Bill 62 — Second Session, 27Th Legislature, 58 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 62 Emergency Health Services Amendment Act, 2009 (Legislature 27, Session 2)

L27 S2 3295

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2009 Bill 62 Second Session, 27th Legislature, 58 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 62 EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT, 2009 THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Bill 62 BILL 62 2009 EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT, 2009 ( A s s e n t e d t o , 2 0 0 9 ) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends SA 2008 cE-6.6 1 The Emergency Health Services Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 1 is amended by adding the following after clause (p): (p.1) “peace officer” means (

i) a member of a police service, or (ii) a peace officer appointed under the Peace Officer Act, while the peace officer is in the exercise or discharge of the peace officer’s powers or duties; 3 The following is added after

section 40: Disclosure of information by ambulance attendant 40.1(1) Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Health Information Act, for the purposes of an investigation by a peace officer, an ambulance attendant may disclose the information described in subsection (2) that the ambulance attendant observed or collected when dispatched to and attending the scene of an

1 Explanatory Notes Explanatory Notes 1 Amends

chapter E-6.6 of the Statutes of Alberta, 2008. 2 Definition of peace officer. 3 Disclosure of information by ambulance attendant.

2 incident to the peace officer without the consent of the patient or other individual who is the subject of that information.

(2) The information that an ambulance attendant may disclose to a peace officer is the following: (

a) the name of a patient or other individual; (

b) the date of birth of a patient; (

c) information about the nature of any injury or illness of a patient, including any observation of possible impairment; (

d) the time and date that the ambulance attendant was dispatched to and attended the scene of an incident; (

e) the location where a pa tient sought or received an emergency health service; (

f) observations regarding the scene of an incident; (

g) if any disruption of the scene of an incident was observed or was caused by the ambulance attendant, a description of the disruption, including whether any patient was moved, whether specialized equipment was used and whether any materials found at the scene of the incident were disturbed; (

h) whether any samples of bodily substances were taken from a patient; (

i) the transport destination of any patient removed from the scene of an incident; (

j) any other information that is prescribed or otherwise described in the regulations. 4

Section 48(1) is amended by adding the following after clause (y): (y.1) prescribing or otherwise describing information for the purposes of

section 40.1(2)(j);

2 Explanatory Notes 4 Additional regulation-making power.

RECORD OF DEBATE Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Title: 2009 (27th, 2nd) Bill 62, Emergency Health Services Amendment Act, 2009

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L27 S2 3295
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L27 S2 3295
Language	en
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