BILL No. 610

An Act to amend The Provincial Health Authority Act to Publicize Physician Limitations in Emergency Rooms (Assented to ) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title The Provincial Health Authority (ER Virtual Physician right-to-know) Amendment Act. S.S. 2017 c. P-30.3 amended The Provincial Health Authority Act is amended in the manner set out in this Act. New

Section 7-6.1 The following subsection is added after subsection 7-6: “7-6.1(1) The minister, in accordance with this section, shall make information available to the public through a website or other electronic means when an emergency room in a hospital only has virtual physician services available and no physician is available to physically attend patients visiting the emergency room.

(2) The minister shall make this information available within one hour of the provincial health authority approving the use of a virtual physician.

(3) The ministry must use the existing resources available to them and any expenses associated with the administration of publicizing the information referenced in subsection (1) shall not be paid from the General Revenue Fund”. Coming into force This Act comes into force on Assent. Printed under the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 2025