Schedule

Part 10 — Social Development and Poverty Reduction Amendments

Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation

89 Section 1 (1) of the Employment and Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 265/2002, is amended

(a) in the definition of "dietitian" by striking out "Health Professions Act" and substituting "Health Professions and Occupations Act", and

(b) by repealing the definition of "midwife" and substituting the following:

"midwife" means a person who is authorized under the Health Professions and Occupations Act to practise the designated health profession of midwifery; .

90 Section 2 (2) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) For the purposes of the Act, "prescribed professional" means a person who is

(a) authorized under the Health Professions and Occupations Act to practise the designated health profession of

(i) medicine,

(ii) nursing or psychiatric nursing,

(iii) occupational therapy, physical therapy or psychology, or

(iv) chiropractic, or

(b) a registrant within the meaning of the Social Workers Act.

91 Section 1 of Schedule C is amended

(a) by repealing the definitions of "acupuncturist", "audiologist", "chiropractor", "dental hygienist", "dentist", "denturist", "hearing instrument practitioner", "massage therapist", "naturopath", "occupational therapist", "optician", "optometrist", "physical therapist", "physical therapy" and "podiatrist", and

(b) by repealing the definitions of "hearing instrument", "ophthalmologist" and "specialist" and substituting the following:

"hearing instrument" has the same meaning as "wearable hearing instrument" in section 3 (1) of the Schedule to the Regulated Health Practitioners Regulation;

"ophthalmologist" means a specialist whose specialist qualifications are in the practice of ophthalmology;

"specialist" means a medical practitioner who is recognized by the regulator that is responsible, under the Health Professions and Occupations Act, for governing the designated health profession of medicine as having specialist qualifications in the practice of medicine.

92 The following section is added to Schedule C:

93 Section 2 of Schedule C is amended

(a) in subsection (1) (c) by repealing the table and substituting the following:

      , and

(b) in subsections (2) and (2.1) by striking out "non-surgical podiatry services, naturopathy services" and substituting "non-surgical podiatric medicine services, naturopathic medicine services".

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