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Health Services for Foreign Workers, International Students and Armed Forces Families

Regulations

made under clause 17(1)(

e) of the

Health Services and Insurance Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 197

O.I.C. 2023-133 (effective May 9, 2023), N.S. Reg. 80/2023

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Health services eligibility

Expiry of work permit, study permit, employment, etc.

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Health Services for Foreign Workers,

International Students and Armed Forces Families Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“dependant” means a child or legal ward of an adult, who is younger than 19 years

of age, supported by an adult and who is not married or living in a common law

relationship;

“eligible foreign worker” means a resident who meets any of the following

requirements:

(

i) they hold a valid work permit, issued by the federal Department of

Citizenship and Immigration, to work in the Province for a Nova

Scotian employer for a minimum of 12 months from the date they

became a resident of the Province,

(ii) they are party to an employment contract with a Nova Scotian

employer and under the employment contract are required to work in

the Province for a minimum of 12 months from the date they became

a resident of the Province,

(iii) they hold a diplomatic passport from a country other than Canada,

and are eligible to and demonstrate an intention to reside in the

Province for a minimum of 12 months from the date they became a

resident of the Province,

(iv) they are employed by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization

to work in the Province for a minimum of 12 months from the date

they became a resident of the Province,

(

v) they are an international student who is working as either a teaching

or research assistant at a university in the Province.

“international student” means a resident who holds a study permit issued by the

federal Department of Citizenship and Immigration, valid for a minimum of 12

months from the date they became a resident of the Province;

“resident” means a resident as defined in the Hospital Insurance Regulations made

under the Act;

“spouse” means either of 2 people who are married to each other or are cohabiting

in a conjugal relationship and have done so for a continuous period of at least 1

year.

Health services eligibility

(1) Despite any requirement in the Act or its regulations respecting duration of

residency in the Province, all of the following people are entitled to insurance,

services and benefits as a resident under the Act and regulations immediately upon

becoming a resident of the Province:

(

a) an eligible foreign worker;

(

b) a resident who is a spouse or dependant of an eligible foreign worker;

(

c) a resident who is a spouse or dependant of a member of the Canadian

Armed Forces;

(

d) a resident who is a spouse or dependant of a member of the armed forces of

a North Atlantic Treaty Organization nation other than the United States of

America who is in the Province to perform official duties under the Visiting

Forces Act (Canada) for a minimum of 12 months from the date they

became a resident of the Province.

(2) Despite any requirement in the Act or its regulations respecting duration of

residency in the Province, an international student who is not an eligible foreign

worker, and a spouse or a dependant of that international student, is entitled to

insurance, services and benefits as a resident under the Act and regulations

effective on the first day of the thirteenth month from the date they became a

resident of the Province.

Expiry of work permit, study permit, employment, etc.

4 All of the following people are no longer entitled to insurance, services and benefits as a

resident under the Act and its regulations:

(

a) an eligible foreign worker or international student whose work permit,

employment contract, diplomatic passport, term of employment or study

permit has expired or has been terminated and has not been extended or

renewed;

(

b) a spouse or dependant of an eligible foreign worker or international student

described in clause (a);

(

c) a spouse or dependant of a member of the armed forces of a North Atlantic

Treaty Organization nation other than the United States of America whose

visit under the Visiting Forces Act (Canada) has expired or been terminated

and has not been extended or renewed.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Health Services for Foreign Workers, International

Students and Armed Forces Families Regulations

N.S. Reg.

80/2023

Health Services and Insurance Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Health Services for Foreign Workers, International

Students and Armed Forces Families Regulations made under the Health Services and Insurance Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

80/2023

May 9, 2023

date specified

May 19, 2023

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

..........................................................

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

67/1978

Hospital and Medical Services Program for Persons on

Student Visas Regulations

Mar 21, 1978

May 9, 2023

92/1998

Hospital and Medical Services Program for International

Students

Apr 29, 1997

May 9, 2023

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.