Copyright © Queen's Printer,

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Licence

Disclaimer

Volume 44, No. 21

B.C. Reg. 246/2001

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

October 23, 2001

B.C. Reg. 246/2001, deposited October 18, 2001, pursuant to the HEALTH EMERGENCY ACT [Section 14]. Order in Council 920/2001, approved and ordered October 18, 2001.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that B.C. Reg. 260/91, the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— C. HANSEN, Minister of Health Services; C. CLARK, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 B.C. Reg. 260/91, the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation, is amended by adding the following section:

Out of province applicants

5.1

(1) In this

section "in good standing" means, in relation to an emergency medical assistant or person of equivalent status not licensed in British Columbia, a person who

(

a) is registered as an emergency medical assistant in another jurisdiction without any conditions, sanctions or restrictions imposed on that registration as a result of determinations made from a review of any patient care complaint,

(

b) is not the subject of an investigation or pending hearing relating to any patient care complaint, and

(

c) has not, for reasons of incompetence, incapacity or misconduct,

(

i) resigned,

(ii) had conditions placed on his or her registration, or

(iii) had his or her registration cancelled.

(2) A person from another jurisdiction in Canada who

(

a) is an emergency medical assistant in a jurisdiction outside of British Columbia or, in the opinion of the board, is the equivalent of an emergency medical assistant in that other jurisdiction,

(

b) is in good standing in that other jurisdiction, and

(

c) meets the requirements of

section 5 (1) (a), (

b) and (d),

may apply for a licence and is, subject to subsection (3), entitled to be licensed as an EMA in the category for which he or she is qualified.

(3) If the applicant under subsection (2) originates from a jurisdiction in which, in the opinion of the board, the training or scope of practice, or both training and scope of practice, is not equivalent to that in British Columbia, the board may require the applicant to complete any upgrading courses, education or examinations that the board considers necessary to ensure that the applicant is competent to be an EMA.

Copyright © 2001: Queen's Printer, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada