Bill 19 (Legislature 4, Session 2)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 19 of 1919.

An Act respecting the Department of Public Health. (Assented to ' 1919.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as fo1lows:

SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited aH "The Department of Public Health Act.''

INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- 1. The expression "Department" means the Department of Public Health for the Province of Alberta; 2. The expression "Minister" means the Minister of Health for the Province; 3. The expression "Deputy Minister" means the Deputy Minister, or the person performing hb duties for the time being.· 3.

There shall be a Department of the Public Service of the province, to be called the Department of Public Health, over which the member of the Executive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, under the seal of the Province, as Minister of Health, shall preside. 4:. The Minister shall have the administration, manage ment and eontrol of the department, and of the general business thereof, nnd shall appoint, dismiss, oversee and direct the officials, clerks and servants of the Department.

All that part of the administration of the government of the province, which relates to public health, including all matters dealt with hy the following Acts and Ordinances, namely: The ]Jvblic Health Act, The P11blic Health Nurses Act, The Registered Nmscs Act, 'l'hc Municipal Hosp1:tal.~ Act, The Hospitals Ordinance, The enereal Diseases Act, The Medical Profession Act, 1'he Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act, The Dental Assoc1:a#on Act, The Marriage Ordinance, and The Vital Stati::;tics Act, shall he under the control of the department. 2 5.

It shall be the duty of the department to institute inquiry and to collect facts and statistics relating to all matters of public health, to disseminate infonnation in such manner and fonn as may be found best adapted to promote health and to prevent and suppress . disca~e, to secure the observance and execution of the provisions of all Acts and regulations dealing with mntters of public health, including the Acts and Ordinances mentioned in

section of this Act. 6.

It shall be the duty of every official of a public institu tjon, supported in whole or in part by the Government of the Province, and of every medical officer of health, every secretary or a board of health, every secretary or clerk of a municipal district, village, town or city, every secretary of a school board, every medical practitioner, every member of the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association, every dentist and every person similarly occupied or employed to answer promptly all communications from the department, to collect and tabulate facts according to instructions to be given them by the department, to supply correct informa tion as to all matters submitted to them; and any such person neglecting or refusing to comply with the require ments of this

section shall be guilty of an offence, and on

summary conviction thereof before a justice of the peace, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five· dollars. 7. Where in any Act, Ordinance, or regulation, or part thereof, dealing with public health, the word "Minister" or "Department" is used, the said words respectively shall mean the Minister of Health and the Department of PubliP- Health. No. 19. SECOND SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act respecting the Department of Public Health. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... , Third time ................ . HoN. A. G. MAcKAY. EDMONTON: J. w. JEFJ'EBY, KING'S PRINTER A. D. 19111. Title: 1919 (4th, 2nd) Bill 19,

An Act respecting the Department of Public Health

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L4 S2 10161
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L4 S2 10161
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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