BILL NO. 89

(as amended)

1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998

Government Bill

Medical Act
(amended)

CHAPTER 31 OF THE ACTS OF 1998

The Honourable James A. Smith, M.D.
Minister of Health

First Reading: November 24, 1998

Second Reading: November 27, 1998

Third Reading: December 3, 1998 (NO AMENDMENTS)

Royal Assent: December 3, 1998

Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:

1 Section 78 of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 1995-96, the Medical Act, is repealed and the following Section substituted therefor:

78 A hospital shall report in writing to the Registrar any restriction, suspension, revocation or other change of, or failure to renew, the hospital privileges of a member or associate member of the College, including any resignation affecting those privileges, but not including

(a) an expansion of privileges; or

(b) a suspension of privileges pursuant to the by-laws of the hospital where the suspension is

(i) due solely to the failure of the member or associate member to complete a health record within a time provided for by or pursuant to the by-laws of the hospital,

(ii) automatic upon such failure, and

(iii) automatically rescinded upon completion of the health record,

and shall include the reasons for such change in privileges.