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2013 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 39th Parliament

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HONOURABLE MARGARET MACDIARMID

MINISTER OF HEALTH

BILL 18 — 2013

HEALTH AUTHORITIES AMENDMENT ACT, 2013

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

SECTION 1: [Health Authorities Act,

section 19.1] amends the definition of "nurse" in the Health Authorities Act to

specify that nurses are authorized to practise under the Health Professions Act , and

include licensed practical nurses so that they are in the same bargaining unit as the other nurses specified in the definition.

Section 19.1 of the Health Authorities Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 180, is amended in the definition of "nurse" by striking out " an enactment " and substituting " the Health Professions Act " and by striking out " or as a registered psychiatric nurse " and substituting " , licensed practical nurse or registered psychiatric nurse ".

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2 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Explanatory Note

SECTION 1: [Health Authorities Act,

section 19.1] amends the definition of “nurse” in the Health Authorities Act to

specify that nurses are authorized to practise under the Health Professions Act , and

include licensed practical nurses so that they are in the same bargaining unit as the other nurses specified in the definition.

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