Bill 210 — Third Session, 20Th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 210 Ambulance Service Act Dr. Buck (Legislature 20, Session 3)

L20 S3 3427

Alberta — Bills

1985 BILL Third Session, 20th Legislature, 34 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT DR. BUCK First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bid Dr.

Buck BILL 210 AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT (Assented to , 1985} Ambulance service grants HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 In this Act, (a) "ambulance service" includes the service of vehicle and air ambulances, ambulance and paramedical staff, services providing support to ambulances and administration and train ing expense; and (b) "Minister" means the Minister of Hospitals and Medical Care. 2(1) The Minister shall in each year authorize the payment of a grant to a municipality to cover 80% of the cost of necessary capital and operating expense of ambulance service for the municipality providing that it complies with the regulations.

(2) Where an ambulance service is operated in an improvement district the Minister shall in each year authorize the ^r^^^^j^ J money to the Minister of Municipal Affairs to cover 80% ot in cost of the ambulance service for the district providing that complies with the regulations.

(3) Where an ambulance service serves more than municipality or improvement district, the Minister may authorize payments to them in such proportion as he determines to be appropriate in the circumstances.

(4) Payments pursuant to this

section shall be made from money appropriated to the purpose by the Legislature. Regulations J\^Q Lieuteuaut Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing: (

a) standards for ambulances and related equipment and supplies; (

b) number of ambulances and amount of equipment; (

c) number of personnel; (

d) qualifications and training of personnel; (

e) the services to be provided by an ambulance service; (

f) requirements of ambulance services to co-ordinate their activities with other ambulance services and with health facilities; and (

g) conditions relating to the maintenance of standards to qualify for receiving payments pursuant to

section 2; (

h) the level of ambulance service that is deemed to be necessary and which shall qualify for payment under

section 2. Coming into jj^jg ^^t comcs iuto forcc on Proclamation, which shall not ^°"'' be earlier than the date of the first appropriation referred to in section 2(4). Title: 1985 (20th, 3rd) Bill 210, Ambulance Service Act

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L20 S3 3427
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L20 S3 3427
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	82c0ccb3795e8458aeb99ccc4ab27ea59719bd5a

Source file is stored in the law ingest library (json).