BILL NO. 114

(as introduced)

1st Session, 64th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
71 Elizabeth II, 2022

 

Government Bill

 

Hospitals Act
(amended)

 

The Honourable Michelle Thompson
Minister of Health and Wellness

First Reading: March 31, 2022

(Explanatory Note)

Second Reading: April 1, 2022

Third Reading: April 7, 2022 (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED)

Explanatory Note

This Bill enables qualified nurse practitioners to have patients admitted to hospital.

An Act to Amend Chapter 208
of the Revised Statutes, 1989,
the Hospitals Act

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 2 of Chapter 208 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Hospitals Act, as amended by Chapters 6 and 29 of the Acts of 2000, Chapter 42 of the Acts of 2005, Chapters 8 and 58 of the Acts of 2008 and Chapter 32 of the Acts of 2014, is further amended by adding immediately after clause (ha) the following clause:

(hb) "qualified nurse practitioner" means a nurse practitioner as defined in the Nursing Act;

2 Section 8 of Chapter 208, as amended by Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2008, is further amended by adding ", qualified nurse practitioner" immediately after "practitioner" in the fourth line.

 

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