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Volume 52, No. 12

B.C. Reg. 167/2009

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

June 30, 2009

B.C. Reg. 167/2009 , deposited June 30, 2009, pursuant to the EMERGENCY AND HEALTH SERVICES ACT [Section 14]. Order in Council 300/2009, approved and ordered June 30, 2009.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, B.C. Reg. 562/2004, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— K. FALCON, Minister of Health Services ; I. BLACK, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

1 The Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, B.C. Reg. 562/2004, is amended by adding the following section:

Temporary licence in extraordinary circumstances

7.1

(1) In this section:

"another jurisdiction" or "other jurisdiction" have the same meaning as in

section 5;

"in good standing in that other jurisdiction" has the same meaning as in

section 5 (1), but a reference to "the applicant" or "the applicant's" in that provision must be read as a reference to "the person" or "the person's".

(2) If the commission determines that it is necessary or appropriate in the circumstances for the protection of public health or safety, the commission may request that the board issue a licence to a person.

(3) If the commission makes a request under subsection (2), and despite sections 4 and 8 (1), the board must issue a licence for a category to the person if the board is of the opinion that the person is able to practise as an EMA in the category without unacceptable risk to public health or safety.

(4) The board may, under this section, issue a licence for a category only to a person who

(

a) is an operational manager with the British Columbia Ambulance Service and has previously

(

i) been licensed as an EMA, or

(ii) had an authorization in another jurisdiction to practise that is, in the opinion of the board, equivalent to an authorization to practise as an EMA,

(

b) has an authorization in another jurisdiction to practise that is, in the opinion of the board, equivalent to an authorization to practise as an EMA, and is in good standing in that other jurisdiction,

(

c) is a student licensed under

section 7 in the category of PCP, ACP or CCP, or

(

d) is a person who provides evidence, satisfactory to the board, that the person has successfully completed training programs that are, in the opinion of the board, substantially equivalent to those recognized by the board for the category.

(5) In order to be licensed under this section, a person must provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the person is of good character and fit to work as an EMA.

(6) The board may issue a licence under this

section for a period of up to 30 days and may extend the term for a further period of up to 30 days on one or more occasions, if the requirements under subsections (2) and (3) continue to be met, but the total period of the licence must not exceed 60 days.

(7) If the board issues a temporary licence to a student under this section,

(

a) the licence held by the student under

section 7 is suspended for the term of the temporary licence, and

(

b) the time during which the licence under

section 7 is suspended does not count in the reckoning of

(

i) the term of the licence as described in

section 7 (2),

(ii) any period of extension of the term, as described in

section 7 (3), or

(iii) the total period of the licence, as referred to in

section 7 (3),

as applicable.

Section 9 is amended by striking out " sections 6 and 7 " and substituting " sections 6 to 7.1 ".

Section 15 is amended by adding the following:

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), a licence fee is not payable in respect of a licence issued or extended under

section 7.1.

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