Alberta Regulation 286/2025

Citizen Initiative Act

CITIZEN INITIATIVE AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 394/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to sections 17, 23, 45 and 71 of the Citizen Initiative

Act.

1 The Citizen Initiative Regulation (AR 54/2022) is amended

by this Regulation.

Section 2 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "$500" and

substituting "$25 000";

(

b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the

following:

(3) The Chief Electoral Officer may refund the application fee to

a proponent if the Chief Electoral Officer has

(

a) determined under

section 10 of the Act that the

requirements of

section 6 of the Act have been met, and

(

b) received the prescribed reports referred to in

section 18

with respect to an initiative petition and is satisfied that

the reports provided are complete.

Section 5 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding "the aggregate of" after

"amount of";

(

b) by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) An elector who has submitted a notice of intent that has not

been filed may not receive contributions under the Act.

(

c) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the

following:

(3) No contributions shall be made in respect of a notice of

intent, an application for the issuance of an initiative petition or

an initiative petition, except during the period from the date a

notice of intent is filed to

(

a) the date of the withdrawal or deemed withdrawal of a

notice of intent,

(

b) the date of the withdrawal or rejection of an application

for the issuance of an initiative petition,

(

c) the date of the withdrawal or deemed withdrawal of an

initiative petition, or

(

d) the conclusion of the initiative petition period.

(

d) in subsection (4) by striking out "the initiative petition"

and substituting "a notice of intent, an application for the

issuance of an initiative petition or an initiative petition";

(

e) in subsection (5) by adding "the aggregate of" after

"amount of".

Section 6(1) and (2) are amended by adding "a notice of

intent, an application for the issuance of an initiative petition or" after

"in respect of".

Section 8 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by adding "a notice of intent, an

application for the issuance of an initiative petition or" after

"in respect of";

(

b) in subsection (3)(a)(

i) by striking out "an initiative

petition contribution" and substituting "a contribution";

(

c) in subsection (5) by adding "a notice of intent, an

application for the issuance of an initiative petition or" after

"unrelated to".

Section 9 is amended by adding "a notice of intent, an

application for the issuance of an initiative petition or" after "in

relation to".

Section 10 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "A proponent" and

substituting "An elector who has submitted a notice of

intent that has not been filed and a proponent";

(

b) by repealing subsection (3) and substituting the

following:

(3) This

section does not apply to the borrowing of money by

(

a) an elector who has submitted a notice of intent that has

not been filed that is unrelated to the notice of intent, or

(

b) a proponent that is unrelated to an application for the

issuance of an initiative petition or an initiative petition.

Section 14(

a) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

a) that it has been issued in respect of a notice of intent, an

application for the issuance of an initiative petition or an

initiative petition,

Section 15(1) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

Audited financial statements

15(1) The chief financial officer of a proponent whose expenses

exceed $350 000 shall file an audited financial statement with the

Chief Electoral Officer within 6 months after

(

a) the 30-day period referred to in

section 2(1) of the Act if no

initiative petition is issued, or

(

b) the day on which the initiative petition period ends if an

initiative petition is issued.

Section 16 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the

following:

Initiative petition expenses

16(1) For the purposes of the Act and this Regulation,

"initiative petition expense" means an expense incurred or

non-monetary contribution received after the filing of a notice of

intent in relation to the notice of intent, an application for the

issuance of an initiative petition or an initiative petition during

the period from the date a notice of intent is filed by the Chief

Electoral Officer to

(

a) the date of the withdrawal or deemed withdrawal of the

notice of intent,

(

b) the date of the withdrawal or rejection of the application

for the issuance of an initiative petition,

(

c) the date of the withdrawal or deemed withdrawal of the

initiative petition, or

(

d) the signature sheet submission date.

(

b) in subsection (3)(

b) and (

c) by striking out "initiative

petition period" and substituting "applicable period

referred to in subsection (1)".

Section 18 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2)

(

i) by repealing the portion preceding clause (

a) and substituting the following:

(2) Within 30 days after an event referred to in

section

16(1)(

a) to (

d) occurs, the chief financial officer of a

proponent shall file with the Chief Electoral Officer an

initiative petition expense limit report, which must include

the following in accordance with the Chief Electoral

Officer's guidelines:

(ii) in clause (b)(

i) and (ii) by adding "the 30-day

period referred to in

section 2(1) of the Act or" after

"during";

(

b) by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the

following:

(4) This

section applies to a notice of intent, an application for

the issuance of an initiative petition or an initiative petition when

an applicable event referred to in

section 16(1)(

a) to (

d) occurs.

Section 19 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the

following:

Disposition of surplus funds

19(1) A proponent shall hold in trust all funds held by the

proponent at the end of the 30-day period referred to in

section

2(1) of the Act or the initiative petition period.

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "the end of the

initiative petition period" and substituting "an event

referred to in

section 16(1)(

a) to (

d) occurs".

Section 20 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by striking out "A proponent" and

substituting "An elector who has submitted a notice of

intent that has not been filed or a proponent";

(

b) in subsections (3) to (5) by adding "elector or" before

"proponent" wherever it occurs.

Section 21 is amended

(

a) in clause (a)

(

i) by striking out "a proponent" wherever it occurs

and substituting "an elector who has submitted a

notice of intent that has not been filed or a proponent";

(ii) by striking out "the proponent" wherever it occurs

and substituting "the elector or proponent";

(

b) in clause (b)

(

i) by striking out "a proponent" and substituting "an

elector who has submitted a notice of intent that has not

been filed or a proponent";

(ii) by striking out "the proponent" and substituting

"the elector or proponent".

Section 23 is amended by striking out "the proponent"

wherever it occurs and substituting "the elector who has

submitted a notice of intent that has not been filed or the proponent".

Section 30(1) is amended

(

a) by striking out "a proponent or third party" and

substituting "an elector who has submitted a notice of

intent that has not been filed, a proponent or a third party";

(

b) by striking out "the proponent" wherever it occurs and

substituting "the elector, proponent".

Section 31 is amended

(

a) by striking out "A proponent" and substituting "An

elector who has submitted a notice of intent that has not been

filed, a proponent";

(

b) by striking out "that proponent" and substituting "that

elector, proponent".

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Alberta Regulation 287/2025

Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Act

MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT CLAIMS

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 396/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 25(2) of the Motor Vehicle Accident

Claims Act.

1 The Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Regulation

(AR 189/98) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The

Schedule is amended in

section 4

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) in clause (

a) by striking out "$30" and

substituting "$75";

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "$20" and

substituting "$75";

(iii) in clause (

c) by striking out "$20" and

substituting "$50";

(iv) in clause (

d) by striking out "$5" and

substituting "$12.50";

(

b) in subsection (2)

(

i) in clause (

a) by striking out "$15" and

substituting "$37.50";

(ii) in clause (

b) by striking out "$35" and

substituting "$87.50".

3 This Regulation comes into force on January 1, 2026.

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Alberta Regulation 288/2025

Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

PHYSICIAN PAYMENT DISCLOSURE

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 400/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 16 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance

Act.

1 The Physician Payment Disclosure Regulation

(AR 162/2020) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The title is amended by adding "AND COMPLIANCE"

after "PAYMENT".

3 The following is added after

section 4:

Ministerial disclosure re contraventions and failures to comply

4.1 The Minister may, under

section 20.31 of the Act, disclose to

the public the following information relating to a person's

contravention of or failure to comply with

Part 1, Division 1 of the

Act or the regulations made under that division:

(

a) the name of the person;

(

b) the particulars of each contravention or failure to comply by

the person, including

(

i) the provision of

Part 1, Division 1 of the Act, or of the

regulations made under that division, that the person

contravened or failed to comply with, and

(ii) the location at and date on which the contravention or

failure to comply occurred;

(

c) an amount charged, collected or received by any person as a

result of the contravention or failure to comply that is in

addition to or in excess of benefits that are payable by the

Minister;

(

d) the name of any person who has charged, collected or

received an amount referred to in clause (c);

(

e) the contents of an order made by the Minister under

Part 1,

Division 1 of the Act as a result of the contravention or

failure to comply;

(

f) any other information relating to the contravention or failure

to comply that the Minister considers appropriate to disclose.

Timing of disclosure re contraventions and failures to comply

4.2 The Minister may disclose the information described in

section

4.1 at any time after the date on which the contravention or failure to

comply came to the attention of the Minister.

4 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of

section 1(22)(a)(vi) of the Health Statutes

Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2).

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Alberta Regulation 289/2025

Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 401/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 28.5 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance

Act.

1 The Alberta Health Care Insurance Regulation

(AR 76/2006) is amended by this Regulation.

2 The following is added after

Part 3:

Part 3.1

Administrative Penalties

Notice of administrative penalty

16.1(1) A notice of administrative penalty issued under

section 28.1

of the Act must contain the following information:

(

a) the name of the person on whom the administrative penalty is

imposed;

(

b) the provision of

Part 1, Division 1 of the Act, or of the

regulations made under that division, that the person has

contravened or failed to comply with;

(

c) a description of the nature of the contravention or failure to

comply identified under clause (b);

(

d) the amount that the person is required to pay and the manner

in which the amount was determined;

(

e) the date by and manner in which the amount must be paid;

(

f) the right to appeal under

section 28.2 of the Act.

(2) The Minister shall serve a notice of administrative penalty on a

person on whom an administrative penalty is imposed by personal

service at, or by registered mail addressed to, the person's last known

address.

Amount of administrative penalty

16.2(1) Where, as a result of a contravention of or failure to comply

with

Part 1, Division 1 of the Act or the regulations made under that

division, any person has charged, collected or received an amount in

addition to or in excess of benefits that are payable by the Minister, the

amount of the administrative penalty that the person who is served the

notice of administrative penalty respecting the contravention or failure

to comply must pay is,

(

a) if the contravention or failure to comply is the person's first

contravention or failure to comply, $5000 or 10% of the

amount charged, collected or received, whichever is greater,

(

b) if the contravention or failure to comply is the person's 2nd

contravention or failure to comply, $10 000 or 25% of the

amount charged, collected or received, whichever is greater,

(

c) if the contravention or failure to comply is the person's 3rd

or any subsequent contravention or failure to comply,

$25 000 or 50% of the amount charged, collected or received,

whichever is greater.

(2) Where a contravention of or failure to comply with

Part 1,

Division 1 of the Act or the regulations made under that division has

not resulted in the charging, collecting or receiving by any person of an

amount in addition to or in excess of benefits that are payable by the

Minister, the amount of the administrative penalty that the person who

is served the notice of administrative penalty respecting the

contravention or failure to comply must pay is $5000 per such

contravention or failure to comply up to a maximum of $1 000 000.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Minister may, where

the person who is served the notice of administrative penalty is not a

practitioner, determine that the amount of the administrative penalty

that the person must pay is,

(

a) if the contravention or failure to comply is the person's first

contravention or failure to comply, $25 000,

(

b) if the contravention or failure to comply is the person's 2nd

contravention or failure to comply, $50 000, or

(

c) if the contravention or failure to comply is the person's 3rd

or any subsequent contravention or failure to comply,

$100 000.

Time for payment

16.3(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may determine the

date by which a person who is served a notice of administrative

penalty must pay an amount under

section 16.2.

(2) A date determined under subsection (1) must be at least 30 days

after the day on which the person was served the notice of

administrative penalty.

(3) The Minister may extend the date determined under subsection (1)

(

a) on the request of the person served with the notice of

administrative penalty, or

(

b) for any reason that the Minister considers appropriate.

Interest and late payment penalty

16.4(1) If a person who is served a notice of administrative penalty

does not pay the full amount that the person is required to pay under

section 16.2 by the date determined under

section 16.3, the Minister

may, by issuing a notice to the person,

(

a) charge simple interest with respect to the amount at a rate the

Minister determines but not exceeding 8% per year, and

(

b) charge a late payment penalty equal to no more than 10% of

the amount that is unpaid.

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person who is issued a notice

under subsection (1) must, on being issued the notice, pay the interest

and late payment penalty that the person is charged.

(3) The person may, within 30 days of being issued the notice, make a

request to the Minister to have the interest and late payment penalty

that the person is charged waived.

(4) On receiving a request under subsection (3), the Minister may

waive some or all of the interest and late payment penalty that the

person making the request was charged if the Minister considers it

appropriate to do so.

Collection of administrative penalty

16.5(1) The Minister may collect from a person who is served a

notice of administrative penalty any portion of the amount of the

administrative penalty that the person must pay, and of the interest and

late payment penalty that the person is charged, that is not paid in

accordance with

section 16.3 or 16.4, as applicable,

(

a) by withholding an amount equivalent to the portion from any

benefits payable to the person,

(

b) by proceedings on a certificate registered with the Court of

King's Bench under subsection (2), or

(

c) under an agreement between the Minister and the person

providing for the payment of the portion.

(2) The Minister may certify the portion as an amount payable to the

Minister by the person after

(

a) the expiry of the appeal period under

section 16.6(1), if no

notice of appeal is submitted, or

(

b) the day on which the appeal is discontinued or the appeal

panel established to hear the appeal confirms or varies the

notice of administrative penalty, if a notice of appeal is

submitted.

(3) A certificate under subsection (2) shall, on production to the clerk

of the Court of King's Bench at the judicial centre closest to the place

where the person resides or has an office according to the records of

the Minister's Department, be registered in the Court as a judgment of

the Court and when registered has the same force and effect, and all

proceedings may be taken on it, as if the certificate were a judgment

obtained in the Court for a debt in the amount specified in the

certificate.

(4) Any fees payable by the Minister for the registration of a

certificate under subsection (3) or for the filing of a writ of

enforcement under the Land Titles Act may be included in the amount

specified in the certificate.

(5) Where, on appeal under

section 18(9) of the Act, a reassessment of

a claim for benefits is vacated, the Minister shall vacate any notice of

administrative penalty issued in respect of that claim.

Appeal of administrative penalty

16.6(1) A notice of appeal submitted under

section 28.2(1) of the Act

must be submitted no later than 15 calendar days after the person

submitting it was served with a notice of administrative penalty.

(2) A notice of appeal must be in the form and contain the content

prescribed by the Minister.

(3) An appeal panel established under

section 28.2(2) of the Act to

hear an appeal shall consist of one to three members, one of whom the

Minister shall designate as the chair.

(4) The chair may decide to conduct an appeal by

(

a) written submission only, or

(

b) an oral hearing held

(

i) in person,

(ii) by electronic means, or

(iii) by a combination of the methods referred to in

subclauses (

i) and (ii).

(5) The chair shall set the date by which a written submission must be

filed with the appeal panel in the case of an appeal conducted by

written submission only.

(6) The chair shall set the date, time and location of the hearing where

the appeal is to be conducted by oral hearing.

(7) Members of the appeal panel who are not employees of the

Government of Alberta may be paid remuneration and may receive

reasonable travelling and living expenses while away from their

ordinary places of residence in the course of their duties as members of

the appeal panel, at the rates prescribed by the Minister.

3 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of

section 1(34) of the Health Statutes Amendment

Act, 2025 (No. 2).

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Alberta Regulation 290/2025

Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

INSURED HOSPITAL SERVICES REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 402/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 71 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance

Act.

Table of Contents

Definitions

2 Residency - full-time students

3 Residency - temporarily absent from Alberta

4 Registration under Health Insurance Premiums Act

5 Certificate of registration

6 Insured hospital services

7 Non-insured hospital services

8 Authorized charges

9 Authorized charges for patients

requiring facility-based care

10 Patient transportation

11 Fees for enhanced goods and services

12 Fees charged to non-entitled persons

13 Payment for out-of-province hospital services

14 Continuing provision of out-of-province hospital services

15 Payments re diagnostic and laboratory procedures

16 Expiry

17 Coming into force

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "authorized charges" means authorized charges as defined in

section 45(

c) of the Act;

(b) "dependant" means dependant as defined in the Alberta

Health Care Insurance Regulation (AR 76/2006);

(c) "in-patient" means a patient referred to in

section 45(o)(

i) of

the Act;

(d) "newborn" means

(

i) an infant newly born in a hospital services facility, or

(ii) an infant newly born outside a hospital services facility

and admitted to a hospital services facility with the

infant's mother when the infant's mother is admitted for

maternity service, and who remained in the hospital

services facility as an in-patient,

but does not include a stillborn infant;

(e) "out-of-province hospital services" means hospital services

or other goods and services provided to a resident in

(

i) a hospital or health care facility outside Alberta but

within Canada, other than the Lloydminster Hospital, or

(ii) a hospital or health care facility outside Canada

operating under the law of the jurisdiction in which the

hospital or health care facility is located;

(f) "out-patient" means a patient referred to in

section 45(o)(ii)

of the Act;

(g) "private room" means a room in a hospital services facility

with not more than one bed;

(h) "provincial health agency" means

(

i) a provincial health agency under the Provincial Health

Agencies Act, and

(ii) with respect to a hospital services facility operator, the

provincial health agency established for the health

services sector in which the hospital services facility

operator provides hospital services;

(i) "schedule of fees" means the

schedule of fees established by

the sector Minister under

section 58(2) of the Act;

(j) "semi-private room" means a room in a hospital services

facility with 2 beds;

(k) "standard ward" means a room in a hospital services facility

with more than 2 beds;

(l) "temporarily absent from Alberta" has the same meaning as

in the Alberta Health Care Insurance Regulation

(AR 76/2006).

Residency - full-time students

2(1) In this section, "accredited educational institute" means an

accredited educational institute as defined in the Alberta Health Care

Insurance Regulation (AR 76/2006).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the following persons whose ordinary

place of residence is outside Canada are deemed to be residents of

Alberta for the purposes of

Part 2 of the Act and this Regulation:

(

a) a person who is in full-time attendance as a student at an

accredited educational institute in Alberta;

(

b) a person who is registered under the Health Insurance

Premiums Act as a dependant of a person referred to in clause

(a).

(3) Subsection (2) applies only if a person referred to in subsection

(2)(

a) or (b)

(

a) has been lawfully admitted to Canada,

(

b) has established residence in Alberta, and

(

c) intends to remain in Alberta for 12 or more consecutive

months.

Residency - temporarily absent from Alberta

3(1) In this section, "sector Minister" means the sector Minister

responsible for the health services sector within which the

out-of-province hospital services would have been provided to a

resident had they been provided in Alberta.

(2) A resident does not cease to be a resident for the purposes of

Part 2

of the Act and this Regulation by reason only of being temporarily

absent from Alberta.

(3) In determining whether a person is temporarily absent for the

purposes of

Part 2 of the Act and this Regulation, the sector Minister

may extend any period referred to in

section 3(1) of the Alberta Health

Care Insurance Regulation (AR 76/2006) for a further period that the

sector Minister considers proper, if

(

a) the person provides evidence satisfactory to the sector

Minister that the person intends to return to and maintain

permanent residence in Alberta after the extended period, or

(

b) in the opinion of the sector Minister, there are unforeseen and

extenuating circumstances.

Registration under Health Insurance Premiums Act

4(1) In this section, "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the

Health Insurance Premiums Act.

(2) If a resident or a resident's dependant who is not registered with

the Minister under the Health Insurance Premiums Act receives an

insured hospital service in a hospital services facility, the hospital

services facility operator shall provide the Minister with any

information respecting the resident and the resident's dependants that

the Minister requires to register the resident and the resident's

dependants.

(3) If the resident or resident's dependant refuses or is unable to

provide sufficient information for the hospital services facility operator

to provide the Minister with the information required under subsection

(2), the hospital services facility operator shall notify the Minister and

provide the Minister with as much information as it can obtain.

(4) If the Minister registers a resident and the resident's dependants

under this section, the Minister shall notify the hospital services

facility operator of the registration number of the resident or dependant

who received the insured hospital service.

Certificate of registration

5(1) On admission to a hospital services facility, proof of registration

under the Health Insurance Premiums Act is the responsibility of the

patient or person acting on the patient's behalf.

(2) A person registered under the Health Insurance Premiums Act who

receives an insured hospital service in a hospital services facility shall

present the person's certificate of registration as defined in the Health

Insurance Premiums Act to the appropriate official of the hospital

services facility operator.

Insured hospital services

6(1) In this section,

(a) "approved program" means an approved program as defined

section 1.9761(c.1) of the Provincial Health Agencies Act;

(b) "specific program" means a specific program as defined in

section 1.9761(

o) of the Provincial Health Agencies Act.

(2) The following goods and services are prescribed as insured

hospital services for the purposes of

section 52(a)(ii) of the Act:

(

a) when provided to an in-patient,

(

i) semi-private room or private room accommodation, if

the in-patient's attending physician is of the opinion

that, due to medical necessity, the in-patient requires

such accommodation,

(ii) transportation within Alberta, whether by ambulance or

other commercial vehicle, in the circumstances

described in

section 10, and

(iii) goods and services provided under an approved

program or specific program, unless they are enhanced

goods and services;

(

b) when provided to an out-patient, any medically necessary

goods and services that may be provided on an out-patient

basis, including goods used in a medical procedure but

excluding goods provided to a patient for use after discharge

from a hospital services facility.

Non-insured hospital services

7 The following goods and services are prescribed as non-insured

hospital services for the purposes of

section 54(2)(

d) of the Act:

(

a) services that a resident is entitled to receive under

Part 1 of

the Act;

(

b) the health services referred to in

section 59(

a) of the Act and

the goods and services referred to in

section 59(

b) of the Act;

(

c) out-of-province hospital services provided outside of Canada

without the prior approval of the sector Minister, unless the

sector Minister directs otherwise, but not including

out-of-province hospital services provided in an emergency

resulting from an acute and unexpected illness, disease,

condition or injury that requires medically required treatment

without delay outside Canada;

(

d) examinations required for the use of third parties, unless the

sector Minister directs otherwise;

(

e) laboratory and x-ray services performed in a facility not

approved by the sector Minister.

Authorized charges

8(1) An in-patient is required to pay authorized charges at the

following rates:

(

a) if the in-patient is a newborn who is not considered to be in

need of hospital services and who, at the request of the

Minister responsible for the Child, Youth and Family

Enhancement Act by reason of a consideration for adoption,

is retained in a hospital services facility up to 15 days from

date of birth, at the rate determined by the sector Minister;

(

b) if the in-patient requests and receives semi-private room or

private room accommodation, the authorized charges

determined by the provincial health agency, subject to

section 9;

(

c) if an in-patient in a health services sector in an approved

hospital is declared to be no longer in need of the hospital

services provided by the hospital operator and deemed to be a

trespasser under

section 1.976995 of the Provincial Health

Agencies Act, the applicable fees set out in the

schedule of

fees.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), the guardian of the newborn,

as determined in accordance with the Family Law Act or Child, Youth

and Family Enhancement Act, is required to pay the authorized charges

on behalf of the newborn.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(b), if the in-patient's attending

physician is of the opinion that, due to medical necessity, the in-patient

requires semi-private room or private room accommodation, the

in-patient is not required to pay the difference between the charges for

standard ward accommodation and semi-private room or private room

accommodation.

Authorized charges for patients

requiring facility-based care

9(1) An in-patient who has been assessed under the Continuing Care

Act as requiring facility-based care is required to pay authorized

charges in respect of standard ward, semi-private room or private room

accommodation.

(2) The authorized charges for each type of accommodation referred

to in subsection (1) must be set at the same amount as the maximum

amount of the accommodation charge set under

section 9(4) of the

Continuing Care Act in respect of the equivalent type of

accommodation described in

section 8 of the Continuing Care

(Ministerial) Regulation (AR 44/2024).

(3) The requirement to pay the authorized charges begins on the day

the patient is assessed under the Continuing Care Act as requiring

facility-based care.

Patient transportation

10(1) In this section, "type A continuing care home" means a type A

continuing care home as defined in the Continuing Care Regulation

(AR 21/2024).

(2) A charge for the transportation referred to in

section 6(2)(a)(ii),

resulting from a temporary transfer of a patient

(

a) from a hospital services facility to another hospital services

facility or to a type A continuing care home, or

(

b) from a type A continuing care home to another type A

continuing care home or to a hospital services facility,

is the responsibility of the hospital services facility operator or

continuing care home operator transferring the patient.

(3) A charge for the transportation referred to in

section 6(2)(a)(ii),

resulting from a permanent transfer within Alberta

(

a) from a hospital services facility to another hospital services

facility or to a type A continuing care home, or

(

b) from a type A continuing care home to another type A

continuing care home or to a hospital services facility,

is the responsibility of the hospital services facility operator or

continuing care home operator discharging the patient, and a charge

shall not be made to the patient.

Fees for enhanced goods and services

11(1) A provincial health agency shall not designate accommodation

as enhanced goods and services.

(2) For the purposes of

section 57(3) of the Act, the amount of the fee

that a hospital facility services operator may charge for enhanced

goods and services must not exceed the actual cost of the good or

service plus a reasonable administrative allowance.

(3) For greater certainty, a provincial health agency that is a hospital

services facility operator may determine the matters referred to in

section 57(2) and (3) of the Act with respect to itself as a hospital

services facility operator.

Fees charged to non-entitled persons

12(1) In this section, "patient day" means the period of service to an

in-patient beginning at midnight on one day and ending on the

following midnight, except that

(

a) the period of service on the day of admission is a patient day,

but the period of service on the day of discharge is not a

patient day, and

(

b) where admission and discharge occur on the same day, the

period of service is one patient day.

(2) A non-entitled person who is admitted as an in-patient to a hospital

services facility other than the Lloydminster Hospital shall pay to the

hospital services facility operator the following fees as set out in the

schedule of fees:

(

a) the patient day standard ward fees for the hospital services

facility, in the case of a non-entitled person who is a resident

of Canada;

(

b) the patient day standard ward fees approved for that purpose

in the case of a non-entitled person who is a non-resident of

Canada.

(3) A non-entitled person who receives goods or services as an

out-patient shall pay to the hospital services facility operator the fees

set out in the

schedule of fees with respect to the out-patient goods or

services.

(4) A non-entitled person who is provided semi-private room or

private room accommodation shall pay to the hospital services facility

operator the following fees:

(

a) the patient day semi-private room accommodation rate or the

patient day private room accommodation rate in accordance

with

section 8, in the case of a non-entitled person who is a

resident of Canada;

(

b) the patient day semi-private room accommodation rate or the

patient day private room accommodation rate in accordance

with

section 8, in the case of a non-entitled person who is a

non-resident of Canada.

(5) A non-entitled person who is a newborn and who is retained in a

hospital services facility after 30 days shall pay the approved adult rate

for the hospital services facility as set out in the

schedule of fees.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the guardian of the newborn, as

determined in accordance with the Family Law Act or Child, Youth and

Family Enhancement Act, is required to pay the authorized charges on

behalf of the newborn.

Payment for out-of-province hospital services

13(1) In this section, "health care insurance plan" means health care

insurance plan as defined in the Canada Health Act (Canada).

(2) For the purposes of

section 62 of the Act, the Government of

Alberta shall pay for out-of-province hospital services provided to a

resident who is

(

a) temporarily absent from Alberta, or

(

b) entitled to continuing coverage under

Part 1 of the Act by

virtue of

section 8 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance

Regulation (AR 76/2006).

(3) If the Government of Alberta is required to pay for out-of-province

hospital services under

section 62 of the Act, it shall make payments as

follows:

(

a) for out-of-province hospital services provided within Canada,

except those provided in the Lloydminster Hospital, at the

rate approved by the health care insurance plan of the

province in which the out-of-province hospital services are

provided, unless the sector Minister has entered into an

agreement with the government of that province to apportion

the cost between them in a different manner;

(

b) for out-of-province hospital services provided outside

Canada, at the lesser of the rates prescribed by the sector

Minister and the rates charged by the operator of the hospital

or health care facility in which the hospital services were

provided.

(4) In prescribing the rates under subsection (3)(b), the sector Minister

may take into account the size, standard of service and type of hospital

or health care facility in which the out-of-province hospital services

were provided and other factors the sector Minister considers relevant.

(5) For the purposes of this section, out-of-province hospital services

provided to a resident who is admitted to a hospital or health care

facility on the same day or during the first visit to the hospital or health

care facility are not considered out-patient services.

(6) If a resident has paid the operator of the hospital or health care

facility for the out-of-province hospital services provided and submits

to the sector Minister the information required under subsection (8),

the Government of Alberta shall reimburse the resident in accordance

with this section.

(7) If a resident has not paid the operator of the hospital or health care

facility that provided the out-of-province hospital services and submits

to the sector Minister the information required under subsection (8),

the Government of Alberta shall pay the operator of the hospital or

health care facility for the out-of-province hospital services in

accordance with this section.

(8) Subject to an agreement referred to in subsection (3)(a), the

resident or a person acting on the resident's behalf shall submit the

following information to the sector Minister:

(

a) a completed application form;

(

b) a statement of account issued by the hospital or health care

facility with respect to the out-of-province hospital services;

(

c) evidence of payment for or receipt of the out-of-province

hospital services that is satisfactory to the sector Minister;

(

d) a medical statement that shows the diagnosis and, if surgery

was performed, the name of the operation.

Continuing provision of out-of-province hospital services

14(1) If out-of-province hospital services are provided to a resident in

respect of one particular illness or accident for a period of more than 3

months after the date on which the out-of-province hospital services

were first provided, the resident or a person acting on the resident's

behalf shall, within that 3-month period,

(

a) notify the sector Minister of the reasons why continued

provision of the out-of-province hospital services is

necessary, and

(

b) provide any information requested by the sector Minister.

(2) When the sector Minister receives a notification and the requested

information under subsection (1), the sector Minister may

(

a) continue the payment in respect of the out-of-province

hospital services and prescribe the period during which

payment will continue to be made, or

(

b) terminate the payment in respect of the out-of-province

hospital services.

(3) The sector Minister may terminate the payment at any time after

the end of the 3-month period referred to in subsection (1) if the

resident or a person acting on the resident's behalf fails to

(

a) notify the sector Minister or provide information in

accordance with subsection (1), and

(

b) make arrangements to return the resident to Alberta as soon

as practicable.

Payments re diagnostic and laboratory procedures

15 A hospital services facility operator shall make payments in

respect of the

interpretation of x-ray, laboratory and other diagnostic

procedures only under an agreement with a qualified radiologist or

pathologist or other medical personnel recommended by the College of

Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.

Expiry

16 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on February 28, 2031.

Coming into force

17 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of

section 1(46) of the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2).

Alberta Regulation 291/2025

Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

ALBERTA HEALTH CARE INSURANCE ACT

(CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 403/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 84 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance

Act.

1(1) The Alberta Aids to Daily Living and Extended Health

Benefits Regulation (AR 236/85) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(1)(

a) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

2(1) The Alberta Health Care Insurance Regulation

(AR 76/2006) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1(2) is amended by striking out "In the Act and the

regulations" and substituting "In

Part 1 of the Act and this

Regulation".

(3) Section 2 is amended by adding "health" after "insured".

(4) Section 2.1 is amended by adding "health" after "insured".

(5) Sections 5(1) and 7(1) and (2) are amended by adding

"Part 1 of" after "purposes of".

(6) Section 12(2)(

e) is amended by striking out "the Hospitals

Act" and substituting "Part 2 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance

Act".

(7) Section 14(3) is amended

(

a) by striking out "the Act and regulations" and

substituting "Part 1 of the Act and the regulations made

under that Part";

(

b) by adding "health" after "insured".

(8) Section 17 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Ministers re reciprocal payments

17(1) The Minister is authorized under the Plan as defined in

Part 1

of the Act to make payments to a physician in respect of insured

health services provided by the physician to non-residents from

another province or territory of Canada if

(

a) the making of those payments is the subject of an agreement

between the Crown as represented by the Minister and the

government of the other province or territory as represented

by the appropriate Minister of that province or territory, and

(

b) the agreement provides that those payments are recoverable

from the provincial or territorial health authority of the other

province or territory.

(2) A sector Minister is authorized under the Plan as defined in

Part

2 of the Act to make payments to a hospital services facility operator

in respect of insured hospital services provided by the hospital

services facility operator to non-residents from another province or

territory of Canada if

(

a) the making of those payments is the subject of an agreement

between the Crown as represented by the sector Minister and

the government of the other province or territory as

represented by the appropriate Minister of that province or

territory, and

(

b) the agreement provides that those payments are recoverable

from the provincial or territorial health authority of the other

province or territory.

(9) Section 17.2(1) and (2)(

d) are amended by adding

"health" after "insured".

3(1) The Claims for Benefits Regulation (AR 81/2006) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 2 is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after "under".

(3) Sections 3(5) and 7(3) are amended by striking out

"section 17" and substituting "section 17(1)".

(4) Section 9 is amended by adding "health" after "insured".

4(1) The Crown's Right of Recovery (Ministerial) Regulation

(AR 88/2012) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 3 is amended

(

a) by repealing clauses (

a) and (

b) and substituting

the following:

(

a) the cost of in-patient services provided to the recipient

at an approved hospital calculated in accordance with

the following formula:

A + (A x

B) where

A is the amount that the recipient would have to pay

under

section 12 of the Insured Hospital Services

Regulation for insured hospital services as defined

Part 2 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

received as an in-patient at the approved hospital if

the recipient was a resident of Canada who is not

entitled under

Part 2 of the Alberta Health Care

Insurance Act to receive insured hospital services;

B is a capital cost surcharge of 10%;

(

b) the cost of out-patient services provided to a recipient at

an approved hospital calculated in accordance with the

following formula:

C + (C x

B) where

C is the amount that the recipient would have to pay

under

section 12 of the Insured Hospital Services

Regulation for insured hospital services as defined

Part 2 of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act

received as an out-patient at the approved hospital

if the recipient was a resident of Canada who is not

entitled under

Part 2 of the Alberta Health Care

Insurance Act to receive insured hospital services;

B is a capital cost surcharge of 10%;

(

b) in clause (

g) by adding "Part 1 of" after "defined in".

5(1) The Fatality Inquiries Regulation (AR 65/2000) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 8 is amended by adding "Part 1 or 2 of" after

"pursuant to".

(3) The

Schedule is amended in

section 6(1) by adding "Part

1 of" after "under".

6(1) The Health Information Regulation (AR 70/2001) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(1)(

b) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

(3) Section 3(c)(iii) is amended by striking out

"Hospitalization Benefits Plan" and substituting "Insured Hospital

Services Plan".

7(1) The Health Insurance Premiums Regulation

(AR 217/81) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1(1) is amended by striking out "defined in the"

and substituting "defined in

Part 1 or 2 of the".

(3) Section 10(2) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"benefits under".

(4) Section 24(

d) is amended by striking out "all insured

services" and substituting "the same services as insured health

services and insured hospital services".

(5) Section 26(2)(

b) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

b) receives an insured hospital service, or

(6) Section 28(2) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(2) A resident registered with the Minister who receives a health

service from a practitioner or an insured hospital service shall

present the resident's certificate of registration to the practitioner or

appropriate official of the hospital services facility operator, as the

case may be.

(7) Section 30(1)(

c) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

c) a dependant who is entitled under

an Act of Parliament of

Canada other than the Canada Health Act (Canada) to the

same services as insured health services and insured hospital

services.

8(1) The Medical Benefits Regulation (AR 84/2006) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 1(b)(ii) is amended by adding "health" after

"insured".

(3) Section 2(1) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

(4) Section 4 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "section 17" and

substituting "section 17(1)";

(

b) in subsection (3)(

b) by striking out "the Act and the

regulations under the Act" and substituting "Part 1 of the

Act and the regulations made under that Part".

9(1) The Mental Health Regulation (AR 19/2004) is amended

by this section.

(2) Section 2 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "section 6 of the

Hospitalization Benefits Regulation (AR 244/90)" and

substituting "section 10 of the Insured Hospital Services

Regulation";

(

b) in subsection (3) by striking out "section 5(1)(

c) and

(2) of the Hospitalization Benefits Regulation (AR 244/90)"

and substituting "section 8(1)(

b) of the Insured Hospital

Services Regulation";

(

c) in subsection (4) by striking out "section 30 of the

Hospitals Act and the Hospitalization Benefits Regulation

(AR 244/90)" and substituting "section 1.976992 of the

Provincial Health Agencies Act and the Insured Hospital

Services Regulation".

10(1) The Miscellaneous Insurance Provisions Regulation

(AR 120/2001) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 3(2) is amended

(

a) by adding "Part 1 of" after "not provided under";

(

b) by striking out "services under the Alberta Health Care

Insurance Act" and substituting "services under that

Part".

11(1) The Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Regulation

(AR 189/98) is amended by this section.

(2) The

Schedule is amended in

section 1(1) by striking out

"Hospitalization Benefits Regulation (AR 244/90)" and substituting

"Insured Hospital Services Regulation".

12(1) The Optometric Benefits Regulation (AR 202/2007) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(1) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

13(1) The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Benefits

Regulation (AR 86/2006) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(1) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

(3) Section 4 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1)

(

i) in the portion preceding clause (

a) by adding

"health" after "insured";

(ii) in clause (

a) by striking out "services" after

"insured";

(iii) in clause (

b) by repealing the portion preceding

subclause (

i) and substituting the following:

(

b) if the services are not insured under the legislation

in that province or territory, the benefits are

payable according to

Part 1 of the Act and the

regulations made under that Part and the benefits

payable are limited to the lesser of

(

b) in subsection (2) by adding "health" after "insured".

(4) Section 5(1) and (2) are amended by adding "health" after

"insured".

14(1) The Out-of-Country Health Services Regulation

(AR 78/2006) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1(1) is amended

(

a) in clauses (

d) and (d.1) by striking out "insured

services" and substituting "insured health services";

(

b) by repealing clause (e).

(3) Section 2 is amended in subsections (1), (2) and (3)(c)(ii)

by striking out "insured services" and substituting "insured

health services".

(4) Section 6(2)(

b) is amended by striking out "insured

services" and substituting "insured health services".

(5) Section 7(1)(a.2)(ii) is amended by striking out "insured

services" and substituting "insured health services".

(6) Section 8 is amended in subsections (1) and (2) by

striking out "insured services" wherever it occurs and

substituting "insured health services".

15(1) The Podiatric Benefits Regulation (AR 87/2006) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(1) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

16(1) The Podiatric Surgery Benefits Regulation

(AR 137/2006) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(1) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

17(1) The Treatment Services Regulation (AR 248/85) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 3(3) is amended by adding "Part 1 of" after

"under".

18 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into

force of

section 1(46) of the Health Statutes Amendment

Act, 2025 (No. 2).

Alberta Regulation 292/2025

Health Professions Act

HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 405/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 134 of the Health Professions Act.

1 The Health Professions Restricted Activity Regulation

(AR 22/2023) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 24 is amended

(

a) by striking out "temporary register" and substituting

"provisional register";

(

b) by repealing clause (

d) and substituting the

following:

(

d) for the purpose of administering diagnostic

examinations in medical radiography, to insert or

remove instruments, devices or fingers

(

i) beyond the opening of the urethra,

(ii) beyond the anal verge, or

(iii) into an artificial opening into the body.

Section 26 is amended

(

a) by striking out "temporary register" and substituting

"provisional register";

(

b) by repealing clause (

c) and substituting the

following:

(

c) for the purpose of radiation treatment, to insert or

remove instruments, devices, fingers or hands

(

i) beyond the cartilaginous portion of the ear canal,

(ii) beyond the pharynx,

(iii) beyond the opening of the urethra,

(iv) beyond the labia majora,

(

v) beyond the anal verge, or

(vi) into an artificial opening into the body.

4 Sections 28, 30 and 32 are amended by striking out

"temporary register" and substituting "provisional register".

5 The following is added after

section 33:

Restricted activities for ultrasound technologists

33.1 For the purposes of

section 1.3 and

Schedule 12 to the Act, a

regulated member on the ultrasound technologist general register,

ultrasound technologist provisional register or ultrasound

technologist courtesy register, in the practice of medical diagnostic

and therapeutic technology, may perform in accordance with

standards of practice the following restricted activities:

(

a) to apply non-ionizing radiation for the purpose of ultrasound

imaging, including any application of ultrasound to a fetus;

(

b) to administer diagnostic imaging contrast agents for the

purpose of conducting diagnostic scans and imaging of body

tissue;

(

c) to cut a body tissue or to perform other invasive procedures

on body tissue below the dermis for the purpose of starting

an intravenous line;

(

d) for the purpose of conducting diagnostic scans and imaging

of body tissue, to insert or remove instruments or devices

(

i) beyond the labia majora, or

(ii) beyond the anal verge.

Restricted activities for echocardiographers

33.2 For the purposes of

section 1.3 and

Schedule 12 to the Act, a

regulated member on the echocardiographer general register,

echocardiographer provisional register or echocardiographer

courtesy register, in the practice of medical diagnostic and

therapeutic technology, may perform in accordance with standards of

practice the following restricted activities:

(

a) to apply non-ionizing radiation for the purpose of ultrasound

imaging, including any application of ultrasound to a fetus;

(

b) to administer diagnostic imaging contrast agents for the

purpose of conducting diagnostic scans and imaging of body

tissue;

(

c) to cut a body tissue or to perform other invasive procedures

on body tissue below the dermis for the purpose of starting

an intravenous line.

Restricted activities for vascular technologists

33.3 For the purposes of

section 1.3 and

Schedule 12 to the Act, a

regulated member on the vascular technologist general register,

vascular technologist provisional register or vascular technologist

courtesy register, in the practice of medical diagnostic and

therapeutic technology, may perform in accordance with standards of

practice the following restricted activities:

(

a) to apply non-ionizing radiation for the purpose of ultrasound

imaging, including any application of ultrasound to a fetus;

(

b) to administer diagnostic imaging contrast agents for the

purpose of conducting diagnostic scans and imaging of body

tissue;

(

c) to cut a body tissue or to perform other invasive procedures

on body tissue below the dermis for the purpose of starting

an intravenous line.

6 This Regulation comes into force on July 6, 2026.

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Alberta Regulation 293/2025

Hospitals Act

HOSPITALS ACT REGULATIONS

REPEAL REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 406/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to sections 43 and 60 of the Hospitals Act.

1 The Hospitalization Benefits Regulation (AR 244/90) is

repealed.

2 The Hospitalization Benefits Amendment Regulation

(AR 210/2025) is repealed.

3 The Hospitals Foundation Regulation (AR 27/2007) is

repealed.

4(1) Sections 1 and 2 come into force on the coming into

force of

section 11(2) of the Health Statutes Amendment

Act, 2025 (No. 2).

(2) Section 3 comes into force on the coming into force of

section 30(10) of the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.

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Alberta Regulation 294/2025

Provincial Health Agencies Act

OPERATION OF APPROVED HOSPITALS

AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 407/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 1.97699993 of the Provincial Health

Agencies Act.

1 The Operation of Approved Hospitals Regulation

(AR 211/2025) is amended by this Regulation.

Section 1 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Definitions

1 In this Regulation,

(a) "approved program operating deficit" means the excess of

approved program operating expenditures over operating

revenue in a fiscal year;

(b) "approved program operating expenditures" means approved

program operating expenditures as determined under

section

50.2;

(c) "approved program operating surplus" means the excess of

operating revenue over approved program operating

expenditures in a fiscal year;

(d) "attending member" means an attending physician of a

patient or an attending member of the professional staff of a

patient;

(e) "discretionary revenue" means discretionary revenue as

determined under

section 50.1(2);

(f) "fiscal year" means the period from April 1 to the following

March 31;

(g) "foundation" means

(

i) a health foundation as defined in the Health and

Hospital Foundations Regulation,

(ii) a hospital foundation as defined in the Health and

Hospital Foundations Regulation, or

(iii) a foundation or other corporation with respect to which an

exemption has been granted under

section 46 of the Health

and Hospital Foundations Regulation;

(h) "hospital service records" means the records referred to in

section 1.9769992 of the Act;

(i) "in-patient" means a patient referred to in

section

1.9761(k)(

i) of the Act;

(j) "offset revenue" means offset revenue as determined under

section 50.1(4);

(k) "operating grants" means grants made by the sector Minister

with respect to approved program operating expenditures;

(l) "operating revenue" means operating grants made for the

fiscal year and offset revenue earned for the fiscal year but

does not include discretionary revenue;

(m) "out-patient" means a patient referred to in

section

1.9761(k)(ii) of the Act;

(n) "private room" means a room with not more than one bed;

(o) "semi-private room" means a room with 2 beds;

(p) "standard ward" means a room with more than 2 beds;

(q) "upgrading" means work carried out for the purposes of

ensuring compliance with the requirements in the applicable

Acts, regulations, codes and standards that must be met for a

health services sector in an approved hospital to operate.

Section 29(5)(

b) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(

b) not entitled to receive insured hospital services under

Part 2

of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act, and

4 The following is added after

section 50:

Financial Matters

Discretionary and offset revenue

50.1(1) In this section,

(a) "ancillary operations" means commercial operations of a

health services sector in an approved hospital that are

approved by the sector Minister as ancillary operations and

that are not directly related to the care of patients, including

the operation of gift shops and parking areas;

(b) "authorized charges" means authorized charges as defined in

section 45(

c) of the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act;

(c) "preferred accommodation charges" means the charges for

semi-private room and private room accommodation in a

health services sector in an approved hospital.

(2) The discretionary revenue of a hospital operator with respect to a

health services sector in an approved hospital consists of revenue

received by the hospital operator from the following sources:

(

a) preferred accommodation charges in excess of the aggregate

amount collected from that source during the 1982/83 fiscal

year, up to the aggregate amount collected from that source

at rates not exceeding $8 per day for semi-private room

accommodation or $16 per day for private room

accommodation;

(b) 50% of any amount collected in daily authorized charges for

semi-private or private room accommodation in excess of $8

or $16, as the case may be;

(

c) the amount from each daily authorized charge collected

under

section 9(1) of the Insured Hospital Services

Regulation that is in excess of the amount chargeable under

that

section in respect of standard ward accommodation in

the health services sector in the approved hospital;

(

d) donations that are not subject to prior trust conditions;

(

e) foundations;

(

f) user charges;

(

g) net income from ancillary operations;

(

h) subject to

section 50.6(4), interest earned on grants or

investments.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the discretionary revenue of a

hospital operator of a health services sector in the Lloydminster

Hospital does not include revenue from the following sources:

(

a) authorized admission charges;

(

b) preferred accommodation charges.

(4) The offset revenue of a hospital operator with respect to a health

services sector in an approved hospital consists of revenue received by

the hospital operator from the following sources:

(

a) preferred accommodation charges up to the aggregate

amount collected from that source during the 1982/83 fiscal

year;

(b) 50% of any amount collected in excess of $8 or $16, as the

case may be, in daily authorized charges for semi-private or

private room accommodation;

(

c) the amount from each daily authorized charge collected

under

section 9(1) of the Insured Hospital Services

Regulation that is equivalent to the amount chargeable under

that

section in respect of standard ward accommodation;

(

d) charges for goods and services provided by the hospital

operator in connection with non-insured health services

referred to in

section 59 of the Alberta Health Care

Insurance Act;

(

e) fees charged in excess of the cost of providing enhanced

goods and services referred to in

section 11(2) of the Insured

Hospital Services Regulation;

(

f) fees charged to non-entitled persons under

section 12 of the

Insured Hospital Services Regulation or cost recoveries with

respect to non-entitled persons;

(

g) charges for equipment or space rentals;

(

h) charges for goods and services provided to other institutions

or organizations;

(

i) other sources of revenue identified by the sector Minister as

being offset revenue.

Approved program operating expenditures

50.2(1) Subject to subsection (2), the approved program operating

expenditures of a hospital operator with respect to a health services

sector in an approved hospital consist of the operating expenditures

incurred by the hospital operator in delivering approved programs in

the health services sector in the approved hospital during a fiscal year.

(2) The approved program operating expenditures of a hospital

operator do not include the following expenditures:

(

a) an interest expense;

(

b) depreciation;

(

c) a debt incurred with respect to the health services sector in an

approved hospital that the hospital operator considers to be

uncollectable;

(

d) a capital expenditure, except where it is amortized over

several years and where the sector Minister has approved

both the capital expenditure as an approved program

operating expenditure and the amortization period;

(

e) an expenditure with respect to a specific program;

(

f) other expenditures identified by the sector Minister as not

being approved program operating expenditures.

Approved program operating surpluses

and discretionary revenue

50.3(1) An approved program operating surplus and any discretionary

revenue remaining after a hospital operator complies with subsections

(2) and (3) may be used

(

a) for any purpose within the authority of the hospital operator

that will benefit the health services sector in the approved

hospital, and

(

b) if the approved hospital has a foundation, for transfers to the

foundation.

(2) A hospital operator shall return an approved program operating

surplus to the sector Minister to the extent that it is attributable to a

reduction or transfer of services, programs or activities that the sector

Minister has not approved or to duplicate payments or overpayments

made by the sector Minister.

(3) A hospital operator may retain an approved program operating

surplus and discretionary revenue, other than that surplus that must be

returned to the sector Minister under subsection (2), and must use them

to offset approved program operating deficits and deficits for programs

other than approved programs.

(4) A hospital operator shall not make an appropriation or disposition

from an approved program operating surplus or discretionary revenue

under this

section without the written approval of the sector Minister.

Approved program operating deficits

50.4 If a hospital operator cannot eliminate an approved program

operating deficit incurred during a fiscal year through the use of

accumulated approved program operating surplus or discretionary

revenue, the hospital operator shall, within 4 months after the

beginning of the following fiscal year, submit a plan to the sector

Minister outlining how the approved program operating deficit will be

eliminated during the 2 fiscal years following the fiscal year in which

the deficit was incurred.

Capital project costs

50.5(1) In this

section and in

section 50.6,

(a) "capital project costs" includes the following capital project

costs, in whole or in part:

(

i) the approved cost of construction, alteration, renovation

or upgrading of the facilities in a health services sector

in an approved hospital;

(ii) the approved cost of construction of

(

A) staff residences and health services clinics in

isolated areas of Alberta, as determined by the

sector Minister, and

(

B) parking structures;

(iii) the cost of essential services approved by the sector

Minister, including

(

A) roads and sidewalks,

(

B) gravelled parking lots, including essential lighting,

(

C) all grading, levelling and spreading of existing

topsoil,

(

D) mechanical and electrical services from site

boundaries to buildings, including fire protection,

(

E) outdoor signs, and

(

F) necessary demolition of existing buildings

obstructing approved construction;

(iv) the approved cost of construction contingencies;

(

v) approved consulting fees incurred for a project;

(vi) approved

(

A) furniture and equipment allowances,

(

B) administrative planning costs, and

(

C) pre-opening expenses related to a project;

(b) "CLS" means the Consolidated Liquidity Solution

established by the President of Treasury Board and Minister

of Finance as a cash-pooling structure for the purposes of

financial management;

(c) "minor construction" means a capital construction project for

which the estimated capital project costs are initially

established at less than $5 000 000.

(2) A hospital operator must not incur an expenditure for capital

project costs, whether funded through the issue of debentures or

otherwise,

(

a) with respect to a project other than minor construction,

without the written approval of the Treasury Board, and

(

b) with respect to minor construction requiring a grant, without

the written approval of the sector Minister.

(3) A hospital operator shall not borrow, whether through the issue of

debentures or otherwise, in respect of capital project costs without the

sector Minister's approval.

(4) If a hospital operator issues debentures for capital project costs

approved under subsection (2), the sector Minister shall make grants to

the hospital operator with respect to repayment of principal and

interest on the debentures.

(5) If a hospital operator has not issued debentures for capital project

costs approved under subsection (2), the sector Minister shall make

grants to the hospital operator with respect to payment of the capital

project costs.

(6) The sector Minister may make grants in respect of approved

capital project costs necessarily incurred prior to the commencement of

the construction phase on a reimbursement basis.

(7) Except as provided in subsection (6), the sector Minister shall, in

advance, make grants referred to in subsection (5) into the CLS to the

credit of the hospital operator.

(8) The sector Minister shall deposit into the CLS funds received

through the issue of debentures.

(9) The sector Minister shall deposit into the CLS funds received from

federal sales tax and excise tax refunds.

(10) The sector Minister may only expend funds from the CLS for the

purposes of capital project costs.

(11) Any unexpended balance in the CLS shall be refunded by the

hospital operator to the President of Treasury Board and Minister of

Finance following completion of the project audit or as directed by the

sector Minister.

Interest on capital project funding

50.6(1) Grants made by the sector Minister to a hospital operator with

respect to interest on debt resulting from capital project costs shall be

based on the lesser of

(

a) the interest rate contracted by the hospital operator to finance

the debt, and

(

b) the interest rate that would have been charged by the Crown,

as determined in the sole discretion of the President of

Treasury Board and Minister of Finance, on the date on

which the hospital operator entered into the financing

contract, if the debt had been financed under the Local

Authorities Capital Financing Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (4), all interest earned on the CLS shall

remain in the CLS until disposed of in accordance with

section 50.5

and this section.

(3) Expenditures approved by the sector Minister for interest paid by a

hospital operator on short-term borrowings for capital project costs

may be reimbursed from the CLS.

(4) Interest earned on grants made under

section 50.5 with respect to

capital project costs may be expended only

(

a) to offset capital interest expenses related to that project, or

(

b) instead of grants due under

section 50.5(5), if authorized by

the sector Minister.

Section 51 is amended by striking out "or 16" and

substituting ", 16 or 50.3(4)".

Alberta Regulation 295/2025

Provincial Health Agencies Act

HEALTH AND HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONS REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 408/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to sections 1.97699993 and 23 of the Provincial

Health Agencies Act.

Table of Contents

Part 1

Health Foundations

Division 1

Health Foundations Generally

Definitions

2 Delegation

3 Purposes of health foundation

4 Establishing bylaws

5 Corporate status

6 Members

7 Election of members

8 Term of members

9 Appointment of initial members

10 Residency requirement for members

11 Participants

12 Termination of members and participants

13 Health foundation bylaws

14 Powers and duties

15 Consultation with oversight Minister

16 Records, reports and returns

17 Fiscal year

18 Annual meeting

19 Annual report

20 Transfer of property

21 Winding-up of health foundations

22 Prohibition on establishing health foundations or

incorporating organizations

Division 2

Specific Health Foundations

23 Alberta Cancer Foundation

24 University Hospital Foundation

Division 3

Transitional Provisions

Definitions

26 Transition to health foundations

27 Deemed establishing bylaws

28 Amendment of deemed establishing bylaws

29 Deemed health foundation bylaws

30 Members and participants

31 Members - University Hospital Foundation

Part 2

Hospital Foundations

Division 1

Hospital Foundations

Definitions

33 Establishment of hospital foundation

34 Corporate status

35 Members

36 Term of members

37 Residency requirement for members

38 Termination of members

39 Hospital foundation bylaws

40 Fiscal year

41 Annual meeting

42 Annual report

43 Transfer of property by hospital foundation

44 Transfer of property by hospital foundation operator

45 Winding-up of hospital foundations

46 Prohibition on operating foundations to benefit hospitals, etc.

Division 2

Transitional Provisions

Definitions

48 Transition to hospital foundations

49 Exemptions

50 Deemed hospital foundation bylaws

51 Members and chair

Part 3

Repeals, Expiry and Coming into Force

52 Repeals

53 Expiry

54 Coming into force

Part 1

Health Foundations

Division 1

Health Foundations Generally

Definitions

1 In this Part,

(a) "establishing bylaws" means, with respect to a health

foundation, the bylaws establishing the health foundation

made by the HSS Provincial Health Corporation in

accordance with

section 4;

(b) "health foundation" means

(

i) a health foundation established by the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation in accordance with

section 1.951(1)

of the Act and this Part, or

(ii) a foundation continued as a health foundation under

section 26;

(c) "health foundation bylaws" means the bylaws made by a

health foundation under

section 13;

(d) "HSS Provincial Health Corporation" means the Health

Shared Services Provincial Health Corporation established

under

section 2(1) of the Health Shared Services Provincial

Health Corporation Regulation (AR 235/2025);

(e) "member" means a member of a health foundation;

(f) "participant" means a person designated as a participant of a

health foundation under

section 11.

Delegation

2 The chair of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation may delegate

any of the chair's powers under this Regulation to any member or

other person the chair considers advisable.

Purposes of health foundation

3 The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may establish a health

foundation to raise funds to benefit one or more of the following:

(

a) a facility;

(

b) a provincial health agency, with respect to a health program

operated by

(

i) the provincial health agency, or

(ii) a provincial health corporation whose responsible

Minister is the sector Minister responsible for the health

services sector for which the provincial health agency

was established;

(

c) a community;

(d) 2 or more health foundations.

Establishing bylaws

4(1) The establishing bylaws for a health foundation must address the

following matters:

(

a) the name of the health foundation;

(

b) the purposes for which the health foundation is established,

in accordance with

section 3;

(

c) subject to

section 6(1), the number of members, set out as a

range of numbers or up to a maximum number;

(

d) the qualifications and other eligibility requirements for

membership or designation as a participant;

(

e) the requirement for the health foundation to establish a

process by which the health foundation consults annually

with the HSS Provincial Health Corporation respecting the

specific purposes and effects of fundraising;

(

f) the requirement for the health foundation to establish

operating rules respecting the accumulation and disbursement

of annual surpluses;

(

g) the requirement for annual approval by the health foundation

of any fundraising and financial plans;

(

h) the requirement for the health foundation to establish and

maintain effective internal controls and procedures, including

borrowing and investing practices.

(2) If there is a conflict between the establishing bylaws and the Act, a

regulation made under the Act or an enactment that is made applicable

by a regulation made under the Act, then the Act, regulation or

enactment prevails.

(3) Any amendments to the establishing bylaws must ensure that the

funds of the health foundation that were accumulated, acquired or

pledged before the date on which the amendments come into force are

to be used, in accordance with any applicable trust conditions, solely to

carry out the purposes of the health foundation as they existed

immediately before that date.

Corporate status

5(1) A health foundation is a corporation consisting of its members.

(2) A health foundation is not a trust corporation for the purposes of

the Loan and Trust Corporations Act.

Members

6(1) The number of members of a health foundation is the number

provided for in the establishing bylaws, which must be not fewer than

5 members.

(2) The members of a health foundation must include

(

a) one member appointed by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation, and

(

b) at least one member of the public who is not a member of a

provincial health agency or a provincial health corporation.

(3) The members must designate a chair from among themselves.

(4) A member is not entitled to remuneration for acting as a member,

but the health foundation may, in accordance with the health

foundation bylaws, authorize the payment of disbursements to

reimburse expenses properly incurred by the member in the course of

carrying out the member's duties.

Election of members

7(1) A member of a health foundation other than the member referred

to in

section 6(2)(

a) must be elected at a meeting of the health

foundation by the members in office.

(2) The member must be elected from

(

a) a list of persons nominated by the members in office and the

participants of the health foundation,

(

b) a list of persons resulting from a public nomination or

appointment process implemented by the health foundation,

(

c) a combination of the lists referred to in clauses (

a) and (b).

Term of members

8(1) The term of a member appointed under

section 6(2)(

a) or 9 or

elected under

section 7 must not exceed 3 years.

(2) A member appointed under

section 6(2)(

a) or 9 or elected under

section 7 is eligible to be re-elected or reappointed for additional

terms.

Appointment of initial members

9 Notwithstanding

section 7(1), when a health foundation is

established, the chair of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation must

appoint the first members of the health foundation in the number set

out in the establishing bylaws.

Residency requirement for members

10 A person is not eligible to be appointed or elected as a member of

a health foundation unless the person is ordinarily resident in Alberta.

Participants

11(1) A health foundation, other than the University Hospital

Foundation, may designate one or more persons as participants for the

purposes of observing and participating in meetings of the health

foundation.

(2) Before designating a participant under subsection (1), the health

foundation must consult the HSS Provincial Health Corporation.

(3) A participant does not have the right to vote at meetings of the

health foundation.

Termination of members and participants

12(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation may, by written notice,

terminate the appointment of a member if

(

a) the member ceases to meet any of the qualifications or other

eligibility requirements set out in the establishing bylaws, or

(

b) the member ceases to be ordinarily resident in Alberta.

(2) A health foundation may terminate the designation of a participant

if the participant ceases to meet any of the qualifications or other

eligibility requirements set out in the establishing bylaws.

Health foundation bylaws

13(1) A health foundation must make bylaws respecting the general

conduct, operation and management of the health foundation,

including bylaws respecting the reimbursement of expenses under

section 6(4).

(2) Health foundation bylaws must be consistent with the Act, this

Regulation and the establishing bylaws.

Powers and duties

14(1) A health foundation may solicit and receive real and personal

property to carry out the purposes of the health foundation.

(2) A health foundation must comply with any trust conditions

attaching to real and personal property it has received.

(3) A health foundation must

(

a) carry on its business without the purpose of gain of its

members and must not pay dividends to its members, and

(

b) apply the profits, if any, and other income of the health

foundation to carry out the purposes of the health foundation.

(4) A health foundation may enter into any agreements and do all

other things that may be necessary, desirable or expedient to carry out

its purposes.

(5) A health foundation may delegate any of its powers to committees

consisting of members of the health foundation and any other persons

the health foundation considers advisable.

(6) A committee referred to in subsection (5) must, in the exercise of

the powers delegated to it, conform and be subject to the direction and

control of the health foundation.

Consultation with oversight Minister

15(1) A health foundation must consult with the oversight Minister at

least annually for the purpose of ensuring that the health foundation is

carrying out its duties, responsibilities and functions in accordance

with the oversight Minister's strategic direction for the health care

system.

(2) The oversight Minister must notify the health foundation in writing

of the date on which consultation will take place.

Records, reports and returns

16 A health foundation must, on the written request of the chair of

the HSS Provincial Health Corporation or the oversight Minister,

provide to the chair or the oversight Minister records, reports and

returns as specified in the request.

Fiscal year

17 The fiscal year of a health foundation is April 1 to the following

March 31.

Annual meeting

18 A health foundation must meet at least annually on a date

determined in accordance with the health foundation bylaws or on a

date set by the chair of the health foundation.

Annual report

19(1) In this section, "gross contributions" means gross contributions

within the meaning of the Charitable Fund-raising Regulation

(AR 108/2000).

(2) By the date specified by the chair of the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation but not later than July 31 following the end of a fiscal

year, a health foundation must provide to the chair an annual report on

its activities for the previous fiscal year that contains

(

a) the financial statements for the previous fiscal year, and

(

b) any other information required by the chair of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation by notice in writing to the

health foundation.

(3) The financial statements must be

(

a) audited if the gross contributions received by the health

foundation in the previous fiscal year were $250 000 or

more, or

(

b) in a form satisfactory to the chair of the HSS Provincial

Health Corporation if the gross contributions received by the

health foundation in the previous fiscal year were less than

$250 000.

(4) The oversight Minister may, by notice in writing to a health

foundation, require that the annual report, financial statements and

information referred to in subsection (2)(

b) be provided in the form, at

the time and with the content specified by the oversight Minister.

(5) A health foundation must provide to the chair of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation and the oversight Minister its financial

statements for the previous fiscal year, as approved by its members,

not later than June 15 following the end of that fiscal year.

(6) A health foundation must, on the written request of the oversight

Minister, provide its annual report to the oversight Minister.

Transfer of property

20 A health foundation may, subject to any prior trust conditions,

transfer its property as follows:

(

a) if the property is real property,

(

i) to the Minister responsible for the Real Property

Governance Act if the Minister accepts the offer to

transfer the property under

section 7 of that Act, or

(ii) to a health foundation if the Minister responsible for the

Real Property Governance Act decides not to accept an

offer referred to in subclause (i);

(

b) if the property is personal property, to an appropriate

provincial health agency or provincial health corporation, as

determined by and with the approval of the oversight

Minister.

Winding-up of health foundations

21(1) The oversight Minister may order the winding-up of the affairs

of a health foundation

(

a) on the request of the health foundation,

(

b) on the request of the HSS Provincial Health Corporation,

(

c) if the health foundation contravenes the Act, a regulation

made under the Act or an order or direction of the oversight

Minister,

(

d) if the oversight Minister is satisfied that the health foundation

is inactive,

(

e) if the oversight Minister is satisfied that the health foundation

is not carrying out its purposes, or

(

f) if the HSS Provincial Health Corporation ceases to exist.

(2) The affairs of a health foundation must not be wound up except by

an order of the oversight Minister.

(3) If the oversight Minister orders the winding-up of the affairs of a

health foundation,

(

a) the oversight Minister must, subject to subsections (4) and

(5), carry out the activities that the oversight Minister

considers necessary to wind up the affairs of the health

foundation,

(

b) all powers conferred on the health foundation are transferred

to and vested in the oversight Minister to the extent necessary

to carry out the activities referred to in clause (a), and

(

c) the members of the health foundation may not exercise any

of their powers except in accordance with the direction of the

oversight Minister.

(4) For the purposes of winding up the affairs of a health foundation,

the property of the health foundation must be used in the following

order:

(

a) to pay any costs incurred in the winding-up of the health

foundation;

(

b) to discharge all liabilities of the health foundation;

(

c) to give effect, as far as possible, to any outstanding

applicable trust conditions.

(5) Any property remaining after the actions in subsection (4) have

been completed must be transferred,

(

a) if, in the opinion of the oversight Minister, there is a

successor foundation, to the successor foundation,

(

b) if there is no successor foundation,

(

i) if the property is real property,

(

A) to the Minister responsible for the Real Property

Governance Act if the Minister accepts the offer to

transfer the property under

section 7 of that Act, or

(

B) to an appropriate provincial health agency or

provincial health corporation, as determined by

and with the approval of the oversight Minister, if

the Minister responsible for the Real Property

Governance Act decides not to accept an offer

referred to in paragraph (A),

(ii) if the property is personal property, to an appropriate

provincial health agency or provincial health

corporation, as determined by and with the approval of

the oversight Minister,

(

c) if there is no successor foundation and no appropriate

provincial health agency or provincial health corporation, to

another person in Alberta that

(

i) is a registered charity or qualified donee under the

Income Tax Act (Canada), and

(ii) has objects or purposes similar to the purposes of the

health foundation being wound up, as determined by the

oversight Minister.

Prohibition on establishing health foundations or

incorporating organizations

22(1) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation must not establish a

health foundation except in accordance with this Regulation.

(2) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation must not incorporate an

organization for the purpose of raising funds other than a health

foundation.

Division 2

Specific Health Foundations

Alberta Cancer Foundation

23 Notwithstanding

section 3, the purposes of the Alberta Cancer

Foundation are to raise funds for the purposes of advancing

(

a) the prevention, detection and diagnosis of cancer,

(

b) the treatment and care of cancer patients, and

(

c) cancer research.

University Hospital Foundation

24(1) In this section, "administrator" means administrator as defined

section 1.9761 of the Act.

(2) Notwithstanding sections 6 and 7, the members of the University

Hospital Foundation consist of the following persons:

(

a) one or more administrators of the health services sectors in

the approved hospitals commonly known as the University of

Alberta Hospitals, as determined by the chair of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation;

(

b) the dean of the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the

University of Alberta;

(

c) one member appointed by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation;

(

d) one member of the public who is not a member of a

provincial health agency or provincial health corporation and

who is elected by the other members;

(

e) at least 6 other persons elected by the other members.

(3) Except for a person referred to in subsection (2)(

a) or (b), no

person who is a member of the hospital staff of the University of

Alberta Hospitals is eligible to be a member of the University Hospital

Foundation.

(4) Notwithstanding

section 10, a person who is not ordinarily resident

in Alberta is eligible to be a member of the University Hospital

Foundation.

(5) A majority of the members of the University Hospital Foundation

must be ordinarily resident in Alberta.

(6) Subject to subsection (7),

section 12(1)(

b) does not apply to the

University Hospital Foundation.

(7) If the HSS Provincial Health Corporation or University Hospital

Foundation is of the opinion that it is necessary to terminate the term

of a member who is not ordinarily resident in Alberta to ensure the

University Hospital Foundation continues to comply with subsection

(5),

(

a) the HSS Provincial Health Corporation may, by written

notice, terminate the appointment of the member referred to

in subsection (2)(c), or

(

b) the University Hospital Foundation may, by written notice,

terminate the term of a member referred to in subsection

(2)(

d) or (e).

Division 3

Transitional Provisions

Definitions

25 In this Division,

(a) "continued foundation" means a continued foundation as

defined in the Regional Health Authorities Foundations

Regulation (AR 28/2007);

(b) "deemed establishing bylaws" means the bylaws deemed

under

section 27 to be the establishing bylaws of a successor

health foundation;

(c) "former continued foundation" means a continued foundation

that was in existence immediately before the coming into

force of this section;

(d) "former regional foundation" means

(

i) a regional foundation that was in existence immediately

before the coming into force of this section, or

(ii) the Alberta Cancer Foundation;

(e) "former regulation" means

(

i) the Regional Health Authorities Foundations

Regulation (AR 28/2007), with respect to a former

regional foundation referred to in clause (d)(

i) or a

former continued foundation, or

(ii) the Alberta Cancer Foundation Regulation

(AR 70/2009), with respect to the Alberta Cancer

Foundation;

(f) "regional foundation" means a regional foundation as defined

in the Regional Health Authorities Foundations Regulation

(AR 28/2007);

(g) "successor health foundation" means, with respect to a

former regional foundation or former continued foundation,

the health foundation that the former regional foundation or

former continued foundation was continued as under

section

Transition to health foundations

26(1) All former regional foundations are continued as health

foundations under

section 1.951(2)(

a) of the Act.

(2) All former continued foundations are continued as health

foundations under

section 1.951(2)(

b) of the Act.

(3) The Alberta Cancer Foundation is continued as a health foundation

under

section 1.951(2)(

c) of the Act.

Deemed establishing bylaws

27(1) The bylaws establishing a former regional foundation that were

in force immediately before the coming into force of this

section are

deemed to be the establishing bylaws of the successor health

foundation.

(2) The bylaws of a former continued foundation that were in force

immediately before the coming into force of this

section that address

the matters referred to in

section 4(1) are deemed to be the establishing

bylaws of the successor health foundation.

(3) If, on the coming into force of this section, a former continued

foundation does not have bylaws addressing the matters referred to in

section 4(1),

(

a) the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall make bylaws for

the successor health foundation that address the matters

referred to in

section 4(1), taking into account any other

existing bylaws of the former continued foundation, and

(

b) the bylaws made under clause (

a) are deemed to be the

establishing bylaws of the successor health foundation.

Amendment of deemed establishing bylaws

28(1) Within 180 days after the coming into force of this section, a

successor health foundation must submit to the chair of the HSS

Provincial Health Corporation

(

a) the deemed establishing bylaws, and

(

b) the information required by the HSS Provincial Health

Corporation to amend the deemed establishing bylaws for the

purposes of bringing the bylaws into compliance with this

Regulation.

(2) On receiving the documents and information referred to in

subsection (1), the HSS Provincial Health Corporation shall amend the

deemed establishing bylaws.

(3) Section 4(3) does not apply with respect to deemed establishing

bylaws amended under this section.

(4) If a successor health foundation fails to submit the documents and

information required under subsection (1), the oversight Minister may

order the winding-up of the affairs of the successor health foundation

on the request of the HSS Provincial Corporation.

Deemed health foundation bylaws

29(1) In this section, "operational bylaws" means the operational

bylaws of a former regional foundation or former continued foundation

that were

(

a) made under the applicable former regulation, and

(

b) in force immediately before the coming into force of this

section.

(2) The operational bylaws of a former regional foundation are

deemed to be the health foundation bylaws of the successor health

foundation.

(3) The operational bylaws of a former continued foundation that

address matters other than those referred to in

section 4 are deemed to

be the health foundation bylaws of the successor health foundation.

Members and participants

30(1) A voting member of a former regional foundation or a former

continued foundation continues as a member of the successor health

foundation until the later of the following:

(

a) the expiry of the voting member's term under the former

regulation;

(b) 90 days after the date on which the deemed establishing

bylaws are amended under

section 28(2).

(2) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation must appoint the member

referred to in

section 6(2)(

a) as soon as practicable after the deemed

establishing bylaws are amended under

section 28(2).

(3) A non-voting member of a former regional foundation or former

continued foundation continues as a participant of the successor health

foundation.

Members - University Hospital Foundation

31(1) A voting member of the University Hospital Foundation

referred to in

section 7(2)(c), (

d) or (

e) of the former regulation

referred to in

section 25(e)(

i) continues as a member of the University

Hospital Foundation until the later of the following:

(

a) the expiry of the voting member's term under the former

regulation;

(b) 90 days after the date on which the deemed establishing

bylaws are amended under

section 28(2).

(2) The HSS Provincial Health Corporation must appoint the member

referred to in

section 24(2)(

c) as soon as practicable after the deemed

establishing bylaws are amended under

section 28(2).

Part 2

Hospital Foundations

Division 1

Hospital Foundations

Definitions

32 In this Part,

(a) "establishing bylaws" means, with respect to a hospital

foundation, the bylaws establishing the hospital foundation

made by a hospital foundation operator in accordance with

section 33;

(b) "hospital foundation" means

(

i) a hospital foundation established by a hospital

foundation operator in accordance with

section

1.97699992(1) of the Act and this Part, or

(ii) a foundation continued as a hospital foundation under

Division 2;

(c) "hospital foundation bylaws" means the bylaws made by a

hospital foundation under

section 39;

(d) "hospital foundation operator" means a hospital operator

other than a provincial health agency or provincial health

corporation;

(e) "member" means a member of a hospital foundation.

Establishment of hospital foundation

33(1) A hospital foundation operator may establish a hospital

foundation for the purposes of

(

a) soliciting and receiving by gift, bequest, devise, transfer or

otherwise, property of every nature and description,

(

b) subject to any prior trust conditions imposed on the use of the

property, holding, using and administering the property

generally

(

i) to maintain and enhance the delivery to the community

served by the approved hospital of hospital services in

the health services sector in the approved hospital, and

(ii) to finance or assist in the financing of the construction,

equipping, operation, maintenance and management of

the health services sector in the approved hospital or its

facilities,

and

(

c) furthering health care education in the community served by

the approved hospital.

(2) A bylaw establishing a hospital foundation has no effect until a

certified copy of the establishing bylaw is filed with the oversight

Minister.

(3) A hospital foundation operator must not establish a hospital

foundation except in accordance with this Regulation.

Corporate status

34(1) A hospital foundation is a corporation consisting of its

members.

(2) A hospital foundation is not a trust corporation for the purposes of

the Loan and Trust Corporations Act.

Members

35(1) The members of a hospital foundation consist of the following

persons:

(

a) the chair of the hospital foundation operator;

(b) 4 members appointed by the hospital foundation operator as

follows:

(i) 2 members of the hospital foundation operator;

(ii) 2 members of the public who are residents of Alberta

and who are not members of the hospital foundation

operator or hospital staff.

(2) The members must designate a chair from among themselves.

(3) A member is not entitled to be paid a dividend or to be

remunerated for acting as a member.

(4) A member may be reimbursed out of the funds of the hospital

foundation in accordance with the hospital foundation bylaws for

travelling and living expenses that are necessarily incurred by the

member in the performance of the member's duties.

Term of members

36(1) The term of a member appointed under

section 35(1)(

b) must

not exceed 3 years.

(2) A member appointed under

section 35(1)(

b) is eligible to be

reappointed for additional terms.

Residency requirement for members

37 A person is not eligible to be appointed as a member of a hospital

foundation unless the person is ordinarily resident in Alberta.

Termination of members

38 A hospital foundation operator may, by written notice, terminate

the appointment of a member if the member ceases to meet any of the

qualifications or other eligibility requirements set out in the

establishing bylaws.

Hospital foundation bylaws

39(1) A hospital foundation must make bylaws respecting the general

conduct, operation and management of the hospital foundation,

including bylaws respecting the reimbursement of expenses under

section 35(4).

(2) Hospital foundation bylaws must be consistent with the Act, this

Regulation and the establishing bylaws.

Fiscal year

40 The fiscal year of a hospital foundation is April 1 to the following

March 31.

Annual meeting

41 A hospital foundation must meet at least annually on a date

determined in accordance with the hospital foundation bylaws or on a

date set by the chair of the hospital foundation.

Annual report

42(1) Not later than July 31 following the end of a fiscal year, a

hospital foundation must provide to the oversight Minister an annual

report on its activities for the previous fiscal year that contains

(

a) the audited financial statements for the previous fiscal year,

and

(

b) any other information required by the oversight Minister by

notice in writing to the hospital foundation.

(2) The oversight Minister may, by notice in writing to a hospital

foundation, require that the annual report, financial statements and

information referred to in subsection (1)(

b) be provided in the form, at

the time and with the content specified by the oversight Minister.

(3) A hospital foundation must provide to the oversight Minister its

financial statements for the previous fiscal year, as approved by its

members, not later than June 15 following the end of that fiscal year.

Transfer of property by hospital foundation

43 A hospital foundation may, subject to any prior trust conditions,

transfer its property as follows:

(

a) if the property is real property,

(

i) to the Minister responsible for the Real Property

Governance Act if the Minister accepts the offer to

transfer the property under

section 7 of that Act, or

(ii) to the hospital foundation operator if the Minister

responsible for the Real Property Governance Act

decides not to accept an offer referred to in subclause

(i);

(

b) if the property is personal property, to the hospital foundation

operator.

Transfer of property by hospital foundation operator

44(1) A hospital foundation operator must not transfer any of its

property to a hospital foundation except in accordance with this

section.

(2) A hospital foundation operator may, if it takes all reasonable steps

to ensure compliance with any existing trust conditions, transfer to a

hospital foundation any property received by the hospital foundation

operator by means of bequest, donation or other gift.

(3) Subject to any direction given by the oversight Minister under

subsection (4), a hospital foundation operator may

(

a) make repayable advances to a hospital foundation, or

(

b) provide a non-monetary subsidy to a hospital foundation if

the hospital foundation operator expects to receive benefits

from the hospital foundation that exceed the value of the

subsidy.

(4) The oversight Minister may give directions in writing to a hospital

foundation operator respecting the matters referred to in subsection (3).

(5) If a hospital foundation operator provides a non-monetary subsidy

to a hospital foundation under subsection (3)(b), it must advise the

hospital foundation of the value of the subsidy not later than 21 days

following the end of the hospital foundation operator's fiscal year.

(6) A hospital foundation operator may transfer any property to a

hospital foundation in circumstances not referred to in this

section if

the hospital foundation operator receives fair value in exchange for the

transfer of the property.

Winding-up of hospital foundations

45(1) The oversight Minister may order the winding-up of the affairs

of a hospital foundation

(

a) on the request of the hospital foundation,

(

b) on the request of the hospital operator,

(

c) if the hospital foundation contravenes the Act, a regulation

made under the Act or an order or direction of the oversight

Minister,

(

d) if the oversight Minister is satisfied that the hospital

foundation is inactive,

(

e) if the oversight Minister is satisfied that the hospital

foundation is not carrying out its purposes, or

(

f) if the hospital foundation operator ceases to exist.

(2) The affairs of a hospital foundation must not be wound up except

by an order of the oversight Minister.

(3) If the oversight Minister orders the winding-up of the affairs of a

hospital foundation,

(

a) the oversight Minister must, subject to subsections

(4) and (5), carry out the activities that the oversight Minister

considers necessary to wind up the affairs of the hospital

foundation,

(

b) all powers conferred on the hospital foundation are

transferred to and vested in the oversight Minister to the

extent necessary to carry out the activities referred to in

clause (a), and

(

c) the members may not exercise any of their powers except in

accordance with the direction of the oversight Minister.

(4) For the purposes of winding up the affairs of a hospital foundation,

the property of the hospital foundation must be used in the following

order:

(

a) to pay any costs incurred in the winding-up of the hospital

foundation;

(

b) to discharge all liabilities of the hospital foundation;

(

c) to give effect, as far as possible, to any outstanding

applicable trust conditions.

(5) Any property of the hospital foundation remaining after the actions

in subsection (4) have been completed must be transferred,

(

a) if, in the opinion of the oversight Minister, there is a

successor foundation, to the successor foundation,

(

b) if there is no successor foundation, to the hospital foundation

operator for the benefit of any facilities or programs formerly

benefitted by the hospital foundation, or

(

c) if there is no successor foundation and either no facilities or

programs referred to in clause (

b) or the hospital foundation

operator no longer exists or is no longer functioning, to

another person in Alberta that

(

i) is a registered charity or qualified donee under the

Income Tax Act (Canada), and

(ii) has objects or purposes similar to the purposes of the

hospital foundation being wound up, as determined by

the oversight Minister.

Prohibition on operating foundations

to benefit hospitals, etc.

46 A person shall not operate a foundation or other corporation to

raise funds to benefit an approved hospital, hospital operator or

community that is not a hospital foundation unless exempted by a

prescribes.

Division 2

Transitional Provisions

Definitions

47 In this Division,

(a) "former foundation" means a foundation continued as a

hospital foundation under

section 48;

(b) "successor hospital foundation" means, with respect to a

former foundation, the hospital foundation that the former

foundation was continued as under

section 48.

Transition to hospital foundations

48(1) The following foundations are continued as hospital

foundations under

section 1.97699992(2)(

b) or (

c) of the Act:

(

a) Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation;

(

b) Bonnyville Health Foundation;

(

c) Covenant Foundation;

(

d) Killam and District Health Care Foundation;

(

e) Our Lady of the Rosary Hospital Foundation;

(

f) The Royal Alexandra Hospitals Foundation;

(

g) St. Mary's Hospital, Camrose Foundation;

(

h) St. Mary's Trochu Foundation.

(2) The continuation of the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation as

a hospital foundation does not affect its status under the Societies Act.

(3) The continuation of The Royal Alexandra Hospitals Foundation as

a hospital foundation does not affect its status under the Companies

Act.

Exemptions

49(1) In this section,

(a) "former Act" means

(

i) Part 4 of the Hospitals Act, RSA 2000 cH-12, or

(ii) the Provincial General Hospitals Act, RSA 1980 cP-21;

(b) "original exemption" means an exemption granted with

respect to a former foundation under a former Act.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), an original exemption is continued and

applies to the successor hospital foundation to the same extent and

the original exemption.

(3) The sector Minister responsible for the health services sector in

which the hospital foundation operator delivers health services may

amend the original exemption to

(

a) exempt a successor hospital foundation from the application

of all or part of this Regulation or another regulation made

(

b) make other necessary changes to the original exemption or

subject.

(4) During the period beginning on the coming into force of this

section and ending on the date the sector Minister amends the original

exemption under subsection (3), a successor hospital foundation is

exempt from the application of Division 1 of

Part 2 and any other

regulation made under the Act to the extent Division 1 of

Part 2 or the

other regulation conflicts with the original exemption.

Deemed hospital foundation bylaws

50 The bylaws of a former foundation are deemed to be the hospital

foundation bylaws of the successor hospital foundation.

Members and chair

51(1) A trustee of a former foundation continues as a member of the

successor hospital foundation.

(2) The trustee appointed as the chair of a former foundation continues

as the chair of the successor hospital foundation.

Part 3

Repeals, Expiry and

Coming into Force

Repeals

52(1) The Alberta Cancer Foundation Regulation (AR 70/2009) is

repealed.

(2) The Regional Health Authorities Foundations Regulation

(AR 28/2007) is repealed.

Expiry

53 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for

ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be

repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this

Regulation expires on March 31, 2035.

Coming into force

54 This Regulation comes into force on the coming into force of

section 45(15) of the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.

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Alberta Regulation 296/2025

Provincial Health Agencies Act

PROVINCIAL HEALTH AGENCIES ACT (CONSEQUENTIAL

AMENDMENTS) REGULATION, 2025 (NO. 4)

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 409/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 24.01 of the Provincial Health Agencies

Act.

1(1) The Health Shared Services Provincial Health

Corporation Regulation (AR 235/2025) is amended by this

section.

(2) Section 1(

b) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(b) "health foundation" means a health foundation as defined in

the Health and Hospital Foundations Regulation;

2(1) The Provincial Health Agencies Act (Consequential

Amendments) Regulation, 2025 (No. 1) (AR 199/2025) is

amended by this section.

(2) Sections 2, 20(3) and 26(2)(

a) are repealed.

3(1) The Provincial Health Agencies Regulation (AR 15/95)

is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1(a.1) is repealed and the following is

substituted:

(a.1) "foundation" means

(

i) a health foundation as defined in the Health and

Hospital Foundations Regulation,

(ii) a hospital foundation as defined in the Health and

Hospital Foundations Regulation, or

(iii) a foundation or other corporation with respect to which

an exemption has been granted under

section 46 of the

Health and Hospital Foundations Regulation;

4(1) The Provincial Health Corporation Financial Matters

Regulation (AR 196/2025) is amended by this section.

(2) Section 1 is repealed and the following is substituted:

Definition

1 In this Regulation, "foundation" means

(

a) a health foundation as defined in the Health and Hospital

Foundations Regulation,

(

b) a hospital foundation as defined in the Health and Hospital

Foundations Regulation, or

(

c) a foundation or other corporation with respect to which an

exemption has been granted under

section 46 of the Health

and Hospital Foundations Regulation.

5(1) The Provincial Priorities Regulation (AR 21/2025) is

amended by this section.

(2) Section 2(2)(c)(

i) is repealed.

6 This Regulation, except sections 2 and 5, comes into

force on the coming into force of

section 45(15) of the

Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.

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Alberta Regulation 297/2025

Public Health Act

FOOD AMENDMENT REGULATION

Filed: December 17, 2025

For information only: Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council (O.C. 410/2025)

on December 17, 2025 pursuant to

section 66 of the Public Health Act.

1 The Food Regulation (AR 31/2006) is amended by this

Regulation.

Section 1(1) is amended

(

a) in clause (

g) by striking out "or 6.1" and substituting

", 6.1 or 6.2";

(

b) by adding the following after clause (x):

(x.1) "licensed facility-based program" means a licensed

facility-based program as defined in the Early Learning

and Child Care Act;

(

c) by repealing clause (ss) and substituting the

following:

(ss) "social care facility" means

(

a) a family day home program as defined in the Early

Learning and Child Care Act, and

(

b) an operation that provides care to children or

adults who require special care, but does not

include a licensed facility-based program;

Section 2 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out "and" at the end of

clause (e), adding "and" at the end of clause (

f) and

adding the following after clause (f):

(

g) Part 6.2 applies to a licensed facility-based program and

social care facility if the program or facility

(

i) provides care to 10 or fewer individuals, and

(ii) is a food establishment.

(

b) by repealing subsection (2)(e).

Section 3 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by striking out "and 6.1" and

substituting ", 6.1 and 6.2";

(

b) in subsection (3)(

a) by striking out "or" at the end of

subclauses (iii) and (iv) and adding the following

after subclause (iv):

(

v) a licensed facility-based program that provides care to

10 or fewer individuals, or

(vi) a social care facility that provides care to 10 or fewer

individuals,

Section 8(1) is amended

(

a) by adding the following after clause (b):

(b.1) operates a licensed facility-based program,

(

b) in clause (

c) by striking out "that provides care to more

than 10 people".

6 The following is added after

Part 1:

Part 1.1

Inspection Report

Display inspection report, contact

14.1(1) In this section, "public health inspection report" means an

inspection report, in the form set by the Minister, prepared following

an inspection of a food establishment by an executive officer to

determine compliance with this Regulation, as authorized by

section

59 of the Act.

(2) The operator of a food establishment must display the following in

a conspicuous place in the food establishment where it may be easily

seen by the persons served:

(

a) a printed copy of the most recent public health inspection

report;

(

b) the address of the website where the Minister may publish

the most recent public health inspection report;

(

c) information, including contact information, that describes

how a person may report a public health concern or

complaint in relation to the food establishment to the

Minister.

Section 31 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the

following:

Food sanitation and hygiene training

31(1) A person operating a commercial food establishment

must, at any time when there are 5 or fewer food handlers

working on the premises, ensure that at least one individual

who has care and control of the commercial food establishment

holds a current and valid certificate confirming that

individual's successful completion of a food sanitation and

hygiene training program approved by the Minister.

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out "a certificate or

equivalent document" and substituting "a current and

valid certificate";

(

c) by adding the following after subsection (2):

(2.1) A person operating a commercial food establishment must

retain a copy of each individual's current and valid certificate

referred to in subsection (1).

8 The following is added after

section 31:

Food safety training - licensed facility-based program

31.1(1) A food handler working or volunteering on the premises of

a licensed facility-based program must, not later than 3 months after

the date on which the food handler began to work or volunteer on the

premises,

(

a) complete an online food safety training course approved by

the Minister and provide proof of course completion to the

operator of the licensed facility-based program, or

(

b) provide proof to the operator of the licensed facility-based

program that the food handler has previously completed the

online food safety training course referred to in clause (

a) within the 12 months previous to the date on which proof of

completion is provided.

(2) The food handler must complete the online food safety training

course referred to in subsection (1)(

a) at least once within each 12-

month period while working or volunteering on the premises of a

licensed facility-based program and provide proof of the course

completion to the operator of the licensed facility-based program.

(3) An individual who holds a current and valid certificate referred

to in

section 31(1) is not required to complete the online food safety

training course referred to in this section.

(4) For each food handler, the operator of a licensed facility-based

program must retain

(

a) proof of course completion for 18 months after the date on

which the course was completed, or

(

b) a copy of a current and valid certificate referred to in

section

31(1).

9 The following is added after

Part 6.1:

Part 6.2

Licensed Facility-based Programs

and Social Care Facilities Caring

for 10 or Fewer Individuals

Definition

52.3 In this Part, "operator" means each of the following to which

this Part applies as referred to in

section 2(1)(g):

(

a) an operator of a licensed facility-based program;

(

b) an operator of a social care facility.

Notification of program or facility

52.4 The operator must provide notice of the licensed facility-based

program or social care facility, as the case may be, to the Minister in

the form and manner required by the Minister.

Food handling requirements

52.5 The operator must ensure that

(

a) the premises

(

i) have an adequate supply of hot and cold potable water

available,

(ii) have adequate space for the storage of food and

cleaning supplies,

(iii) are kept free of pests and of conditions that lead to the

harbouring or breeding of pests, and

(iv) have an adequate number and type of waste containers

to facilitate the effective management and disposal of

solid and liquid waste,

(

b) surfaces in the premises with which food comes into contact

are maintained in a sanitary condition,

(

c) plumbing fixtures in the premises are maintained in proper

operating condition and free from defects,

(

d) all food

(

i) that is liable under law to inspection by the Government

of Canada or Government of Alberta or by an agency of

either is obtained from a source that is subject to

inspection by that entity,

(ii) is protected from contamination,

(iii) is handled in a sanitary manner,

(iv) is stored, displayed and transported in accordance with

section 25, and

(

v) is re-served in accordance with

section 27,

(

e) all utensils are stored in a clean and sanitary condition,

(

f) single service utensils are not used more than once, and

(

g) all reusable utensils are cleaned and sanitized by the use of

(

i) a manual method satisfactory to the executive officer, or

(ii) a dishwasher installed and operated according to the

manufacturer's instructions for the highest level of

sanitation possible.

Food handler requirements

52.6(1) A food handler must

(

a) wear clean clothing and footwear,

(

b) exhibit cleanliness and good personal hygiene,

(

c) ensure that food is not contaminated by hair,

(

d) wash hands as often as necessary to prevent the

contamination of food or food areas, and

(

e) refrain from any other conduct that could result in the

contamination of food or a food area.

(2) A person must not work as a food handler if prohibited from

working by or under the Communicable Diseases Regulation

(AR 238/85).

(3) An operator must ensure that subsections (1) and (2) are complied

with.

Written procedures

52.7(1) An operator must have written procedures designed to ensure

the safe and sanitary operation and maintenance of the premises.

(2) The procedures must include

(

a) the manner and method of cleaning, sanitizing and

disinfecting the premises,

(

b) a

schedule for cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting the

premises, and

(

c) if animals are present at or in the premises,

(

i) actions and routines to ensure the health, welfare and

protection of the animals and the health and safety of

people,