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| SECTION | EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
| 1 | April 11, 2001 | ||
| 24.1 | April 11, 2001 | ||
| 47 | April 11, 2001 | ||
| 56 | April 11, 2001 | ||
| Schedule | April 11, 2001 | ||
Section 1, definition of "hospital" BEFORE changes were made by 2001-8-2 effective April 11, 2001 (Royal Assent).
"hospital", except in Part 2, means a nonprofit institution that has been designated as a hospital by the minister and is operated primarily for the reception and treatment of persons
(a) suffering from the acute phase of illness or disability,
(b) convalescing from or being rehabilitated after acute illness or injury, or
(c) requiring extended care at a higher level than that generally provided in a private hospital licensed under Part 2;
Part 2.1, Section 24.1 added by 2001-8-3 effective April 11, 2001 (Royal Assent).
Section 47 BEFORE changes were made by 2001-8-4 effective April 11, 2001 (Royal Assent).
47 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may withhold the amounts payable under this or any other Act to a hospital, if its board of management refuses or neglects to comply with this Act or the regulations, or fails to administer the hospital in a manner satisfactory to the minister.
Section 56 BEFORE changes were made by 2001-8-5 effective April 11, 2001 (Royal Assent).
56 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make any regulations deemed necessary for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act to meet any contingency not expressly provided for in it, and providing for the returns to be rendered by the secretary or other executive officer of a hospital.
(1.1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may, by regulation, prescribe a health profession for the purpose of the definition of "practitioner" in section 1.
(2) [Repealed 1999-12-7.]
(3) The power to make regulations under this section extends to prescribing, for any hospital as defined under any of the provisions of this Act, any of the following:
(a) the proportion of the accommodation which is to be used as public or standard ward accommodation;
(b) the number or proportion of persons
(i) to or for whom income assistance is provided under the BC Benefits (Income Assistance) Act, a youth allowance is provided under the BC Benefits (Youth Works) Act or a disability allowance is provided under the Disability Benefits Program Act, and
(ii) who are to be provided with the necessary care and accommodation;
(b.1) the rates payable for the persons referred to in paragraph (b);
(c) the rules or standards for the ownership, capital debt, construction, maintenance, operation and management of hospitals or licensed hospitals;
(d) the issue, by the board of management, of permits authorizing the treatment of patients by practitioners;
(e) the establishment of medical staff organizations and other bodies comprised of persons to whom permits are issued under paragraph (d) and the promulgation, by a board of management, of bylaws or rules governing those organizations or other bodies;
(f) the requirements governing the admission to and discharge from hospitals of patients;
(g) the rules or standards regarding the care and treatment of patients;
(h) the records and documents respecting patients to be kept by a hospital or supplied by a practitioner to a hospital, and the minimum period for the retention of those records and documents by a hospital;
(i) the powers, duties and responsibilities of a public administrator appointed under section 52, and any matter respecting a hospital corporation for which the appointment is made;
(j) the terms and conditions of the planning, construction and operation of a hospital following public administration under section 52.
(4) If regulations are made,
(a) a hospital to which the regulations apply must observe them, and
(b) the person in charge of admissions to a hospital to which regulations made under subsection (3) (b) apply must, if the number or proportion of the persons to whom that paragraph refers accommodated in that hospital is less than the number or proportion prescribed, give preference of admission to those persons.
Schedule added by 2001-8-6 effective April 11, 2001 (Royal Assent).
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