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Volume 56, No. 4

69/2013

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 12, 2013

B.C. Reg. 69/2013 , deposited February 28, 2013, pursuant to the E-HEALTH (PERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ACCESS AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY) ACT [sections 9 and 26]. Order in Council 108/2013, approved and ordered February 28, 2013.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective on the later of February 10, 2013 and the date this order is deposited, the Disclosure Directive Regulation, B.C. Reg. 172/2009, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. MACDIARMID, Minister of Health ; J. YAP, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 of the Disclosure Directive Regulation, B.C. Reg. 172/2009, is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“non-photo BC services card” means a non-photo BC services card within the meaning of the Identification Card Regulation, B.C. Reg. 4/2013;

“photo BC services card” means a photo BC services card within the meaning of the Identification Card Regulation or a driver’s licence issued under

section 25 (1.3) of the Motor Vehicle Act that indicates the holder is a beneficiary under the Medicare Protection Act ;

“photocopy” , in relation to a non-photo BC services card and a photo BC services card, means a photocopy of both the front and back of the card;

Section 3 (

c) is amended

(

a) in subparagraph (

i) by repealing clauses (

A) and (

B) and substituting the following:

(

A) the person’s photo BC services card, or

(

B) the person’s British Columbia CareCard or non-photo BC services card, as well as other satisfactory identification for the person; ,

(

b) in subparagraph (ii) (

A) by adding “ , non-photo BC services card or photo BC services card ” after “ British Columbia CareCard ”,

(

d) by repealing subparagraph (iii) and substituting the following:

(iii) in the case of a directive made or revoked by a person on behalf of another adult, a photocopy of the following:

(

A) if the person on whose behalf the directive is made or revoked has a photo BC services card, the person’s photo BC services card;

(

B) if the person on whose behalf the directive is made or revoked does not have a photo BC services card, the person’s British Columbia CareCard or non-photo BC services card, as well as other satisfactory identification for the person;

(

C) satisfactory identification for the person making or revoking the directive;

(

D) documentation satisfactory to the minister providing evidence that the person making or revoking the directive has authority under the common law or an enactment to make personal and health care decisions on behalf of the person on whose behalf the directive is made or revoked.

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