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2011 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 39th Parliament

THIRD READING

The following electronic version is for informational purposes only.

The printed version remains the official version.

Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 22nd day of November, 2011

Ian D. Izard, Q.C., Law Clerk

HONOURABLE MICHAEL DE JONG

MINISTER OF HEALTH

BILL 10 – 2011

NURSE PRACTITIONERS STATUTES

AMENDMENT ACT, 2011

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act

Section 25 (3) (

b) of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 2, is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner, " after " medical practitioner ".

Correction Act

Section 9 (1) of the Correction Act, S.B.C. 2004, c. 46, is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner ".

Crime Victim Assistance Act

Section 3 (1) (c) (ii) (

A) of the Crime Victim Assistance Act, S.B.C. 2001, c. 38, is amended by striking out " or a medical practitioner " and substituting " , a medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner ".

Employment Standards Act

Section 50 of the Employment Standards Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 113, is amended

(

a) in subsection (4) (

c) by adding " or nurse practitioner's " after " medical practitioner's ", and

(

b) in subsection (5) (

b) by adding " or nurse practitioner's " after " medical practitioner's ".

Section 51 (3) (

c) is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner's " after " medical practitioner's ".

Section 52.1 (2) is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner ".

Insurance (Vehicle) Act

Section 28 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231, is amended

(

a) by adding the following paragraph:

(a.1) a nurse practitioner; , and

(

b) in paragraph (

d) by striking out " physiotherapy " and substituting " physical therapy ".

Interpretation Act

Section 29 of the

Interpretation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 238, is amended by adding the following definition:

"nurse practitioner" means a person who is authorized under the bylaws of the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia to practise nursing as a nurse practitioner and to use the title "nurse practitioner"; .

Mental Health Act

Section 16 of the Mental Health Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 288, is amended

(

a) in paragraph (b.1) by adding " or nurse practitioner's " after " physician's ",

(

b) by repealing paragraph (b.2) and substituting the following:

(b.2) if the person is the director, admitting a patient to the designated facility and detaining the patient on the authority of

(

i) a medical certificate completed under

section 22 by a physician or a nurse practitioner,

(ii) a report made under

section 24,

(iii) a determination made under

section 25, or

(iv) a warrant; , and

(

c) in paragraph (

c) by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " physician ".

Section 20 (1) (

b) is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " physician ".

Section 22 is amended

(

a) in subsections (1) and (3) by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " a physician ",

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out " another physician " and substituting " a physician ",

(

c) by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) If the medical certificate received under subsection (1) was completed by a physician, the medical certificate referred to in subsection (2) must be completed by a physician other than the physician who completed the first certificate. , and

(

d) in subsection (3) (

a) and (

c) by striking out " that the physician " and substituting " or nurse practitioner that he or she ".

Section 28 is amended

(

a) in subsections (1) and (2) by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " physician ", and

(

b) in subsection (6) by striking out " as described in

section 22 (3). " and substituting " , as described in

section 22 (3), each completed by a physician. "

Motor Fuel Tax Act

Section 1 of the Motor Fuel Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 317, is amended in the definition of "person with disabilities" by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner " wherever it appears.

Motor Vehicle Act

Section 220 (5) and (7) of the Motor Vehicle Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 318, is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner " wherever it appears.

Section 227 (3) is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner ".

Section 229 is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner ".

Section 230 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out " and medical practitioner " and substituting " , medical practitioner and nurse practitioner " and by striking out " or medical practitioner " in both places and substituting " , medical practitioner or nurse practitioner ",

(

b) in subsection (2) by striking out " and medical practitioner " and substituting " , medical practitioner and nurse practitioner ", and

(

c) in subsection (3) by striking out " or a medical practitioner " and substituting " , a medical practitioner or a nurse practitioner " and by striking out " or medical practitioner " and substituting " , medical practitioner or nurse practitioner ".

Offence Act

Section 70 of the Offence Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 338, is amended by adding " or nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner ".

School Act

Section 91 (5) (

b) of the School Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 412, is amended by striking out " or a private medical practitioner " and substituting " , a private medical practitioner or a private nurse practitioner ".

Vital Statistics Act

Section 2 (1) and (2) of the Vital Statistics Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 479, is amended by adding " , nurse practitioner " after " medical practitioner ".

Section 8 (2) is amended by

(

a) repealing paragraph (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) cause the child to be examined by one of the following, with a view to determining as nearly as possible the date of the birth of the child:

(

i) the local medical health officer,

(ii) another medical practitioner, or

(iii) a nurse practitioner; , and

(

b) by adding the following paragraph:

(

d) require the examiner to make an affidavit setting out the facts as determined by the examination conducted under paragraph (b).

Commencement

22 This Act comes into force by regulation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

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