OIC Number: 2021 - 156

Date of Order: Jun 08, 2021

Statute: Health Services and Insurance Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and Wellness dated April 26, 2021, and pursuant to

Chapter 197 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Health Services and Insurance Act (the Act), is pleased, effective on and after June 8, 2021, to (

a) pursuant to subsection 17(2) of the Act, amend the Prosthetic Devices Tariffs Regulations , N.S. Reg. 32/99, made by the Minister of Health and Wellness and the Governor in Council by Order in Council 1999-146 dated April 7, 1999, in the manner set forth in

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

b) approve the authorization by the Minister of Health and Wellness of payments in respect of the tariff of fees for insured ocular prosthetics services, in accordance with clause 13(1)(

c) of the Act; and (

c) pursuant to

Section 8 of the Act, approve the Minister of Health and Wellness to enter into an Agreement with Banfield Ocular Prosthetics Services Limited, in the form set out in

Schedule “B” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation, including such amendments as do not materially change the nature of the agreement.

Department(s): Health and Wellness