OIC Number: 2026 - 8

Date of Order: Jan 20, 2026

Statute: Patient Access to Care Act Regulated Health Professions Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and Wellness dated December 19, 2025, is pleased, effective on and after February 2, 2026: (

a) pursuant to

Section 8 of

Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2023, the Patient Access to Care Act , to repeal the Medical Laboratory Assistants and Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Technologists Regulations , N.S. Reg. 42/2025, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2025-59 dated March 4, 2025; and (

b) pursuant to Sections 4, 13 and 14 of

Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2023, the Regulated Health Professions Act , to make new regulations respecting medical laboratory sciences, in the form set forth in

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

Department(s): Health and Wellness