Fair Distribution of Medical Resources Act, 1998 Martiniuk, Gerry — Bill 95 (36th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 95, 36-2

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Bill 95, Fair Distribution of Medical Resources Act, 1998

Martiniuk, Gerry

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Bill 95 1998

An Act to provide for fair distribution of medical resources in

Ontario

Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Contracts to serve

(1) No Canadian resident may enrol in a faculty of

medicine in Ontario unless the person has entered into a contract with the

Crown agreeing to,

(

a) become qualified to practise medicine in Ontario within a period

specified in the contract; and

(

b) after becoming qualified, practise medicine in an area of Ontario

designated by the Minister of Health for a period specified in the

contract.

Default

(2) It is a term of every contract described in subsection (1) that, in

the event of default by the Canadian resident, the amount of the cost of his

or her medical education that the Crown has paid or subsidized, as determined

by the Minister of Health, immediately becomes a debt owing to the Crown.

Commencement

2. This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal

Assent.

Short title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Fair Distribution of

Medical Resources Act, 1998 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The intent of the Bill is to ensure fair and equitable distribution of

physicians' services across Ontario. Canadian residents who are students in a

faculty of medicine in Ontario are required to enter into a contract with the

Crown under which they agree, after graduating, to practise medicine in an

area of Ontario designated by the Minister of Health for a period specified

in the contract. If they default on the contract, the Crown is entitled to

recover from them the amount of the cost of their education that the Crown

has paid or subsidized.

Copyright © 1998

Office of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

December 10, 1998

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

December 10, 1998

Second Reading

Carried on division

December 7, 1998

First Reading

Carried

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 95, 36-2
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p36 s2 bill 95 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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