(4) An administrator appointed under subsection (2). It is the largest employer in the province, with more than 23,000 employees, 2,500 physicians and 7,000 volunteers working from 45 different facilities. (d) 45 days have elapsed after the coming into force of this Section. 73 No member of a community health board is personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done or for any neglect or default in the bona fide exercise or purported exercise of a power conferred upon that member by this Act. They've agreed to share their contact information with you, and they encourage you to contact them if you have any questions. (4) A health authority that submitted a plan approved under subsection (3) must make up its operating funding deficit or capital deficit in accordance with the plan as approved by the Minister. 821 St. George Street . 132 Subsection 19(1) of Chapter 36 is amended by striking out "district" in the first line. Glace Bay, NS Dated this . (3) Where a health authority has not made by-laws under subsection (1), the Minister may, where the Minister considers it advisable, make the by-laws referred to in that subsection. (c) is a person or a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations. (d) ensuring the proper discharge by the health authority of its duties and powers regarding the boundaries, composition, membership, formation and support of community health boards. (a) has all of the powers and authority of the board; (b) shall perform all of the duties of the board; and. 54 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a director of the provincial health authority holds office for the term prescribed by the regulations or, where the regulations do not prescribe the term, for the term specified in the director's appointment. Cardiovascular Health Nova Scotia (CVHNS) is a provincial program of the Nova Scotia Health Authority which aims to improve the cardiovascular health and care of Nova Scotians. (7) A public engagement plan contained in a health-services business plan prepared by the provincial health authority must provide direction to community health boards in respect of their consultations with the residents of the communities they serve under clause 70(e). 89 Payzant Drive . B0C 1N0 Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning. 520 Purves Street (2) A health-services business plan must be submitted to the Minister no later than November 1st before the commencement of each fiscal year, unless the Minister or the regulations prescribe a different date on or before which the health-services business plan is to be submitted. 130 Sections 5 to 7, 9, 19, 72 and 75 of Chapter 208 are repealed. 63 (1) Subject to the approval of the Minister, the provincial health authority may alter the boundaries of a community or amalgamate or reduce the number of community health boards. (2) A community health board may recommend to the provincial health authority that it change the boundaries of its community or amalgamate or reduce the number of community health boards. Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital 325 Pleasant Street . . 86 (1) Representatives of the district health authorities and unions shall, within 14 days of the appointment of the mediator-arbitrator, enter into mediated negotiations with the assistance of the mediator-arbitrator to determine. 122 Section 4 of Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2004, the Health Protection Act, is amended by. . Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning. 72 (1) The provincial health authority shall provide each community health board with administrative support services and information resources to assist in the carrying out of the community health board's duties as prescribed by Section 70. 40 Freer Lane Phone: 902-470-8888, Colchester East Hants Health Centre (c) interpret any provision of any of the collective agreements. the Minister shall appoint as the mediator-arbitrator such individual as the Minister considers appropriate. 51 (1) The provincial health authority is responsible for the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. 1,856 posts. (3) Where an administrator is appointed under subsection (2), the dismissed directors shall, at the administrator's request, deliver to the administrator all funds of the health authority and such books, records and documents respecting the management and activities of the health authority as the administrator may require. 3 The Minister is responsible for the general supervision and management of this Act. (a) adding "and" immediately after the semicolon at the end of clause (a); (b) striking out "; and" at the end of clause (b) and substituting a period; and, 107 Section 2 of Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2005, the Correctional Services Act, is amended by, (a) striking out "district health authority or the IWK Health Centre" in the last line of clause (o) and substituting "health authority, as defined by the Health Authorities Act"; and. PO Box 490 (o) carry out such additional responsibilities as the Minister may assign or as are prescribed by the regulations. (a) describes the scope and purpose of the health authority's planned public engagement activities; (b) explains how the health authority's engagement activities will allow it to become informed about the views, opinions and experiences of the members of the public whom the health authority serves; (c) specifies the ways in which the health authority will advise the public of the outcome of issues on which the public is consulted; and. B0H 1H0 34 (1) Where a health authority realizes an operating funding surplus at the end of a fiscal year, the health authority may request that the Minister allow it to overspend in a subsequent fiscal year by an amount not exceeding the amount of the operating funding surplus realized. Sydney Mines, NS B1V 2H7 Parrsboro, NS Opportunities are always changing. Musquodoboit Harbour, NS B2H 3S6 (b) striking out clause (g) substituting the following clause: (2) A public health inspector or public health nurse who is providing assistance for the purpose of this Act may exercise any of the powers of a public health inspector or public health nurse, as the case may be, anywhere in the Province. (2) Members of a community health board must be appointed under an open and transparent selection process prescribed by the regulations. B0N 1X0 22637 #7 Highway (d) includes any other requirements prescribed by the Minister. B0K 1V0 62 The objects of a community health board are to advise the provincial health authority on local perspectives, trends, issues and priorities, and to contribute to health-system accountability by facilitating an exchange of information and feedback between the community and the provincial health authority. 143 Section 2 of Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2011, the Medical Act, is amended by. Nova Scotia Health Authority | 27,174 followers on LinkedIn. B0K 1L0 [1] Its largest hospital is the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. 75 Warwick Street JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK. (i) the House of Commons or the Senate of Canada. . B0S 1A0 30 Old Margaree Road B4P 1X4 13 (1) A health authority is a body corporate with the capacity and, subject to this Act, the rights, powers and privileges of a natural person. (a) provide leadership for the health system by setting the strategic policy direction, priorities and standards for the health system; and. (b) has the prior written approval of the Minister. . those by-laws remain in effect and apply to the provincial health authority until such time as they are replaced with new by-laws made under this Act. 50 The objects of the provincial health authority are to govern, manage and provide health services in the Province and to implement the strategic direction set out in the provincial health plan. 835 East River Road Multiple sites: consult individual departments. (3) The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre is a centre for adult tertiary health services and research and academic activities. Are you curious about who supports the House the Assembly? 300 South Street (a) "accountability framework" means an agreement between the Minister and the health authorities that describes the respective roles, responsibilities and obligations of the Minister and health authorities in achieving strategic priorities and expected results for the health system; (b) "administrator" means a person appointed to act as an administrator of a health authority under subsection 10(2); (c) "bargaining unit" has the same meaning as "unit" in the Trade Union Act; (d) "board" means the board of directors of a health authority; (e) "capital surplus or deficit" means, in respect of a fiscal year, the surplus or deficit, as the case may be, calculated by subtracting the cost in that fiscal year of acquisitions of tangible capital assets by a health authority from the tangible capital asset revenues of the health authority and the debt incurred by the health authority as a result of borrowing money in accordance with Section 35 in that fiscal year for tangible capital asset acquisitions; (g) "community" means the area for which a community health board has been established or continued under this Act; (h) "community health board" means a community health board established or continued under this Act; (i) "community health plan" means a plan for health promotion initiatives and the improvement of the health of the community that is to be prepared under subsection 74(1); (j) "director" means a member of a board and, for greater certainty, includes a non-voting member of the board; (k) "district health authority" means a district health authority established under the former Act; (l) "former Act" means Chapter 6 of the Acts of 2000, the Health Authorities Act; (m) "former IWK Health Centre Act" means Chapter 26 of the Acts of 1996, the Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre Act; (n) "foundation" means a foundation established, in respect of a hospital, by an enactment, trust or agreement; (o) "health authority" means the provincial health authority or the IWK Health Centre; (p) "health services" means services related to the prevention of illness or injury, the promotion or maintenance of health or the care and treatment of sick, infirm or injured persons, and includes services provided in the Province through hospitals and other health-care institutions, public-health services, addiction services, emergency services, mental-health services, home-care services, long-term care services, primary-care services and such other services as may be prescribed by the regulations; (q) "health-services business plan" means the annual health-services business plan required to be prepared by a health authority under subsection 40(1); (r) "hospital" means a hospital as defined in the Hospitals Act; (s) "IWK Health Centre" means the Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre; (t) "Labour Board" means the Labour Board established by the Labour Board Act; (u) "licensed practical nurse" has the same meaning as in the Licensed Practical Nurses Act; (v) "management zone" means a management zone established under subsection 60(1); (w) "mediator-arbitrator" means the mediator-arbitrator appointed by the Minister under Section 85; (x) "Minister" means the Minister of Health and Wellness; (y) "operating funding surplus or deficit" means, in respect of a fiscal year, the surplus or deficit, as the case may be, calculated by subtracting the operating expenses of a health authority in that fiscal year, excluding amortization costs, from the health authority's net revenues in that fiscal year from operations; (z) "operating revenue" means, in respect of a fiscal year, the total of all revenue of a health authority in that fiscal year less the tangible capital asset revenue of the health authority in that fiscal year; (za) "personal health information" has the same meaning as in the Personal Health Information Act; (zb) "personal information" has the same meaning as in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; (zc) "provincial health authority" means the health authority for the Province established by subsection 49(1); (zd) "provincial health plan" means the provincial health plan established by the Minister under clause 6(a); (ze) "public engagement plan" means a plan by a health authority to engage and consult with the public in respect of the health services provided by the health authority; (zf) "Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre" means the collection of buildings and sites referred to in subsection 51(2); (zg) "registered nurse" has the same meaning as in the Registered Nurses Act; (zh) "tangible capital asset" means a tangible capital asset prescribed by or determined in accordance with a health authority's accounting policy; (zi) "tangible capital asset revenue" means, in respect of a fiscal year, the total of all revenue received by a health authority in that fiscal year for the purpose of acquiring tangible capital assets; (zj) "type" means, in relation to a bargaining unit, one of the four types of bargaining unit referred to in clause 89(1)(a); (ii) the Nova Scotia Government Employees Union. (2) The IWK Health Centre is dedicated to, and shall conduct its business and affairs with a view to, improving the health and health status of children, youth, women and families. PO Box 220 . Discover how members are governed, find financial information and learn about honours. Phone: 902-657-2382, All Saints Springhill Hospital (c) adding immediately after clause (c) the following clause: (2) Subsection 5(2) of Chapter 4 is amended by, (a) striking out "The district" in the first line and substituting "A"; and. (a) respecting the appointment, removal, functions and duties of officers, agents and servants of the health authority; (b) establishing standing and special committees of the board, including committees dealing with quality and patient safety; (c) respecting the delegation of powers and duties to officers and committees; (d) designating banking authorities and signing officers; (e) respecting conflicts of interest of directors; (f) governing the calling of meetings of the board and the rules of procedure at such meetings; and. 49 (1) There is hereby established as a body corporate a health authority for the Province that shall provide health services to the entire Province, except for those health services provided by the IWK Health Centre. (b) such number of non-voting directors as the Minister considers appropriate. Halifax, NS 28 (1) In each fiscal year, a health authority shall deliver to the Minister an annual report in the form and containing the content prescribed by the Minister. The CEO and volunteer board members were released from their duties. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, words and expressions used in Sections 26 and 83 to 104 have the same meaning as in Part I of the Trade Union Act. . Nova Scotia Health Authority corporate office is located in 1276 S Park St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada and has 17,599 employees. B4C 0A2 The Nova Scotia Hospital 31 A health authority shall deliver to the Minister, (b) audited financial statements and reports as required under subsection 36(5); and. 121 Orchard Street (2) Where a new community health board is created by the amalgamation of two or more existing community health boards, one third of the initial membership of the new community health board must be appointed for a term of two years, one third must be appointed for a term of three years and the remaining one third must be appointed for a term of four years. (2) For greater certainty, a community health board is not a body corporate. PO Box 9700 Phone: 902- 885-2554, Hants Community Hospital Digby, NS (g) participate with the provincial health authority in the selection of community development grant recipients to advance health promotion initiatives in the community. 101 A person who contravenes Section 99 or 100 is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction, (a) in the case of an offence committed by a district health authority or union, or by a person acting on behalf of a district health authority or union, to a fine of not more than $100,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $10,000 for each day on which the offence continues; and. (2) The members of a committee established under subsection (1) need not be directors of the provincial health authority. PO Box 1180 B0J 3B0 61 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the community health boards established under the former Act are hereby continued. 81 (1) In this Section, "district health authority" means a district health authority as defined in the former Act but does not include the IWK Health Centre. 88 Where the mediated negotiations are terminated before an agreement is concluded on all of the matters to be determined under subsection 86(1) , the mediator-arbitrator shall conduct final and binding arbitration to determine the matters referred to in that subsection that remain to be determined. PO Box 1059 (g) respecting the management and administration of the board. (3) Each member of a community health board must ordinarily reside within the community. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may appoint the first chief executive officer of the provincial health authority. (o) notwithstanding any enactment, exempting designated organizations from paying the parking fees and other parking costs at the facilities of a health authority. This section holds debates and transcripts, bills and statutes, committee meetings, and more. 68 A community health board shall select its chair from among its members. Your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer may be impacted if you do not accept all cookies. PO Box 399 The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada. This confidential service is provided by Shepellfgi, an external agency and is a free service for all permanent and long assignment employees and their family members. 91 (1) The mediator-arbitrator has all the powers, privileges and immunities of a commissioner appointed under the Public Inquiries Act. 46 The board of the IWK Health Centre may delegate authority to any person or committee to conduct and manage affairs of the IWK Health Centre to the extent the board determines in accordance with the by-laws of the IWK Health Centre. 102 (1) Any lockout or strike between a district health authority and a union that is taking place at the time this Section comes into force must cease until April 1, 2015. A detailed list of hospitals is maintained by the Nova Scotia Health Authority. It allows for dialogue with the public, with patients and families, and with our many partners and stakeholders. Do you want to learn how the Legislature operates? . Baddeck, NS (2) The provincial health authority shall provide a copy of each community health plan to the IWK Health Centre to assist it in the preparation of its health-services business plan. Inverness, NS . (3) For greater certainty, a by-law made under subsection (1) has no effect until it is approved by the Minister. QEII Health Sciences Centre (g) conduct financial and human resource planning. The people of Nova Scotia Health Authority work together to improve the health of individuals and communities. Phone: 902- 464-3111 Read More. Bayview Memorial Health Centre . . 123 (1) Clause 6(1)(g) of Chapter 4 is amended by striking out "district" in the first line. 25 Bay Street (c) is final and cannot be questioned or reviewed in any court or tribunal. May be impacted if you do not accept all cookies ( b ) such number non-voting. Human resource planning 1N0 Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning responsible for the Elizabeth... 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