BILL NO. 88

(as passed)

2nd Session, 62nd General Assembly
Nova Scotia
64 Elizabeth II, 2015

Government Bill

Dental Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 15 OF THE ACTS OF 2015

The Honourable Leo A. Glavine
Minister of Health and Wellness

First Reading: April 15, 2015 (LINK TO BILL AS INTRODUCED)

Second Reading: April 16, 2015

Third Reading: April 28, 2015

Royal Assent: May 11, 2015

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Subsection 17(1) of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1992, the Dental Act, as amended by Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2000 and Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2007, is further amended by

(a) striking out "and" in clause (e) and substituting a comma;

(b) adding "and a Registration Appeal Committee" immediately after "Committee" the second time it appears in clause (e); and

(c) striking out clause (g).

2 Section 20 of Chapter 3, as amended by Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2000 and Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2007, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (b) the following clause:

3 Clause 25(1)(f) of Chapter 3 is amended by striking out "Board" in the third line and substituting "Registrar, the Registration Appeal Committee".

4 Clause 27(1)(f) of Chapter 3 is amended by striking out "Board" in the third line and substituting "Registrar, the Registration Appeal Committee".

5 (1) Subsection 31(1) of Chapter 3 is repealed and the following subsection substituted:

(2) Subsection 31(2) of Chapter 3 is amended by striking out "Board" in the second line and substituting "Registration Appeal Committee".

(3) Section 31 of Chapter 3, as amended by Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2007, is further amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following subsection:

6 (1) Subsection 34A(2) of Chapter 3, as enacted by Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2008, is amended by

(a) striking out "or" in the third line and substituting a comma;

(b) adding "or the Registration Appeal Committee" immediately after "Committee" in the fourth line; and

(c) adding ", the Registration Appeal Committee" immediately after "Committee" in the last line.

(2) Subsection 34A(4) of Chapter 3, as enacted by Chapter 3 of the Acts of 2008, is amended by

(a) striking out "or" in the second line and substituting a comma; and

(b) adding "or the Registration Appeal Committee" immediately after "Committee" in the third line.

7 (1) Subsection 43(1) of Chapter 3, as amended by Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2000, is further amended by

(a) striking out "and" in the first line and substituting a comma;

(b) adding "and the Registration Appeal Committee" immediately after "Committee" in the second line; and

(c) adding "with the exception of the powers of contempt, arrest and imprisonment" immediately after "Act" in the last line.

(2) Subsection 43(2) of Chapter 3 is amended by adding "with the exception of the powers of contempt, arrest and imprisonment" immediately after "Act" in the last line.

8 Subsection 44(1) of Chapter 3, as amended by Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2000, is further amended by

(a) striking out "or" in the third line and substituting a comma; and

(b) adding "or the Registration Appeal Committee" immediately after "Committee" the second time it appears in the third line.

9 Subsection 45(1) of Chapter 3, as amended by Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2000 and Chapter 29 of the Acts of 2007, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (d) the following clauses: