Bill 207 (Legislature 23, Session 5)

L23 S5 1107

Alberta — Bills

1997 B ILL Fifth Session, 23rd Legislature, 46 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA B ILL H O SPITA LS A M EN D M EN T A C T, 1997 MR. SAPERS First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Bill M r. Sapers B ILL H O SPITA LS A M EN D M EN T A C T, 1997 (Assented to , 1997) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The H ospitals Act is am ended by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 49: D ischarge of patients giving birth 49.1(1) No hospital shall discharge a patient who has vaginally delivered a newborn child sooner than 48 hours after the time of delivery.

(2) No hospital shall discharge a patient who has delivered a newborn child by caesarian

section sooner than 96 hours after the completion of the procedure.

(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a hospital may discharge a patient who has delivered a newborn child before the time prescribed in those subsections if the patient requests to be discharged and the patient's physician recommends that the patient be discharged. 1 Explanatory N otes Amends

chapter H-11 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1980. 1 Explanatory Notes T itle: 1997 (23rd, 5th) B ill 207, H ospitals A m endm ent A ct, 1997

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L23 S5 1107
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L23 S5 1107
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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