Bill 203 — Fourth Session, 20Th Legislature, 35 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 203 Ambulance Service Act Dr. Buck (Legislature 20, Session 4)

L20 S4 3324

Alberta — Bills

1986 BILL Fourth Session, 20th Legislature, 35 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 Bill Dr.

Buck BILL 203 AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT (Assented to , 1986) 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.

Ambulance service grants 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 transfer of money to the Minister of Municipal Affairs to cover 80% of the cost of the ambulance service for the district providing that it 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 are contingent upon money being appropriated to the purpose by the Legislature. Regulations J^Q Lleutcnant 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; (

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

section 2; and (

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 j^^^ comes into force on Proclamation, which shall not be earlier than the date of the first appropriation referred to in section 2(4). Title: 1986 (20th, 4th) Bill 203, Ambulance Service Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L20 S4 3324
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L20 S4 3324
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	a298270106f5cdde997cfe2d69cdca4441d38353

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