BILL NO. 46
(as introduced)
1st Session, 59th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003
Public Service Act
(amended)
The Honourable Rodney J. MacDonald
Minister of Health Promotion
First Reading: April 15, 2004
Second Reading: April 20, 2004
Third Reading: May 20, 2004 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS) (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)
Explanatory Note
This Bill establishes the Office of Health Promotion.
An Act to Amend Chapter 376
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Public Service Act,
to Establish the Office of Health Promotion
1 Chapter 376 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Public Service Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 25B the following Sections:
(2) The Governor in Council may assign to a member of the Executive Council responsibility for the Office of Health Promotion.
(3) The Office of Health Promotion shall be presided over by the Minister of Health Promotion who has the supervision, direction and control of all affairs and matters relating to the Office and who shall supervise the performance of the functions of the Office.
(4) The Governor in Council may appoint a person to be Chief Executive Officer of the Office of Health Promotion who shall be paid such salary as the Governor in Council determines and who shall perform such duties as are from time to time prescribed by the Governor in Council.
(5) Such other officers and employees as are required for the purposes of the Office of Health Promotion may be appointed pursuant to the Civil Service Act and that Act applies to those employees.
25D The Office of Health Promotion is responsible for all matters related to promoting a culture of good health and general preventative health measures, in the areas of
(a) healthy living;
(b) addiction prevention, including problem drinking and problem gambling;
(c) tobacco control;
(d) physical activity as achieved through sport, recreation and facility development;
(g) injury prevention.2 This Act comes into force on such day as the Governor in Council orders and declares by proclamation.
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