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RSA 2000 cG-12

Alberta — Consolidated Statutes

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Chapter G-12 Current as of April 1, 2010 GUNSHOT AND STAB WOUND MANDATORY DISCLOSURE ACT

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1 GUNSHOT AND STAB WOUND MANDATORY DISCLOSURE ACT

Chapter G-12 Table of Contents 1

Definitions 2 Application 3 Mandatory disclosure 4 L i a b i l i t y 5 Regulations 6 Coming into force HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:

Definitions 1 In this Act, (a) “emergency medical techni cian” means a person who is regulated under the Emergency Medical Technicians Regulation (AR 48/93); (b) “health care facility” mean s a facility that provides health care services; (c) “stab wound” means a wound caused by a knife or other sharp or pointed instrument. Application 2 This Act does not apply to

Section 3

Chapter G-12 2 GUNSHOT AND STAB WOUND MANDATORY DISCLOSURE ACT (

a) a stab wound that is reasonably believed by a health care facility or emergency medical technician to be self-inflicted or unintentionally inflicted, (

b) a gunshot or stab wound that is exempted in the regulations, or (

c) a health care facility or em ergency medical technician who is exempted in the regulations. Mandatory disclosure 3(1) A health care facility or emergency medical technician who treats a gunshot or stab wound shall disclose the following information to the local police service: (

a) the injured person’s name, if known; (

b) whether the injury was a gunshot or stab wound; (

c) in the case of a health c are facility, the name and location of the health care facility; (

d) in the case of an emergency medical technician, the location attended to treat the injured person; (

e) any other information that may be required by the regulations.

(2) An injured person is considered to have been treated when treatment is offered.

(3) The disclosure must (

a) subject to the regulations, be made orally, and (

b) be made as soon as it is r easonably practicable to do so without (

i) interfering with the injured person’s treatment, or (ii) disrupting the regular ac tivities of the health care facility or the emergency medical technician. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply to an emergency medical technician who delivers the injured person to a health care facility.

(5) A health care facility shall ensure that a person is responsible at all times to make disclosure on behalf of the health care facility to the local police service.

Section 4

Chapter G-12 3 GUNSHOT AND STAB WOUND MANDATORY DISCLOSURE ACT Liability 4 No action or proceeding may be brought against a person in respect of anything done or omitted to be done in good faith under this Act. Regulations 5 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations (

a) respecting information re quired to be disclosed under

section 3(1)(e); (

b) requiring a further or different manner of disclosure than that provided for in

section 3(3)(a); (

c) exempting a gunshot or sta b wound or a health care facility or emergency medical technician from the application of this Act, including providing for classes and the circumstances and conditions under which the exemption is effective; (

d) defining for the purposes o f this Act any term used but not defined in this Act; (

e) respecting any matter that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable to carry out the intent of this Act. Coming into force 6 This Act comes into force on Proclamation. (NOTE: Proclaimed in force April 1, 2010.)

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Collection	Alberta — Consolidated Statutes
Citation	RSA 2000 cG-12
Type	statute
Volume / chapter	RSA 2000 cG-12
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
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