Third Session, 44th General Assembly

50 Elizabeth II, 2001

BILL 23

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION ACT, HOSPITALS ACT AND LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES ACT

Received and Read the First Time

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

HONOURABLE JULIE BETTNEY

Minister of Health and Community Services

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill would amend the Health Care Association Act , Hospitals Act , and Licensed Practical Nurses Act to specifically provide for participation in board and council meetings by telephone and other telecommunication devices.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION ACT, HOSPITALS ACT AND LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES ACT

Analysis

HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION ACT

1. S.8 Amdt.

Board of directors

HOSPITALS ACT

2. S.15 Amdt.

Quorum

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES ACT

3. S.4 Amdt.

Meetings of council

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION ACT

RSN1990 cH-8

as amended

Section 8 of the Health Care Association Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following:

(4) Except where prohibited in the by-laws made under

section 9, a director may, where all the directors consent, participate in a meeting of the board by means of the telephone or other telecommunication device that permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other.

(5) A director who participates in a meeting by the means described in subsection (4) is, for the purpose of this Act, present at and in attendance at that meeting.

HOSPITALS ACT

RSN1990 cH-9

as amended

Section 15 of the Hospitals Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following:

(6) Except where prohibited in the by-laws made under

section 33, a member of a hospital board or hospital authority may, where all the members consent, participate in a meeting of the board or authority by means of the telephone or other telecommunication device that permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other.

(7) A member of the board or authority who participates in a meeting by the means described in subsection (6) is, for the purpose of this Act, present at and in attendance at that meeting.

LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES ACT

RSN1990 cN-6

as amended

Section 4 of the Licensed Practical Nurses Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (3) the following:

(4) Except where prohibited in the regulations made under

section 12, a member of the council may, where all the members consent, participate in a meeting of the council by means of the telephone or other telecommunication device that permits all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other.

(5) A member of the council who participates in a meeting by the means described in subsection (4) is, for the purpose of this Act, present at and in attendance at that meeting.

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