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Volume 56, No. 19

206/2013

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 8, 2013

B.C. Reg. 206/2013 , deposited September 27, 2013, pursuant to the HOSPITAL ACT [section 56 (3) (

c) and (g)]. Order in Council 410/2013, approved and ordered September 26, 2013.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective December 1, 2013, the Hospital Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 121/97, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— T. LAKE, Minister of Health ; S. CADIEUX, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 of the Hospital Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 121/97, is amended by adding the following definition:

“Act” means the Hospital Act ; .

Section 13 (1) is amended in the definition of “ secondary document ” by adding “ , adverse event report made under

section 21 ” after “ out-patient record ”.

3 The following

section is added:

Duty to report adverse events

(1) In this section:

“private hospital” means a private hospital licensed under

Part 2 of the Act;

“serious adverse event” means an incident that

(

a) took place in a hospital or private hospital,

(

b) was the likely cause of, or likely significantly contributed to, severe harm to or the death of a patient,

(

c) was not expected or intended to occur, and

(

d) was not caused by or related to an underlying medical condition of the patient;

“severe harm” means any physical or psychological injury to a patient

(

a) that, on a permanent or long-term basis, substantially interferes with a patient’s functional abilities or quality of life, and

(

b) that causes the patient to

(

i) suffer pain or disfigurement,

(ii) require major medical or surgical treatment,

(iii) require emergency medical treatment to prevent death, or

(iv) have a shortened life expectancy.

(2) The following persons must report to the minister each serious adverse event:

(

a) for a hospital, the administrator;

(

b) for a private hospital, the licensee.

(3) A report under subsection (2) must be made

(

a) immediately after the adverse event occurs, and

(

b) in the form and manner specified by the minister.

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