fifteenth day of August of the year immediately preceding the fiscal year to which the budget applies. provides the Minister with an annual budget of its estimated expenses for the fiscal year, and (

d) the budget is approved by the Minister, the Minister may, out of money appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose, pay grants to the city for general health services and dental services. See amendments to The Public HeaLth .Act in this Bill which incorpo["ates local boardsl of health in cities with 100',0'00 or more population. T'hos'e amendments will enable grants to be paid under

section '20' to be paid directly to the incOTporated local boards of heaLth. 3.

(1) This Isection will amend

chapter 49 of the Statutes of Al berta, 1972.

(2) To correcrt a cross-il'eference.

(

b) as to clause (

e) by striking out the words "The Homes for the Aged Act" and by substituting the words "The Senior Citizens Housing Act". The Pharmaceutical Services (Alberta) Incorporated Act 4.

(1) The Pharmaceutical Services (Alberta) Incorpora ted Act '1:S am,ended by this section.

(2) Section 14 ic; struck out and the following

section is substituted: 14. Sections 146 and 274 of The Companies Act do not apply to the corporation but sections 116 to 118 of that Act apply to the corporation. The Preventive Social Services Act 5.

(1) The Preventive Social Services Act is amended by this section.

(2) Section 2 is struck out and the following

section is substituted: 2. In this Act, (a) "Minister" means the Minister of Health and Social Development; (b) "municipality" means (

i) a city, town, village, municipal district or county, or (ii) the Minister of Municipal Affairs in respect of an improvement district or special area.

(3) Section 5 is struck O1"t and the following

section is substituted: 5.

(1) The Minister may enter into agreements with municipalities for the establishment and operation of pre ventive social service programs.

(2) The Minister may enter into an agreement with a person other than a municipality for the establishment and operation of a preventive social service program within the area of one or more municipalities if (

a) in his opinion extraordinary circumstances exist, (

b) each municipality within whose area the program is to be established and operated consents to the agree ment, and (

c) no agreement has been made under subsection (1) with any municipality whose consent is required under clause (b). 2

(1) This

section will amend

chapter 70 of the Statutes of Al berta, 1966.

(2) To correct cross-referenc'es.

Section 14 presently reads: 14. Sections 130 and 255 of The Companies Act do not apply to the corporation but sections 118 to 120 thereof apply to the corporation. 5.

(1) This s'ection will amend

chapter 2'82 of the Hevised Sta tutes .of Alberta 19'70.

(2) Section 2 presently reads: 2. In this Act "Minister" means the Minister of Health and Social Develop ment.

(3) Section 5 presently reads: 5. The Minister may enter into such agreements with municipalities as he con siders desirable with respect to the establishment and operation of preventive social service programs. 2

The Public Health Act 6.

(1) The Public Health Act is amended by this section.

(2) Section 10 is amended (

a) by striking out subsection (2) and by substit,uting the follo11Jing .~ubsection:

(2) Subject to this s~ction, the council of any municipality may pass a by-law for the purpose of requiring milk sold, offered for sale or delivered within the limits of the municipality to be pasteur ized before being sold, offered for sale or delivered. (

b) as to subsection (,

q) by striking out the words "city, town or village" and by substituting the word "municipality" .

(2) The following

section is added after

section 32: 32.1.

(1) The Local board of health of a city having a population in excess of 100,000 is a corporation consisting of the members of the local board and with a name consis .. ting of the name of the city followed by the words "Local Board of Health".

(2) A local board of health established as a corporation pursuant to this section, in addition to the powers given to it by

section 14 of The

Interpretation Act, has the power (

a) with the approval of the Minister, to acquire and alienate in any manner any estate or interest in real property, and (

b) to invest in any manner approved by the Minister any funds not required for immediate use. The Vital Statistics Act 7.

(1) The Vital Statistics Act is amended by this section.

(2) Section .4- is amended by adding after subsection (8) the following subsections:

(8.1) Notwithstanding anything in this section, the birth of a child may be registered showing (

a) the surname of the husband hyphenated or combined with the surname of the mother, where subsection (5) applies to the registration, or (

b) the surname of the person acknowledging himself to be the father, hyphenated or combined with the sur name of the mother, where subsection (6) or (8) applies to the registration, upon and in accordance with the joint request in writing of the mother and the husband or the person acknowledging, as the case may be.

(8.2) Where a request is made pursuant to subsection (8.1) after the registration of the birth, the Director may amend the registration in accordance with the request by making the necessary notation thereon. 8. This Act comes into force on the day it is assented to. 3

(1) This

section willamendchapter2'g,4 'Of the IRevised Sta tutes of Alberta 1970..

(2) Sec:tion 10, subsections C2) and (,4) presently read:

(2) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the council of any city, town or village of a population of three hundred or over may pass a by-law for the purpose of requiring milk sold, offered for sale or delivered within the limits of the city, town or village to be pasteurized before being so sold, offered for sale or delivered.

(4) No such by-law applies to milk brought into the city, town or village by the producer and sold by wholesale to a distributor, a milk proceSSing plant, a creamery or a cheese factory, or to products of milk prepared in a plant and by methods approved by the Provincial Board.

(2) Local boards' of heallth in cities of 1'00,000 or over are incor pOTated: see the amendments to The Health Unit Act in this Bill. 7.

(1) Thi's

section will amend

chapter 318'4 of the Revised Sta tutes of Albe:lita 1970.

(2) Sectio'n 4, subseCitions (,5), ('6) and (8) presently read:

(5) Except as provided in subsection (6), the birth of a child of a married woman shall be registered showing the surname of the husband as the surname of the child, and the particulars of the husband shall be given as those of the father of the child.

(6) Where a child is born to a married woman, if she files with the district registrar a statutory declaration that at the time of the conception she was living separate and apart from her husband, and that her husband is not the father of the child, no particulars as to the father shall be given in the statement required under subsection (2) unless the mother and a person acknowledging himself to be the father jointly so request in writing, in which case the particulars of the person so acknowledging may be given as the particulars of the father, or the birth may be registered showing the surname of the person so acknowledgIng as the surname of the child, or both; and, if the request is made after the registration of the birth, the Director may amend the registration in accordance with the request by making the necessary notation thereon.

(8) Where an unmarried woman who is the mother of a child and a person acknowledging himself to be the father jointly so request in writing, the parti culars of the person so acknowledging may be given as the particulars of the father, or the birth may be registered showing the surname of the pers0l!- so ac knOWledging as the surname of the child, or both; and, if the reque~t IS. ma~e after the registration of the birth, the Director may amend the regIstratIon In accordance with the request by making the necessary notation thereon. 3 Title: 1974 (17th, 3rd) Bill 72, The Health and Social Development Statutes Amendment Act, 1974

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