Bill 85 — Third Session, 16Th Legislature, 19 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Asse'Mbly \)F Al~ Bill 85 An Act Respecting Certain Hospital Boards (Legislature 16, Session 3)

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1970 Bill 85 Third Session, 16th Legislature, 19 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSE'MBLY \)F AL~ BILL 85

An Act respecting certain Hospital Boards THE MINISTER OF HEALTH First Reading ................ ............. . Second Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

BILL 85 1970

An Act respecting certain Hospital Boards (Assented to , 1970) HER MAJ~ST.Y, by and with the advice and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the Province of Alberta enacts as follows: ' 1. This Act may be cited as The Hospital Statutes Amendment Act, 1970. 2. The Cancer Treatment and Prevention Act 1967 is amended ' (

a) as to

section 2 by adding after clause (

c) the fol lowing clause: (c1) "medical staff" means those duly qualified medical practitioners who are permitted to have their patients admitted to a hospital as in-patients by agreement or arrangement with the board, and does not include medical prac titioners who are employees of the board; (

b) as to

section 7 by adding after subsection (1) the following subsection: (la) Where a hospital services utilization com mittee is established for a hospital by the by-laws of the board, the Minister may also appoint one of the members of the medical staff of the hospital as a n1ember of the board and in that case (

a) the members of the board shall consist of the members appointed under subsec~ion (1) ~nd the members appointed under thIS subsectIOn, and (

b) a member so appointed holds office during the pleasure of the Minister but ceases to hold office in any event if he ceases to be a mem ber of the medical staff of the hospital. (

c) by adding the following

section after

section 18: 1-8a.

(1) The by-laws of the board under

section 12 may provide for the establishment of a commit tee to be called the "hospital services utilization

Explanatory Notes I. General. This Bill amends the Acts establishing The Pro vincial Cancer Hospital Board, The Foothills and Glenrose Pro vincial General Hospital Boards and The University of Alberta Hospital Board. In each case, the Board's by-laws may provide for the establishment of a "hospital services utilization committee" which would be responsible for conducting a continuing review of utilization patterns of physicians using the hospital for their patients. If such a committee is established a member of the medical staff may then be appointed to the board of the hospital. 2. This

section amends

chapter 7 of the Statutes of Alberta,

Section 7 presently reads: 7.

(1) The board shall consist of not less than seven and not more than 11 members who shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.

(2) Upon the removal of a member or upon the creation of a vacancy in a board by resignation or death. the Minister may appoint a mem ber to fill the vacancy.

(3) The chairman of the board shall be appointed by the Minister from among the members of the board.

2 committee" for each hospital and consisting of members of the medical staff, and may prescribe the powers and duties of that committee.

(2) The hospital services utilization committee of a hospital, in addition to its powers and duties under the by-laws of the board, (

a) shall conduct a review of a continuing nature of the utilization of the hospital's services in relation to patient care provided by the medical staff of the hospital, and (

b) is entitled to require from the board and its employees such information as the committee reasonably requires for the purposes of its duties and access to the relevant records of the board for those purposes. 3. The Provincial General Hospitals Act is amended (

a) as to

section 2 by adding after clause (

b) the following clause: (bl) "medical staff" means those duly qualified medical practitioners who are permitted to have their patients admitted to a hospital as in-patients by agreement or arrangement with the board, and does not include medical prac titioners who are employees of the board; (

b) as to

section 7, by adding after subsection (1) the following subsection: (la) Where a hospital services utilization com mittee is established for a hospital by the by-laws of the board, the Minister may also appoint one of the menlbers of the medical staff of the hospital as a member of the board and in that case (

a) the board shall consist of the members ap pointed under subsection (1) and the member appointed under this subsection, and (

b) the member so appointed holds office during the pleasure of the Minister but ceases to hold office in any event if he ceases to be a member of the medical staff of the hospital. (

c) by adding after

section 18, the following section: 19.

(1) The by-laws of a board under

section 9 may provide for the establishment of a committee to be called the "hospital services utilization com mittee" for its hospital and consisting of members of the medical staff, and may prescribe the powers and duties of that committee.

(2) The hospital services utilization committee of a hospital, in addition to its powers and duties under the by-laws of the board,

3. This

section amends

chapter 64 of the Statutes of Alberta,

Section 7 presently reads: 2 7.

(1) A hoard shall consist ,of not more than nine members, who shall hold 'office during the pleasure of the Minister.

(2) Upon the removal of a member or upon the creation of a vac ancy in a board by resignation or death, the Minister may appoint the member to fill the vacancy.

(

a) shall conduct a review of a continuing nature of the utilization of the hospital's services in relation to patient care provided by the medical staff of the hospital, and (

b) is entitled to require from the board and its employees such information as the committee reasonably requires for the purposes of its duties and access to the relevant records of the board for those purposes. 4. The University of Albwrta Hospital Act is amended (

a) as to

section 2, subsection (1) by adding after clause (

b) the following clause: (b 1) "medical staff" means those duly qualified medical practitioners who are permitted to have their patients admitted to the hospital as in-patients by agreement or arrangement with the Board, and does not include medical prac titioners who are employees of the Board. (

b) as to

section 5 by renumbering the

section as sub section (1) and by adding the following subsection:

(2) Where a hospital services utilizatiop com mittee is established by the by-laws of the Board, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may also ap point one of the members of the medical staff of the hospital as a member of the Board and "in that case (

a) the Board shall consist of the persons referred to in subsection (1) and the member appointed under this subsection, and (

b) the member so appointed ceases to be a mem ber of the Board if he ceases to be a member of the medical staff of the hospital. (

c) by adding after

section 20 the following section: 21.

(1) The by-laws of the Board may provide for the establishment of a committee to be called the "hospitals services utilization committee" and consisting of members of the medical staff and n1ay prescribe the powers and duties of that com mittee.

(2) The hospital services utilization committee of the hospital, in addition to its powers and duties under the by-laws of the Board, (

a) shall conduct a review of a continuing nature of the utilization of the hospital's services in relation to patient care provided by the medical staff of the hospital, and 3

4. This

section amends

chapter 352 of the Revised Statutes.

Section 5 presently reads: 5. The Board shall consist of (

a) the president of the University or in his absence, the vice president, (

b) the dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University .or in his absence, the assistant dean, and (

c) not more than seven other persons who shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 3

4 (

b) is entitled to require from the Board and its employees such information as the committee reasonably requires for the purposes of its duties and access to the relevant records of the Board for those purposes. 5. This Act comes into force on July 1, 1970.

4 Title: 1970 (16th, 3rd) Bill 85,

An Act respecting certain Hospital Boards

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