OIC Number: 2019 - 304

Date of Order: Oct 29, 2019

Statute: Health Authorities Act Protection for Persons in Care Act Personal Health Information Act Homes for Special Care Act Hospitals Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health and Wellness, dated September 20, 2019, is pleased, effective on and after October 29, 2019, to:

a) pursuant to

Section 78 of

Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2014, the Health Authorities Act , make new regulations respecting community hospices, to provide for the delivery of community hospice services by or under the supervision of the Nova Scotia Health Authority, in the form set forth in

Schedule “A” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation;

b) pursuant to

Section 18 of

Chapter 33 of the Acts 2004, the Protection for Persons in Care Act , amend the Protection for Persons in Care Regulations , N.S. Reg. 364/2007, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2007-441 dated August 17, 2007, to designate community hospices as health facilities subject to the Protection for Persons in Care Act , in the manner set forth in

Schedule “B” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation;

c) pursuant to

Section 110 of

Chapter 41 of the Acts of 2010, the Personal Health Information Act , amend the Personal Health Information Regulations , N.S. Reg. 217/2012, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2012-371 dated December 4, 2012, to designate community hospice operators as custodians under the Personal Health Information Act , in the manner set forth in

Schedule “C” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation;

d) pursuant to

Section 19 of

Chapter 203 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Homes for Special Care Act , amend the Homes for Special Care Regulations , N.S. Reg. 127/77, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 77-1261 dated October 11, 1977, to exempt community hospices from the application of the Homes for Special Care Act , in the manner set forth in

Schedule “D” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; and

e) pursuant to clause 3(

c) of

Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989, the Hospitals Act , to 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 exempt community hospices from the provisions of the Hospitals Act in the manner set forth in

Schedule “E” attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation.

Department(s): Health and Wellness