Bill 19 — First Session, 19Th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 19 the Alberta Hospitals Amendment Act, 1979 (Legislature 19, Session 1)

L19 S1 4202

Alberta — Bills

1979 BILL First Session, 19th Legislature, 28 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL THE ALBERTA HOSPITALS AMENDMENT ACT, 1979 THE MINISTER OF HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CARE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent Printed by the Queen’s Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 19, The Alberta Hospitals Amendment Act, 1979 Bill BILL THE ALBERTA HOSPITALS AMENDMENT ACT, 1979 (Assented to , 1979) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Alberta Hospitals Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 31.3 is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

(5) The Appeal Board has, for the purposes of an appeal under

section 31.5, the powers, privileges and immunities conferred on a commissioner under sections and of The Public Inquiries Act. 3 This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 1 Explanatory Notes This Bill will amend

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1970. 2 Sections and of The Public Inquiries Act read: 3 The commissioner or commissioners shall have the power of summoning before him or them any persons as witnesses and of requiring them to give evidence on oath, orally or in writing, or solemn affirmation if they are persons entitled to affirm in civil matters, and to produce such documents and things as the commissioner or commissioners deem requisite to the full investigation of the matters into which he or they are appointed to inquire. 4 The commissioner or commissioners shall have the same power to enforce the attendance of persons as witnesses and to compel them to give evidence and to produce documents and things as is vested in a court of record in civil cases, and the same privileges and immunities as a judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta.

This amendment will give the Hospital Privileges Appeal Board the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the same immunity as a judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta. 1 Title: 1979 (19th, 1st) Bill 19, The Alberta Hospitals Amendment Act, 1979

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L19 S1 4202
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Language	en
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