Bill 17 — First Session, 20Th Legislature, 32 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 17 Health Occupatlolitls^Amendmenract, 1983 (Legislature 20, Session 1)

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1983 BILL 17 First Session, 20th Legislature, 32 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 17 HEALTH OCCUPAtlOlitlS^AMENDMENrACT, 1983 First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 17 BILL 17 1983 HEALTH OCCUPATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 1983 (Assented to , 1983) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1 The Health Occupations Act is amended by this Act. 2

Section 2(4) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(4) Subject to

section 4(1.1), this Act does not apply to a person who is entitled to practise a health occupation pursuant to any other Act. 3

Section 4 is amended (

a) by adding the following after subsection (1):

(1.1) The Board shall conduct an investigation into a health occupation if an application has been made by a professional association representing the majority of the persons who are (

a) engaged in that health occupation, and (

b) entitled to practise the health occupation pursuant to any other Act for the purpose of determining if the health occupation should be designated as a designated health occupation under this Act. (

b) in subsections (2), (3) and (5), by adding "or (1.1)" after "subsection (1)".

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter H-5.1 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2

Section 2(4) presently reads:

(4) This Act does not apply to a person who is entitled to practise a health occupation under any other Act. 3

Section 4 presently reads: 4(1) The Board shall conduct an investigation into a health occupation in respect of which (

a) an application has been made by or on behalf of an association of persons who are engaged in that health occupation for it to be desig nated as a designated health occupation under this Act, or (

b) the Minister has directed the Board to make an investigation for the purpose of determining if the health occupation should be desig nated as a designated health occupation under this Act.

(2) In conducting an investigation into a health occupation under subsec tion (1) the Board shall consult with any association of persons engaged in the practice of that health occupation or any association of persons that has as one of its objects the advancement or promotion of the practice of that health occupation.

(3) In conducting an investigation into a health occupation under subsec- n (1), the Board shall ascertain tion (1), the Board shall ascertain (

a) the tasks involved in the practice of that health occupation and the complexity of those tasks, (

b) the degree of direction or supervision that a person who engages in the practice of that health occupation in the course of his employ ment receives with respect to that practice, (

c) what educational programs approved by the Minister of Advanced Education and Manpower exist in Alberta for that health occupation, and

Section 33 is repealed. 5 The following is added after

section 39:

SCHEDULE Designated Health Occupations The following health occupations are designated as health occu pations for the purposes of this Act: (

a) Emergency Medical Technicians — Paramedics; 2

(

d) what educational programs exist outside of Alberta for.that health occupation.

(4) The Board shall, having regard to the matters ascertained under sub section (3), (

a) evaluate the degree of direct and personal impact that the care or treatment that is normally provided by a person engaged in the prac tice of that health occupation may have on the health of persons to whom that care or treatment is provided, (

b) determine what services members of that health occupation may provide to persons requiring care and treatment within the scope of that health occupation and any limitations or conditions applicable to the provision of those services, (

c) evaluate the extent of iruiependence of practice in that health oc cupation that is necessary or desirable for a person who is, in the course of his employment, engaged in that practice, (

d) consider what qualifications may be desirable for applicants for registration to practise in that health occupation, whether with respect to education, training or possession of a specified body of knowledge or technical proficiency, and (

e) consider what may be minimum standards of competency to be required of members of that health occupation in the practice of their occupation.

(5) On completing an investigation under subsection (1), the Board shall, if it is satisfied, having regard to the matters ascertained, evaluated, deter mined and considered under subsections (3) and (4), that the potential for and degree of risk of harm to the public that may result from the practice of that health occupation is such that the health occupation investigated by the Board should be a designated health occupation under this Act, submit to the Minister a full report on the investigation and recommend to the Minister that legislation be enacted to designate that health occu pation as a designated health occupation. 4

Section 33 presently reads: 33 The Dental Association Act is amended (

a) by repealing

section 60(2) arui substituting the following: (2) Subsection (1) does not apply so as to prohibit a member of the Association from employing any person to perform in the field of dentistry any duties that the person is qualified and authorized under any other Act to perform. (

b) by repealing

section 56. 5 Designates 3 health occupations as designated health occupations under the Act.

(

b) Respiratory Technologists; (

c) Medical Radiation Technologists. 6 The Dental Association Act is amended (

a) by repealing

section 60(2) and substituting the following: (2) Subsection (1) does not apply so as to prohibit a member of the Association from employing any person to perform in the field of dentistry any duties that the person is qualified and authorized under any other Act to perform. (

b) by repealing

section 66(3). 7 The Radiological Technicians Act is amended (

a) in the title, by adding "(INDUSTRIAL)" after "RADIOLOGI CAL"; (

b) by repealing

section 1(b); (

c) by repealing

Part 1; (

d) in

section 11 by striking out "or" at the end of clause (f), by adding "or" at the end of clause (

g) and by adding the following after clause (g): (

h) a person registered under the Health Occupations Act as a medical radiation technologist. (

e) by repealing sections 12, 14(l)(b), 14(2) and 16. 8 The Canadian Society of Radiological Technicians (Alberta Divi sion) Act is repealed. 9 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

6 Amends

chapter D-7 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 7 Consequential amendment to

chapter R-3 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 8 Repeals

chapter 77 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1963. Title: 1983 (20th, 1st) Bill 17, Health Occupations Amendment Act, 1983

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