Bill 9 — Fourth Session, 19Th Legislature, 31 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 9 Cancer Treatment and Prevention Amendment Act, 1982 Mrs. Embury (Legislature 19, Session 4)

L19 S4 3800

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1982 BILL 9 Fourth Session, 19th Legislature, 31 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 9 CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1982 MRS. EMBURY First Reading ...................................................... . Second Reading .................................................... . Committee of the Whole Third Reading ..................................................... . Royal Assent ............................................ .

Bill 9 Mrs. Embury BILL 9 1982 CANCER TREATMENT AND PREVENTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1982 (Assented to , 1982) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Cancer Treatment and Prevention Act is amended by this Act. 2 The title of the Act is struck out and the following is substituted: CANCER PROGRAMS ACT. 3

Section 1 (

a) is amended by striking out "The Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board" and substituting "the Alberta Cancer Board". 4

Section 4 is repealed and the following is substituted: 4( 1) The Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board is continued as a corporation with the name of Alberta Cancer Board, consisting of persons appointed as members under

section 5.

(2) The purpose of the board is to establish and operate prov incial cancer hospitals and out-patient facilities for the diagnosis of cancer, the treatment and care of cancer patients and cancer research, and extends to diseases that are non-cancerous but are capable of being diagnosed or treated by similar methods as those used for the diagnosis or treatment of cancer. 1

Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter C-l of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Act is retitled. 3

Section l(

a) presently reads: 1 In this Act, (a) "board" means The Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board; 4

Section 4 presently rel:lds: 4(1) The persons named from time to time as members of the board are hereby constituted a corporation named "The Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board".

(2) The purpose of The Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board is to establish and operate provincial cancer hospitals and out-patient facilities for the diagnosis of cancer, the treatment and care of cancer patients and cancer research.

Section 5 presently reads in part: 5(1) The board shall consist of not less than 7 and not more than 11 members appointed by the Minister. 1

Section 11 is repealed and the following is substituted: 11 The board may, with the approval of and subject to any conditions prescribed by the Minister, provide for the manufac ture, purchase or sale of pharmaceuticals or radio-pharmaceut icals for use in medical research, medical diagnosis or medical treatment or care. 6

Section 19(1) is amended by striking out ", other than employees of the board,". 7 In the following enactments, "Cancer Treatment and Prevention Act" is struck out and "Cancer Programs Act" is substituted: Alberta Health Care Insurance Act,

section 40(l)(a); Financial Administration Act,

section 2(6)(e); Public Service Employee Relations Act,

section 20(b). 8 In the following enactments, "Provincial Cancer Hospitals Board" is struck out and "Alberta Cancer Board" is substituted: Alberta Health Care Insurance Act,

section 13(3); Department of Social Services and Community Health Act, sec tion 9(l)(b)(vi); Financial Administration Act,

section 2(5)(f); Hospitals Act,

section 30(3)(a); Ombudsman Act,

section 1 (a)(v); Public Service Employee Relations Act,

section 20(b). In accordance with

section 4(1) of the

Interpretation Act, this Bill comes into force on the date it receives Royal Assent. 2

Section 11 presently reads: 11 The board may, with the approval of the Minister, provide for the manufacture, purchase or sale of pharmaceuticals or radio-pharmaceuti calsfor use in any hospital as defined by the Hospitals Act. 6

Section 19(1) presently reads: 19(1) The by-laws of the board under

section 10 may providefor the estab lishment of a committee to be called the "hospital services utilization com mittee" for each hospital and consisting of members of the medical staff, other than employees of the board, and may prescribe the powers and duties of that committee. 7 Consequential amendments. 8 Consequential amendments. 2 Title: 1982 (19th, 4th) Bill 9, Cancer Treatment and Prevention Amendment Act, 1982

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