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Patient Access to Care Act

Definitions Regulations

made under

Section 8 of the

Patient Access to Care Act

S.N.S. 2023, c. 3

O.I.C. 2023-250 (effective September 12, 2023), N.S. Reg. 162/2023

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions for regulations

Definitions for Act

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Patient Access to Care Act

Definitions

Regulations .

Definitions for regulations

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Patient Access to Care Act ;

“jurisprudence examination” means any examination, assessment or learning

module required by an authority that tests knowledge of applicable laws, standards

of practice, ethical standards and other regulatory requirements of the authority.

Definitions for Act

(1) In the Act,

“completed application” means an application that includes all information and

documentation necessary for an authority to determine whether an applicant meets

the requirements for registration and licensing, and includes information provided

by a third party;

“expanded scope of practice area” for a practitioner is further defined to mean

those services that are prescribed in the regulations as an expanded scope of

practice area and authorized by the authority for that practitioner;

“in good standing” means the applicant meets all of the following criteria:

(

i) they are not the subject of an outstanding complaint in any

jurisdiction,

(ii) they are not the subject of an outstanding disciplinary or remedial

process in any jurisdiction,

(iii) their practice is not prohibited by a suspension or revocation,

(iv) their practice is not limited by any conditions, restrictions or other

agreements in any jurisdiction,

(

v) they have been assessed by the authority to have the capacity,

competence and character to safely and ethically practise;

“licensed” means a person is authorized by a regulatory body in another province

or a prescribed jurisdiction to engage in a scope of practice equivalent to the scope

of practice of the regulated health profession for which they are applying for

registration and licensing;

“training” means the services a practitioner is educated, competent and authorized

by the authority to perform.

(2) In subsection 5(2) of the Act,

“requirement” does not include any of the following:

(

i) a jurisprudence examination;

(ii) professional liability protection, malpractice insurance or other form

of indemnity;

(iii) language proficiency.

(3) In

Section 6 of the Act,

“fee” means an application fee charged by an authority to process a first-time

application to the authority, and includes jurisprudence examination costs charged

by the authority but does not include any of the following:

(

i) fees charged by a third party,

(ii) fees for an individual assessment of competence,

(iii) permit or certification fees for the practice of specified services,

(iv) annual fees for registration, licensing, renewal or reinstatement.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Patient Access to Care Act

Definitions Regulations

N.S. Reg.

162/2023

Patient Access to Care 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 Patient Access to Care Act

Definitions Regulations made

under the Patient Access to Care Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

162/2023

Sep 12, 2023

date specified

Sep 22, 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

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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

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.