Bill 50 (Legislature 16, Session 4)

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Alberta — Bills

1971 Bill 50 I.I~ Fourth Session, 16th Legislature, 20 IBlbm~ • THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 50 The Department of Health and Social Development Act THE HONOURABLE MR. SPEAKER First Reading . . . Second Reading Third Reading Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL SO 1971 THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (Assented to , 1971) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. In this Act, (

a) aDepartment" means the Department of Health and Social Development; (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Health and Social Development. 2. There shall be a department of the public service of the Province called the Department of Health and Social Development over which shall preside the member of the Executive CouncH appointed by the Lieutenant Governor under the Great Seal of the Province as Minister of Health and Social Development. 3.

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may est ablish the offices of not more than three Deputy Ministers for the Department and shall designate the name for each office so established.

(2) In accordance with The Public Service Act there may be appointed (

a) the Deputy Ministers whose offices are establisherl under subsection (1), and (

b) such other employees as are required to conduct the business of the Department. 4.

(1) There shall be a committee called the "Health and Social Development Planning Committee" consisting of (

a) the Minister, (

b) three officers of the Department designated by the Minister, (

c) the chairman of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Commission, and

Explanatory Notes This Bill will effect an amalgamation of the Departments of Health and Social Development. See also ,the Bills for The Dep artment of the Envir:onment Act and 'The Hospital Services Com mission Act. Most of the provisi'Ons are ones carried forward from the present Acts establishing the tw'O Departments. The major exception is found in sections 12 to 17 which provide for "composite health and social services plans" under which the functions of various agencies in the field 'Of health services 'Or social services could be combined under one board to serve any particular area of Alberta. I.

Definitions. 2. <Department established. 3. Deputy Ministers and department staff. 4. Health and Social Development Planning Committee.

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d) the chairman of the Alberta Hospital Serviced Commission.

(2) The Health and Social Development Planning Com. mittee shall be responsible for the integration of the plan ning of, and the eo-ordination of the programs and services of, the Department, the Alberta Health Care Insurance Commission and the Alberta Hospital Services Commission. 5.

(1) The Minister may establish such boards, com mittees or councils as he considers necessary or desirable to act in an advisory or administrative capacity in connection with any of the programs or other matters under his ad ministra tion.

(2) The Minister may, with respect to any board, com mittee or council established under this section, (

a) a;ppoint or provide for the manner of appointment of its members, (

b) prescribe the term of office of any member, (

c) designate a chairman and a vice-chairman, and (

d) authorize, fix and provide for the payment of re- muneration and expenses to its members.

(3) A board, committee or council established pursuant to this

section may make by-laws, subject to the approval thereof by the Minister, governing the calling of meetings and the procedure to be used at and conduct of the meetings.

(4) A board, committee or ,council established pursuant to this

section may exercise such powers and shall perform such duties and functions as the Minister may confer or impose upon it and without derogating from the generality of the foregoing, if so empowered, a board, ,committee or council may from time to time visit, inspect and examine hospitals, sanatoria or other institutions operated or ad inistered by the Department, or their records. 2 6.

(1) The Minister may (

a) institute inquiries into, and collect information and statistics r€lating to all matters of health and social development, (

b) disseminate information in such manner and form as is found best adapted to promote health and social development, (

c) take or direct such measures as he considers ap propriate to prevent and suppress disease, (

d) take such action or direct such matters as he con ~iders appropriate for the promotion of social dev elopment, and

5. Appointment of advisory or administrative bodies. 6. Powers of the Minister. 2

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e) investigate, inspect and report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council upon activities, agencies, orgM anizations, associations or institutions having for their object the social development or care of men. women and children in Alberta, and which are not under the administration of any 'Other member of the Executive Council. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to confidential doc uments 'Of a duly quaHfied medical practiti'0ner and his patient in relation to services provided to that patient. 7.

The Minister may, on behalf 'Of the Government of Alberta, enter into agreements with the Government of Canada for the purposes of securing to the residents of Alberta the benefits of any contributions or grants that may be available from the Government of Canada in the fields of health and social development. 8.

(1) With the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister on behalf of the Government may enter into an agreement upon such terms and conditions as he considers proper with the appropriate authority of any other province or territory 'Of Canada providing for (

a) the hospitaHzation in the other province or ter ritory 'Of patients suffering from tuberculosis or mental disorder who are temporarily in that other province or territory but who are ordinarily res idents of Alberta, and (

b) the hospitalization in Alberta of patients suffering from tuberculosis or mental dis'0rder who are temporarily in Alberta but who are ordinarily res ident in that other province or territory.

(2) Moneys payable by the Government in respect of any agreement entered into under subsection (1) shall be paid out of moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose.

(3) Moneys paid to another province or territory pur suant to an agreement under subsection (1) for the hosM pitalization of a resident of Alberta suffering from mental disorder are recoverable as a debt by the Minister from the resident or from the person liable f'0r the payment of the expenses under

section 30 of The Mental Health Act. 9.

(1) In this

section (a) "Government hospital facility" means any land owned by the Crown in right of Alberta and under the administration of the Minister including build ings and improvements thereon, that is used or is 3

7. Agreements with Canada to secure federal funds. 8. Agreements with other provinces or territories regarding reciprocal hospitalization arrangements for tuberculosis patients and mentally disordered persons. 9. Transfer, lease, etc. of a Government-owned hospital facility to a hospital board. 3

suitable for use in providing diagnostic services treatment or care for ill or injured persons; , (b) "hospital board" means 0) ·a hospital district incorporated under The Alberta Hospitals Act; (ii) the owner of a non-district hospital within the meaning of The Alberta Hospitals Act; (iii) an auxiliary hospital and nursing home district or a nursing home district under The Nursing Homes Act; (iv) the owner of a contract nursing home within the meaning of The Nursing Homes Act; (

v) the board of management of a Provincial GBn eral Hospital under The Provincial General Hospitals Act; '-vi) the Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board; (vii) the University Hospital Board under The University of Alberta Hospital Act; (viii) the Alberta Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Com mission; (ix) the Alberta Hospital Services Commission.

(2) Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister may enter into an agreement WIth a hospital board providing for any or all of the following: (

a) the transfer, sale or lease of any Government hos ital facility to the hospital board; (

b) the transfer, sale or lease to the hospital board of all or any specified supplies, equipment or other personal property located in or used in connection with a Government hospital facility; (

c) the transfer of patients in a Government hospital facility to the care of the hospital board and the responsibilities of the hospital board assuming the care of those patients; (

d) the transfer of employees of the Department to the employment of the hospital board and any matters related to the salary rates, conditions of employ· ment and pension plans or arrangements applicable to those employees upon their transfer.

(3) An agreement under this

section may provide any terms or conditions with respect to the matters enumerated in subsection (2).

(4) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make any order he considers necessary for the purpose of implement ing or facilitating any of the matters provided for in the agreement or to alleviate any difficulty arisinO' in the course of implementing the agreement. 0 4

(5) A transfer, sale or lease of a Government hospital facility or personal property pursuant to an agreement under this

section may be made for a nominal consideration or for a price less than its market value. 10.

(1) Every official of a public institution supported in whole or in part by the Government, and every medical officer of health, secretary of a board of health, clerk or secretary of a municipal corporation, secretary of a board of trustees of a school division or district and every medical practitioner, dentist, pharmacist, optometrist, podiatrist, psychologist, veterinary surgeon, registered nurse, psychi atric nurse, certified nursing aide, chiropractor, naturopath, physiotherapist, radiologkal technician, Ilaboratory tech nician, dental technician, dental auxiliary, dietitian, ophth· almic dispenser and every other person who in the practic2 of his profession or occupation is registered or licensed under

an Act administered by the Minister shall collect, tabulate and forward information in accordance with any request made to him by the Minister or a Deputy Minister of the Department.

(2) Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with any request made under this

section is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $100. 11.

(1) The Minister shall make and submit to the Lieutenant Governor in Council an annual report on the operation of the Department.

(2) The report shall (

a) be laid before the Legislative Assembly at its first session next following the end of the calendar year for which the report is made, and (

b) contain such information as may be required to en able the Legislative Assembly to judge the working of the Department. Composite Health and Social Services Plans 12.

(1) In this

section and sections 13 to 17, (a) "authorizing Act" means

an Act under or pursuant to which a local authority is authorized to provide any services, money, supplies or things in the fields ~f .he3;lth and social development and, without lImItatIOn, includes the following enactments, namely, (

i) The Health Unit Act (ii) The Homes for the Aged Act, 5

10. Submission of information at request of the Minister or Deputy Minister .. I I. Annual report. 12. Establishment of a composite health ,and social services plan based on a proposal prepared by the Minister and other local health land soci.al services 'authorities. A plan of this kind could combine under one board all or any combination of the functions of the various public agencies p:esently involved in providing health and social services, e.g., hos pItals, health units, municipalities, nursing homes, the Government, etc. (see

definitions of "local health and social service authority" and "authorizing Act") 5

6 (iii) The Alberta Hospitals Act, (iv)

section 20 of The Improvement Districts Act, (

v) sections 199 to 206 of The Municipal Govern ment Act, (vi) The Nursing Homes Act, (vii) The Nursing Service Act, (viii) The Preventive Social Services Act, (ix) The Public Health Act, (

x) section 147 of The School Act, (xi) The Social Development Act, (xii)

section 8, clause (

n) of The Special Areas Act, (xiii) The Treatment Services Act, (xiv) The Tuberculosis Act, (xv) The Venereal Diseases Prevention Act, and (xvi)

section 12 of The Welfare Homes Act; (b) "composite health and social services area" or "composite area" means a composite health and social services area established by a plan; (c) "composite health and social services board" or "composite board" means a composite health and social services board incorporated by a plan; (d) "composite health and social services plan" or "plan" means an order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council under subsection (4); (e) "health and social services" means services, money, supplies or things provided pursuant to an author izing Act; (f) "local health and social services authority" or "local authority" means (

i) the Minister, with reference to health and social services provided under programs administered by the Department, or (ii) a hospital district under The Alberta Hospitals Act, or (iii) an auxiliary hospital and nursing home district or a nursing home district under The Nursing Homes Act, or (iv) a foundation under The Homes for the Aged Act, or (

v) a board of a health unit under The Health Unit Act, or (vi) a local board of health under The Public Health Act, or (vii) a city, town, village, municipal district or county, or (viii) the board of administrators of a new town, or

(g) (ix) the Minister of Municipal Affairs, in the case of an improvement district or special area, or (

x) the board of trustees of a school district or school division; "participating local authority" means a local auth ority that approves a proposal under subsection (3) and is specified in the plan as a participating local authority.

(2) Where a local authority or composite board is em powered under this

section or sections 14 to 17, or a plan. to approve any document, action or proposed action, the approva,l shall be given by way of (

a) a by-law, in the case of a municipal corporation or the board of trustees of a school district or school division, or (

b) an order, in the case of the Minister of Municipal Affairs or the Minister of Health and Social De velopment, or (

c) a resolution, in any other case, and any approval, once given, may not be revoked.

(3) The Minister and anyone or more local health and social services authorities may prepare a proposal for a composite health and social services plan under this section.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make an order for the establishment of a composite health and social services plan in accordance with the proposal prepared under subsection (3) and pro viding for the matters referred to in

section 13.

(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall not make an order under subsection (4) unless all of the local authorities whose powers or functions or any of them will be conferred on the composite board by the plan have approved the pro posal prepared pursuant to subsection (3). 13.

(1) A composite health and social services plan shall (

a) specify the name of the plan, (

b) establish a part of Alberta as a composite health and social services area and specify the name of the area, (

c) incorporate as a body corporate a composite health and social services board for the composite area and specify the name of the composite board, (

d) provide for the composition of the composite board) the manner of electing or appointing its members and its chairman and the terms of office of its members, 7

13. Content of corporate health and social services plan, and Government financing of plans. 7

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e) prescribe the rates of the remuneration payable to members of the composite board and by whom it is payable, (

f) specify the participating local authorities, (

g) specify the effective date of the plan, (

h) specify a period of not less than four years, com mencing on the effective date of the plan, as the initial term of the plan, 0) provide for the designation of, or manner of the appointment of, the composite board's auditor, and (

j) prescribe the composite board's fiscal year.

(2) A composite health and social services plan may (

a) provide for the circumstances under which the plan may be amended by the Lieutenant Governor in Council only with the prior approval of (

i) the composite board, or (ii) all or any specified number or percentage of the participating Ioca,l authorities, or (iii) the composite board and all or any specified number or percentage of the participating local authorities; (

b) specify the powers and duties of the participating local authorities that are to be exercised and per formed by the composite board in the composite area; (

c) specify any provisions of the authorizing Acts that apply to the composite area or to the composite board, or both; (

d) specify any provisions of an authorizing Act that do not apply to the composite area or the composite board or both; (

e) restrict or qualify the application of any provisions of an authorizing Act to the composite area or to the composite board or both; (

f) provide for the manner of financing the plan from sources other than funds appropriated by the Leg islature; (

g) confer any powers on the Provincial Auditor in re lation to the inspection or audit of the books, rec ords and accounts of the composite board; (

h) transfer to the composite board the property in all or any specified assets of a participating local authority; (

i) authorize the transfer, sale, or lease to the composite board of any land or any equipment, supplies or other personal property owned by a participating local authority; (

j) provide for the assumption by the composite board of all or any specified liabilities, obligations or re sponsibilities of a participating local authority;

(

k) provide for the transfer of all or any of the em ployees of a participating local authority to the em ployment of the composite board and any other matters related to the salary rates, conditions of employment and pension plans or arrangements applicable to those employees upon their transfer; (1) prescribe any conditions with respect to any mat ters enumerated in subsection (1) or this sub section; (

m) adjust or authorize the adjustment of any grants or other payments by the Government to participa ing local authorities in respect of health and social services; (

n) restrict, qualify or prescribe exceptions to the ap plication of any of the provisions of

section 14; (0) confer or impose on the composite board any powers or duties in relation to the provision of health and social services by it in the composite area or any other powers or duties in connection with or in cidental to the carrying out of the plan; (

p) confer or impose on a participating local authority any rights or duties in connection with or incidental to the carrying out of the plan; (

q) provide for any other matter necessary for or in connection with or incidental to the plan.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in the plan, the ex penses incurred by a composite board in the operation of a plan shall be provided from funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of plans and for that purpose, the Provincial Treasurer shall, in consultation with the Minister, pay any moneys so appropriated to the composite board in instalments or otherwise as he may direct. 14.

(1) Subject to the plan and except as otherwise pro vided in the plan, upon the effective date of the plan (

a) the composite board has with respect to the com posite area the powers, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations of each of the participat ing local authorities under their respective author izing Acts, (

b) the participating local authorities cease to have, with respect to the composite area, the powers, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations of the composite board referred to in dause (a), (

c) a reference in a provision of any authorizing Act to a participating local authority shall, with re spect to the composite area, be read as a reference to the composite board, 9

14. Effect of the plan. 9

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d) a reference in an authorizing Act to the territorial limits or corporate area of a participating local authority shall be deemed to be, with respect to the composite board, a reference to the composite area, and (

e) a reference in any enactment, other than an author izing Act, to a participating local authority or its territory or corporate area shall, to the extent that it applies to a composite area and relates to the provision of health and social services, be deemed to be a reference to the composite board and the composite area, respectively.

(2) The plan operates according to its provisions and this

section and sections 13 to 17, notwithstanding the authorizing Acts or any other Acts. 15.

(1) In addition to the powers conferred on it by

section 14 of The

Interpretation Act and by the plan, the composite board may, subject to the plan and except as otherwise provided in the plan, 10 (

a) make rules respecting the calling of its meetings and the conduct of business thereat, and generally as to the conduct of its business and affairs; (

b) appoint such employees as it considers necessary and prescribe their duties and their salaries or re muneration and conditions of employment; ( c) 0 btain the services of any agents or of any advisers or persons providing technical or professional services of a kind required by the composite board in connection with its business and affairs; (

d) purchase, hold, sell or otherwise dispose of any estate or interest in land; (

e) acquire by gift or devise any estate or interest in land and hold and alienate it, subject to the terms of any trust upon which it may be held; (

f) make such banking arrangements as are necessary for the carrying out of its duties and functions; (

g) draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issu~ promissory notes, bills of exchange and other ne gotiable or transferable instruments; (

h) subject to the terms of any trust upon which it may be held, invest in such manner as the composite board considers proper, all moneys that come into the hands of the composite board and that are not then required to be expended; (

i) act as trustee of any moneys or property given or bequeathed to the composite board or a participating

15. General powers 'Of a :composi te board. 10

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j) local authority for or in connection with the pro vision of health and social services; may from time to time borrow money from any person or enter into overdraft arrangements with a chartered bank or treasury branch, for the pur pose of meeting its obligations as they become due, and may give security for the repayment of such moneys; (

k) enter into any agreement with a participating local authority necessary or incidental to the operation of the plan; (

I) exercise or perform any power or duty conferred or imposed on it by the plan.

(2) A composite board may exercise and perform the powers and duties of a participating local authority in ac cordance with a plan notwithstanding that the participating local authority ceases to exist on or after the effective date of the plan or of an amendment to the plan pursuant to

section 16, as the case may be. 16.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Lieuten ant Governor in Council may from time to time by order amend a composite health and social services plan.

(2) An order shall not be made under subsection (1) to amend a plan unless any prior approvals required under the plan for that amendment and referred to in

section 13, subsection (2), clause (

a) have been obtained.

(3) A plan shall not be anlended during the initial term of the plan where the effect of the amendment would be to remove a then existing participating local authority from the operation of the plan, unless a vote of the electors in the composite area is conducted by the composite board on the question of whether the amendment should be made or not and the electors vote in favour of the amendment.

(4) The Municipal Election Act applies with the neces sary modifications to a vote conducted by a composite board under subsection (3).

(5) Nothing in this

section shall be construed as pre cluding the amendment of a plan during or after its initial term in order to include additional participating local authorities.

(6) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (4), the Lieuten ant Governor in Council may make an order (

a) establishing a new plan for the purpose of con solidating an existing plan and subsequent amend ments to it, or 11

16. Amendments to plan. 11

(

b) amending a plan to correct a typographical error or drafting error. 17.

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3),theLieuten ant Governor in Council may terminate a composite health and social services plan.

(2) An order shall not be made under this

section for the termination of a plan as of a date during the initial term of the plan unless the then existing participating local authorities unanimously approve of the tBrmination.

(3) An order shall not be made under this

section for the termination of a plan as of a date subsequent to the initial term of the plan unless the composite board con ducts a vote of the electors in the composite area on the question of whether the plan should be terminated or not and the electors vote in favour of terminating the plan.

(4) The Municipal Election Act applies with the neces sary modifications to a vote conducted by a composite board under subsection (3).

(5) Where the Lieutenant Governor in Council makes an order terminating a composite ~ealth and social services pllan, the order may provide for (

a) any matter in connection with the dissolution of the composite board and the winding up of its affairs, (

b) the transfer, sale or other disposition of the assets of the composite board -and the assumption of its liabilities and responsibilities, (

c) the transfer of all or any of the board's employees of the composite board and the assumption of its ing local authorities, (

d) any matter pertaining to the pension plan or ar rangements for the composite boardJ:s employees, and (

e) any other matter in connection with or incidental to the termination of the plan. Transitional, Consequential and Repeal 18. Upon the commencement of this Act (

a) any boards, committees or councils established under The Department of Health Act are continued as though they had been appointed by the Minister under this Act; (

b) any agreement made under The Department of Health Act shall be deemed to be an agreement made under this Act. 19.

(1) The enactments enumerated in

Schedule A are amended (

a) by striking out the words "Minister of Health" 12

17. Termination of a plan. 18. Transitional provisions. 19. Consequential amendments regarding references to the existing /Ministers and Departments. ISee Schedules A and B. Subsections (3), (4) and (5) deal with the existing references to the lDeputy Minister of Health. . 12

wherever they occur and by substituting the words "Minister of Health and Social Development", (

b) by striking out the words "Department of Health" wherever they occur and by substituting the words "Department of Health and Social Development".

(2) The enactments enumerated in

Schedule Bare amended (

a) by striking out the words "Minister of Social De velopment" wherever they occur and by SUbstituting the words "Minister of Health and S.ocial Develop ment", (

b) by striking out the words "Department of Social Development" wherever they occur and by sub stituting the words "Department of Health and Social Development".

(3) The Mental Health Act is amended as to

section 3, subsection (2) by striking out the words "the Deputy Minister or".

(4) The Public Health Act is amended (

a) as to

section 2 by adding the following clause after clause 2: 2.1 "Deputy Minister" means a Deputy Min ister of the Department .of Health and Social Development designated by the Minister as th~ Deputy Minister for the purposes of this Act; (

b) as to

section 3, subsection (1), clause (

a) by strik ing out the words "of Health" after the words "Deputy Minister", (

c) as to

section 4, subsection (1), by striking out the words "Deputy Minister of Health" and by sub stituting the words "the Deputy Minister", (

d) as to sections 26 and 28 and

section 29; subsection (3), by striking out the words "of Health" wherever they occur after the words "Deputy Minister".

(5) The Universities Act is amended as to

section 50, subsection (5) by striking out the words "Deputy Minister of Health" and by substituting the words "Deputy Minister of the Department of Health and Social Development desig nated by the Minister of Health and Social Development". 20. This Act repeals and replaces (

a) The Department of Health Act, and (

b) The Department of Social Development Act. 21. This Act comes into force on a date or dates to be fixed by Proclamation. 13

20. Repeals chapters 97 and 106 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 13

SCHEDULE A REFERENCES TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH The Chiropractic Profession Act,

section 8, subsection (15) and

section 13, subsections (3) and (4). The Dental Association Act,

section 31. The Dental Auxiliaries Act,

section 2, clause (f), and sec tion 4, subsection (2), clause (a). The Dental Technicians Act,

section 2, clause (d). The Health Unit Act,

section 2, clauses (

d) and (f). The Marriage Act,

section 22, subsection (4). The Mental Health Act,

section 2, subsection (1), clause (f). The Municipal Government Act,

section 2, clause 8,

section 199, subsection (1) and

section 215, subsection (2). The Municipal Taxation Act,

section 2, clause 12 and

section 158. The Nursing Aides Act,

section 2, clause (

c) and

section 4, subsection (1), clause (b), subclauses (

i) and (ii). The Nursing Service Act,

section 2, clauses (

c) and (e). The Ophthalmic Dispensers Act,

section 31, subsection (1). The Pharmaceutical Association Act,

section 60. The Psychiatric Nurses Association Act,

section 2, clause (d). The Phychologists Act,

section 22, subsection (3). The Public Health Act,

section 2, clause 13 and

section 3, subsection (1), clause (

b) and subsection (3), clause (a).

SCHEDULE B REFERENCES TO THE MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT The Child Welfare Act,

section 2, clauses (

c) and (

f) and

section 41, subsection (1). The Health Unit Act,

section 2, clause (c), subclause (iii). The Alberta Hospitals Act,

section 43, subsections (2) and ( 4). The Improvement Districts Act,

section 31, subsections (1) and (2). 14

The Legislative Assembly Act,

section 12, clause 23. The Maintenance Order Act,

section 5, subsection (1), clause (c). The Maintenance and Recovery Act,

section 2, clauses (

a) and (c). The Mental Health Act,

section 2, clause (g). The Metis Betterment Act,

section 4, subsection (3). The Mobile Equipment Licensing Act,

section 12, clause (d), subclause (iv). The Nursing Homes Act,

section 12, subsection (2), clause (a), subclause (i). The Nursing Service Act,

section 2, clause (b), subclause (iii). The Preventive Social Services Act,

section 2. The Social Development Act,

section 2, clauses (

b) and (d). The Social Workers Act,

section 8,

section 16, subsection (2) and

section 19. The Welfare Homes Act,

section 2, clause (c). The Blind Persons Act (R.S.A. 1955,

chapter 24),

section 2, clauses (

c) and (d). The Disabled Persons Act (R.S.A. 1955,

chapter 85)

section 2, clauses (

c) and (d). The Disabled Persons' Pensions Act (R.S.A. 1955,

chapter 86)

section 2, clause (d). The Mothers Allowance Act, 1958 (S.A. 1958,

chapter 45),

section 12, subsection (1). The Old Age Assistance Act (R.S.A. 1955,

chapter 228)

section 2, clauses (

c) and (d). The Supplementary Allowances Act (R.S.A. 1955,

chapter 326)

section 2, clauses (

c) and (d). The PubIic Trustee Act,

section 2, clause (e), subclause (ii), paragraph (C). The Radiation Protection Act,

section 2, clause (

b) and

section 3, subsection (2). The Sexual Sterilization Act,

section 2, clauses (

c) and (e). The Treatment Services Act,

section 2, clause (a). The Tuberculosis Act,

section 2, clauses (

a) and (c). The Universities Act,

section 50, subsections (4) and (5). The Venereal Diseases Prevention Act,

section 2, clauses (

c) and (g). The Vital Statistics Act,

section 25, subsection (1). 15

15 Title: 1971 (16th, 4th) Bill 50, The Department of Health and Social Development Act

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