OIC Number: 2026 - 172

Date of Order: May 26, 2026

Statute: Hospitals Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and Wellness dated April 13, 2026, and pursuant to clauses 4(1)(

a) and 17(

b) of

Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Hospitals Act , is pleased, effective on and after May 26, 2026, to: (

a) approve operating room facilities operated by the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine at 5849 University Avenue, Halifax, as a hospital, from May 26, 2026, to March 31, 2028, inclusive; and (

b) amend the Hospitals Regulations , N.S. Reg. 53/2015, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2015-77 dated March 24, 2015, to add operating room facilities operated by the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine to the list of approved hospitals, from May 26, 2026, to March 31, 2028, inclusive, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Health and Wellness