OIC Number: 2024 - 152

Date of Order: Apr 18, 2024

Statute: Finance Act Health Services and Insurance Act Hospitals Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council, on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Seniors and Long Term Care and the Minister of Health and Wellness dated April 4, 2024, is pleased, effective on and after April 18, 2024: (

a) pursuant to

Section 77 of

Chapter 2 of the Acts of 2010, the Finance Act , to authorize the Minister of Seniors and Long Term Care entering into a net debt obligation with St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre, on the terms and conditions approved by the Executive Council, subject only to such variations as do not materially change the nature of the net debt obligation; (

b) pursuant to

Section 16 of

Chapter 197 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Health Services and Insurance Act , to approve the Minister of Health and Wellness making grants to St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre for the purpose of the replacement of St. Anne collaborative health centre; and (

c) pursuant to clauses 4(1)(

a) and 17(

b) of

Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Hospitals Act , to: (

i) approve the collaborative health centre component of the St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre as a hospital, and (ii) amend the Hospitals Regulations , N.S. Reg. 53/2015, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2015-77 dated March 24, 2015, to add the collaborative health centre component of the St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre to the list of approved hospitals, in the manner set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the Report and Recommendation.

Department(s): Health and Wellness Seniors and Long-Term Care