4 Construction approval
5 Location and site approval
6 Standards approval
7 Fire prevention regulations
8 Changes in capacity
9 Treatment privileges and admission of patients
10 Admission responsibility
11 Salmonella reports
12 Minutes of board meeting
13 Medical records
14 Signature of attending physician and nurse
15 Retention of medical records
15.1 Health Care Protection Act records
16 Rules of the hospital
17 Health examinations
18 Surgical care
19 Anaesthetics
20 Assistance at major operations
22 Operating room
23 Tissues removed at operation
24 Obstetrical care
25 Autopsies
26 Removal of body
27 Nursing service
28 Approval of changes in services
29 Approval of changes in education programs
30 Expense payments to board members
31-33 Medical staff
33.1 Notice to professional association
34 Accreditation
35 Reimbursement
35.1 Offence
36 Repeal
Interpretation
1(1) In this
Regulation,
(a) “Act” means the Hospitals Act;
(b) “graduate nurse” means a person who has
graduated from a recognized formal educational program and is eligible but is
not registered pursuant to the Nursing Profession Act;
(c) “in-patient” means a person admitted to and
assigned a bed in a hospital by the order of a member of the medical or
professional staff who has admitting privileges;
(d) “out-patient” means a person who receives
out-patient services;
(e) “professional staff” means health
practitioners, other than physicians, who are regulated under a health
profession statute and have been granted by the board of a hospital the
authority to admit, attend or treat patients at and utilize the resources of
that hospital.
(2) Other words
have the same meaning as in the Act or in regulations under Part 1 and Part 3
of the Act.
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Application of Regulation
2 This Regulation applies
to the boards of approved hospitals.
AR
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Review by regional health authority
2.1 Where
a provision of this Regulation requires that a board obtain the approval of the
Minister in respect of a proposed activity, the Minister may, prior to giving
approval, require that the proposed activity be reviewed and approved by the
regional health authority of the health region or regions in which the board
operates a hospital.
AR
402/94 s2
Planning approval
3 Any hospital or other
board or joint planning board contemplating any change in its program of
services or facilities shall obtain the approval of the Minister and
recommendations from the district or regional planning council, if established,
for the proposed change.
AR
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Construction approval
4(1) No hospital
or other board shall undertake or authorize any construction, alteration or
renovation, other than emergency or normal repair work, without the prior
approval of the Minister.
(2) The upgrading of an existing hospital to meet minimum
standards shall be subject to approval of the Minister based on utilization,
the condition of the physical plant and the assessed need for a hospital
facility.
(3) All plans for the
construction, expansion, renovation or alteration of any health care facilities
under the jurisdiction of the Minister shall be submitted to the Minister in
accordance with the procedures established by the Minister.
(4) Subject to subsection
(5), final plans, specifications and all contract documents, including tenders,
must receive approval of the Minister before construction contracts can be
awarded.
(5) Subsection (4) does not
apply to a project if
(a) an agreement exists between the Minister and
the board of the hospital setting forth the responsibilities of each party to
that agreement with respect to the construction or renovation of the hospital
or facility, and
(b) the Minister has approved that board’s use
of the contract management system in respect of the construction or renovations
of that hospital or facility.
(6) No changes to any
contract documents, or to the construction, may be made without the prior
approval of the Minister.
(7) Notwithstanding
approval by the Minister, full compliance with all applicable Acts,
regulations, codes and standards shall be the responsibility of the board of
the facility concerned and of their professional consultants.
(8) The official
rated capacity of a hospital shall be as established by the Minister.
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Location and site approval
5 No hospital or other board shall
(a) purchase or otherwise acquire any building
site for hospital purposes without the approval of both the general location
and the specific site by the Minister,
(b) sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any
land, building or facilities except on approval of the Minister, or
(c) dispose of any hospital equipment except
within policy established by the Minister.
AR
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5.1 Repealed
AR 163/95 s3.
Standards approval
6 All construction,
alteration or renovation of any hospital or other health facility under the
Minister’s administration shall comply with all applicable building codes and
regulations and with the minimum standards of basic construction and planning
requirements as adopted by the Minister.
AR
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Fire prevention regulations
7 All hospitals and other
health facilities under the Minister’s administration shall conform to the
regulations under the Fire Prevention Act.
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Changes in capacity
8(1) No change
involving a period of over 60 days in the rated bed capacity of any hospital or
health facility under the Minister’s administration shall be made without the
prior approval of the Minister.
(2) The Minister
must be notified in all cases where the number of beds set up is less than the
official rated capacity.
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Treatment privileges and admission of patients
9(1) Only
(a) physicians who have been appointed to the
medical staff of a hospital on a permanent or temporary basis, or
(b) health practitioners who have been appointed
to the professional staff of a hospital on a permanent or temporary basis
may
attend patients or have treatment privileges in the hospital.
(2) As part of the
admitting procedure the health practitioner shall
(a) for each emergency admission, as soon as
possible and no later than 24 hours following the admission of the patient, and
(b) for each admission other than an emergency
admission of the patient,
provide
a history, a description of pertinent physical findings and a statement of the
provisional diagnosis and treatment.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsection (2), in hospitals where interns, students or clinical clerks are
appointed or employed and are under the direction of a member of the medical or
professional staff, a history may be completed by one of them but in that case
it shall be completed within 48 hours following admission of the patient.
(4) If possible, a note on
the results of pertinent investigations previously carried out should be
provided.
(5) Before a person is
accepted for admission to an auxiliary hospital, a report shall be provided
indicating a recent negative chest x-ray for tuberculosis.
(6) Candidates for
admission to auxiliary hospitals who are reported to have active tuberculosis
shall be referred to the Minister for assessment.
(7) Candidates for
admission to auxiliary hospitals who are reported to have inactive tuberculosis
and who do not possess documentation to substantiate that their disease is
inactive shall be referred to the Minister for assessment before admission may
be approved.
(8) Control of admission
and stay in hospital of persons not requiring hospital care is the
responsibility of the hospital administration staff and the hospital services
utilization committee.
(9) The attending health
practitioner should complete a copy of the “Certificate as to the Clinical
Necessity for Admission of a Person Not Requiring Hospital Care Accompanying a
Sick Patient” and forward it to the administrator who shall
(a) ensure that the certificate is considered by
the hospital services utilization committee or the member of the medical or
professional staff responsible for this function, and
(b) ensure that the certificate is filed on the
patient’s medical record.
(10) If the
hospital services utilization committee does not confirm that admission of the
person not requiring hospital care was clinically necessary for the welfare of
a sick in-patient, the person is deemed not to be in need of hospitalization
and thereby ineligible for hospital insurance benefits, in which case the
non-eligible rate established by regulations should be charged.
AR
247/90 s9;272/99
Admission responsibility
10(1) The
implementation of the mandatory conditions for admission of a patient pursuant
to section 9 shall be the responsibility of the hospital board through its
senior administrative officer.
(2) If a central
placement office has been established to regulate admission of patients to
long-term care facilities, operators of such facilities shall adhere to
admission policy established by this Regulation.
AR
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Salmonella reports
11(1) If a
hospital receives positive salmonella reports from the Provincial Laboratory on
3 or more patients admitted within a one-week period, the administrator shall
notify the Minister of the scope of infection and the factors which caused or
contributed to spread of it.
(2) Subsection
(1) does not absolve the hospital administrator from notifying the medical
officer of health of all cases of notifiable diseases listed under the Communicable
Diseases Regulation (Alta. Reg. 238/85).
AR
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Minutes of board meeting
12(1) Pursuant to section 25 of the Act, a copy
of minutes of all deliberations and transactions at board meetings signed by
the secetary of the board shall be sent to the Minister within 3 weeks of their
approval by the board.
(2) Subsection
(1) does not apply to business of a Council of Sisters not pertaining to a
district or hospital affairs, which should be conducted separately.
AR
247/90 s12;251/2001
Medical records
13(1) The board of
each approved hospital shall cause to be kept by the attending health
practitioner a record of the diagnostic and treatment services provided in
respect of each in-patient and out-patient in order to assist in providing a
high standard of patient care.
(2) For each admission, a
record of diagnostic and treatment services shall be maintained that shall
(a) identify the patient, and
(b) provide sufficient information to justify
the diagnosis and warrant the treatment given, including
(i) provisional and final diagnosis,
(ii) reports of diagnostic and treatment
procedures,
(iii) reports of consultations,
(iv) surgical reports,
(v) progress notes,
(vi) orders for treatment,
(vii) discharge summary as applicable, and
(viii) the signature of the attending health
practitioner.
(3) The original or a copy
of “out-of-hospital” records originating from
(a) another approved hospital, or
(b) from facilities approved by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta,
and
being sufficiently recent to be relevant to the patient’s current status should
be included in the record of diagnostic and treatment services.
(4) If the patient receives
an out-patient service, the medical record portion of the record of diagnostic
and treatment services required under this section shall be prepared by the
attending health practitioner on the prescribed form within 24 hours after the
services have been provided.
(5) Repealed AR 158/98 s2.
(6) Diagnostic and
treatment service records shall be legible, accurate and complete.
(7) In addition
to routine surgical and anaesthetic records maintained on surgical patients,
narrative summaries of surgical and anaesthetic events preceding demise shall
be recorded on all patients dying during surgery or within 10 days of its
completion.
AR
247/90 s13;158/98;272/99
Signature of attending physician and nurse
14(1) All health
practitioners’ orders for patients shall be in writing and shall be dated and
signed by the attending health practitioner or a member of the house staff
responsible to him, but an order shall be considered to be in writing if
dictated to a nurse or other authorized person, signed by that person on behalf
of the dictating health practitioner stating his name, and countersigned by the
health practioner within 24 hours.
(2) Because the interval
between a health practitioner’s visits to patients in auxiliary hospitals may
exceed 24 hours, the practice of signing orders as they are given and written
must be done in accordance with
(a) the rules of the hospital,
(b) the hospital by‑laws,
(c) the medical staff by‑laws, and
(d) service contracts, if any.
AR
247/90 s14;272/99
Retention of medical records
15(1) Diagnostic
and treatment service records shall be retained by the hospital for
(a) a period of 10 years from date of discharge
from hospital, and
(b) in addition, in the case of the patient
being a minor, for a period of at least 2 years following the date on which the
patient reached the age of 18 years.
(2) Diagnostic and treatment
service records may be retained by the hospital for an additional period as may
be considered necessary by the board.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsection (1),
(a) diagnostic and treatment service records may
be microfilmed on discharge of the patient from hospital and the original
records may then be destroyed after expiration of one year from the date of
discharge of the patient, and
(b) x-ray films may be destroyed after
expiration of 5 years from date of discharge of the patient.
AR
247/90 s15
Health Care Protection Act records
15.1(1) Subject to
subsection (2), the board of an approved hospital shall keep a statement
referred to in section 5(3) of the Health Care Protection Act for a
period of at least 10 years from the date of discharge of the patient from the
hospital.
(2) Where the patient was a
minor at the time the insured surgical service was provided, the board shall
keep the statement for a period ending
(a) 10 years after the date of discharge of the
patient from the hospital, or
(b) 2 years after the patient’s 18th birthday,
whichever
is longer.
(3) The board of an
approved hospital shall keep for a period of 6 years after they are created all
records, documents and books of account that are necessary in order to
determine whether the Health Care Protection Act and the regulations
under it have been complied with as they apply with respect to the provision of
enhanced medical goods or services and non‑medical goods or services
(a) in connection with the provision of an
insured surgical service, or
(b) that arise out of a stay at the approved
hospital.
(4) The board of
an approved hospital may store statements, records, documents and books of
account referred to in this (section in any format that will provide a copy of
the statement, records, document or book of account in a legible written form
within a reasonable time.
AR
209/2000 s2
Rules of the hospital
16 Hospital by-laws or rules under
them or service contracts, if any, must make provision for the following:
(a) routine stop orders on antibiotics,
narcotics, anticoagulants, sedatives and other potentially dangerous drugs;
(b) emergency call rosters of health
practitioners;
(c) the regular attendance to patients by their
health practitioner and for the naming of an alternate health practitioner who
may be called when the attending health practitioner is not available;
(d) the control of the time of admission of
patients, excepting emergency admission;
(e) the completion of diagnostic and treatment
service records within a minimum period of time after the patient’s discharge
and the specific action to be taken when this procedure is not followed;
(f) post mortem care;
(g) posting of no smoking signs in rooms where
oxygen is used;
(h) procedure for notifying the medical officer
of health of all cases of notifiable diseases listed under the Communicable
Diseases Regulation (Alta. Reg. 238/85);
(i) establishment and function of an infection
control committee and procedure for handling infections in the hospital and the
methods of isolation;
(j) arrangement for pre-natal antibody screening
and blood grouping;
(k) any other matters that are considered
necessary by the board.
AR
247/90 s16;272/99
Health examinations
17(1) Every
hospital shall develop and maintain a program of health examinations for its
staff based on the minimum considered necessary by its medical staff for the
protection of both staff and patients.
(2) Notwithstanding
subsection (1), the provincial smallpox vaccination policy for “at risk”
personnel shall be followed.
AR
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Surgical care
18(1) Excepting in
situations of emergency in which any delay might have serious consequences, the
patient shall be accompanied to surgery by a record of diagnostic and treatment
services that includes as a minimum
(a) a history,
(b) physical examination,
(c) provisional diagnosis, and
(d) reports made pursuant to the investigations
referred to in subsection (2).
(2) The board of an
approved hospital shall ensure that the rules adopted for the governing of the
day to day management of medical affairs in the hospital regarding patient
surgery, made pursuant to the by-laws of the medical staff referred to in
section 17(3) of the Act, include a list of investigations which the medical
staff stipulate to be the minimum required for each category of patient and
procedure.
(3) The record
shall be completed before surgery on all elective cases and as soon as possible
after surgery in emergency cases.
AR
247/90 s18;251/2001
Anaesthetics
19(1) Except in an
emergency situation when no other physician is available within a reasonable
time, all surgical anaesthetics shall be administered by a qualified
physician.
(2) In an emergency
situation described in subsection (1), the surgeon requesting an unqualified
person to give the anaesthetic shall accept full responsibility for the
procedure.
(3) Surgical anaesthetics
shall not be commenced before the surgical team is available in the hospital.
(4) When reasonably
possible, physicians providing anaesthetic services shall have a minimum of 6
months’ training in an anaesthetic training program approved by the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta.
(5) The state of the
patient prior to the operation and anaesthetic technique shall be critically
reviewed with reference to the need for mechanical ventilatory support in the
immediate postoperative period and if, under the circumstances, mechanical
ventilation equipment and personnel trained for its use are not available at
that time, the surgery should be deferred or done elsewhere.
(6) Consideration
should be given to transporting poor risk patients requiring major surgery,
whether elective or emergency, to centres where adequate ancillary care is
available.
AR
247/90 s19
Assistance at major operations
20(1) In a
hospital of more than 100 beds where a clinical department is established, the
medical staff shall determine those procedures and circumstances in which the
assistance of a second physician is required for surgery.
(2) In a hospital of less
than 100 beds, if the medical staff believes it has an acceptable organization
it may apply to the Minister for approval to make the determination referred to
in subsection (1).
(3) In other hospitals,
where clinical departments are not established, the assistance of a second
physician is required
(a) in operations within or on the contents of
the following cavities:
(i) the cranium,
(ii) the thorax, and
(iii) the abdomen, including the pelvis, and
(b) in operations which, because of their
locality, the conditions of the patient, their difficulty, or the length of
time required to operate, may constitute a distinct hazard to life or health,
and including those in the following list, which may be amended following
consultations between the Minister and the Alberta Medical Association:
(i) parotid gland, excision of, total, subtotal;
(ii) thyroidectomy;
(iii) thyroglossal duct cyst, sinus, excision of;
(iv) branchial cleft, cyst, sinus, excision of;
(v) hernia, inguinal, double inguinal, femoral,
umbilical, strangulated, repair of;
(vi) limbs, amputation of;
(vii) varicose veins, axis ligation, stripping,
deep ligation;
(viii) fistula in ano, complicated, repair of;
(ix) foreign body, deep removal of;
(x) lymph nodes, deep biopsy of;
(xi) mastectomy, simple, total, radical;
(xii) hand injuries, severe, operative treatment
of;
(xiii) fractures, reduction, open, long bones;
(xiv) compound fractures, operative reduction of,
excluding digits;
(xv) acute osteomyelitis, acute suppurative
arthritis, operative treatment of;
(xvi) internal derangement of the knee, other
joints, operative treatment of;
(xvii) colporrhapy, anterior, posterior;
(xviii) vaginal operation combined with laparotomy,
any;
(xix) atresia vaginae, plastic repair of;
(xx) mastoidectomy, radical;
(xxi) tracheostomy, elective;
(xxii) caesarian section.
AR
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21 Repealed AR 393/91 s2.
Operating room
22(1) The person
in charge of an operating room shall be a graduate nurse with special training
in operating room management or equivalent experience.
(2) Before closure of
(a) the peritoneum in abdominal surgery;
(b) the pleura in chest surgery;
(c) the subcutaneous tissue in other surgery;
adequate
precaution should be instituted to prevent an undesirable foreign body being
left at the site of operation.
(3) The
precaution taken should be recorded on the patient’s record.
AR
247/90 s22;163/95;178/95
Tissues removed at operation
23(1) All tissues
removed at operation, with the exception of those listed in subsection (5),
shall be forwarded for examination to a pathologist registered in that
specialty in Alberta.
(2) Hospitals not having
staff pathologists may use the facilities of a Provincial Laboratory.
(3) All tissues shall be
accompanied by a report giving the essential details, including the patient’s
name, sex, age, a brief history and the circumstances under which the tissue
was removed.
(4) The hospital is
responsible for preserving and delivering tissue to the pathologist.
(5) Tissues exempt from
this Regulation are as follows:
(a) amputation stumps-secondary;
(b) blood clots;
(c) bone fragments and ligaments;
(d) bony ossicles (ears);
(e) cartilage, external ear (plastic);
(f) fingers;
(g) foreign bodies (including bone plates, nails
and screws);
(h) hernial sac;
(i) hydrocele sac;
(j) intervertebral discs;
(k) meningocele sac;
(l) nasal septa when removed for obstruction
only;
(m) optic lens;
(n) prepuces;
(o) ribs removed incidental to chest surgery;
(p) scar tissue;
(q) semilunar cartilages;
(r) teeth;
(s) tendon segments removed incidental to
orthopaedic procedures;
(t) toes;
(u) toe and fingernails;
(v) tonsils and adenoids (patients under 40);
(w) vaginal wall fragments (plastic repair);
(x) varicocele;
(y) vein strippings.
(6) Pathology reports on
tissues examined shall be distributed as follows:
(a) one copy for the patient’s medical record,
and
(b) one copy to the surgeon who removed the
tissue.
AR
247/90 s23
Obstetrical care
24 A
sample of blood shall be taken from each newborn immediately after delivery and
forwarded to a Provincial Laboratory for a serological test for syphilis.
AR
247/90 s24;150/97
Autopsies
25(1) Autopsies
shall be performed, wherever possible, provided facilities are available, in
(a) all situations in which the cause of death
is in doubt, and
(b) all postoperative deaths within 72 hours of
the operation.
(2) An autopsy should be
considered when it might add to the medical knowledge of the medical staff if
permission has been received from the next-of-kin of the deceased or the
executor of the estate or both.
(3) An autopsy
may be requested by a medical examiner.
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247/90 s25
Removal of body
26(1) A body shall
not be removed from any hospital until
(a) it has been examined by a physician and he
has made a notation on the record of the time of death and has signed the
notation,
(b) proper authority has been received from the
hospital administration for the removal, and
(c) in the case where an autopsy has been
performed, the person performing the autopsy or a hospital representative on
that person’s behalf has made and signed a notation on the record that the next
of kin of the deceased person has been fully informed that an autopsy has been
performed.
(1.1) Subsection (1) does not
apply to an auxiliary hospital.
(2) When the body of a
deceased person is not claimed by the immediate relatives or their legal
representatives, hospital authorities shall take action in accordance with the Human
Tissue Gift Act.
(3) If death was
caused by a communicable disease, the hospital shall notify the relevant
funeral home of the cause of death on release of the body.
AR
247/90 s26;158/98;13/2001
Nursing service
27(1) Every
hospital shall
(a) maintain written nursing policies and
procedures,
(b) review them at least once a year, and
(c) ensure that current copies are available at
each nursing station.
(2) Every hospital should
have a system of clearly identifying various classifications of staff in
nursing care and other areas.
(3) The nursing service
staff shall meet as a whole or in categories or departments on a monthly basis
for the purpose of reviewing and evaluating the nursing service of the hospital
and minutes shall be kept of all the meetings and the minutes shall become part
of the records of the hospital.
(4) Adequate graduate
nurse coverage shall be provided at all times in the hospital.
AR
247/90 s27;163/95;178/95
Approval of changes in services
28 Every hospital shall require prior
approval of the Minister for
(a) any proposed major change or termination of
an existing service provided by the hospital, or
(b) the introduction of a new service.
AR
247/90 s28
Approval of changes in education programs
29(1) Every
hospital shall notify in advance and receive approval from
(a) the Minister, in the case of education and
training programs other than those directly associated with hospital based
nursing education programs, or
(b) the Minister of Advanced Education, in the
case of hospital based nursing education programs
before
commencing new education and training programs or making major changes to or
terminating existing education and training programs.
(2) Any hospital operating
an approved program shall be eligible for grants from the Minister and the
Minister of Advanced Education apart from their normal operating grants based
on the additional costs incurred in the operation of the program.
(3) In this
section, “education and training programs” means programs offered by a hospital
for the education and training of personnel or students but does not include
on-the-job training for the staff of the hospital.
AR
247/90 s29;163/95;206/2001;105/2005
Expense payments to board members
30(1) The board
may, by resolution, establish
(a) the attendance requirements,
(b) the amount payable to members for attendance
at board meetings considered necessary by the board for the proper conduct of
the affairs of a hospital or the discharge of the board’s responsibilities, and
(c) the amount payable to board members for
necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred in the conduct of the
affairs of a hospital.
(2) If feasible,
members proceeding to a common destination by automobile shall use one vehicle
and mileage allowance shall be paid to the operator of the vehicle only.
AR
247/90 s30
Medical staff
31 In carrying out the
provisions of sections 32 and 33 the board and the medical staff shall follow
the procedures set forth in the by‑laws of the medical staff that are
enacted pursuant to the Act.
AR
247/90 s31
Medical staff
32(1) The board shall establish a hospital
medical staff by appointing qualified physicians to the medical staff on an
annual basis and by making appointments at other times as circumstances may
require.
(2) The board may make
temporary appointments to the medical staff for specified terms of not more
than one year and may review the temporary appointments.
(3) The board may suspend
or terminate the appointment of any member of the medical staff.
(4) The medical
staff of a hospital shall be involved in the procedures for the establishment
of medical staff by-laws and appointments to medical staff.
AR
247/90 s32
Medical staff
33(1) The board
shall delineate the privileges which it grants to each member of the medical staff
taking into consideration the needs and facilities of the hospital and
physicians’ training and ability and may extend or reduce the privileges.
(2) In the delineation of
privileges, the circumstances of practice, the capabilities of the hospital from
the standpoint of its physical plant, diagnostic services, medical staff,
hospital staff and location shall be taken into consideration.
(3) The board may withdraw
privileges that it has granted to a member of the medical staff.
(4) A physician shall have
no privileges in a hospital until duly appointed on an annual or temporary
basis.
(5) Except in an emergency
a physician who is not a specialist radiologist shall not be granted privileges
to carry out fluoroscopy unless approved by the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Alberta to do so.
(6) Repealed AR
272/99 s7.
AR
247/90 s33;272/99
Notice to professional association
33.1 If a member of
the medical or professional staff of a hospital
(a) is suspended or whose authority to admit,
attend or treat patients has been cancelled or significantly altered because of
incompetence, negligence or misconduct, or
(b) resigns when the member’s competence,
negligence or conduct is under investigation,
the hospital shall so advise the
regulatory body of the health profession to which the member belongs.
AR
272/99 s8
Accreditation
34(1) Each
hospital shall strive to meet the standards for accreditation of hospitals
established by the Canadian Council on Hospital Accreditation.
(2) The taking of blood for
transfusion and crossmatching of blood in a hospital shall be carried out only
by suitably qualified personnel or members of the medical staff.
(3) Disposable
needles and syringes shall be rendered useless prior to their disposal and
shall be disposed in such a manner that their handling will not produce injury.
AR
247/90 s34
Reimbursement
35(1) If the
attending health practitioner recommends that a member of the hospital staff
accompany a patient for continuing necessary care on transfer from a hospital
to another approved facility, the hospital board may comply.
(2) The hospital
shall reimburse the hospital staff member so accompanying a patient or person
for necessary expenditures incidental to the assignment.
AR
247/90 s35;272/99
Offence
35.1 A
person who contravenes section 3, 4(1), 5 or 28 is guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine of not more than $2000 in the case of a first offence and
$5000 in the case of a subsequent offence.
AR
402/94 s4;163/95
Repeal
36 The Operation
of Approved Hospitals Regulations (Alta. Reg. 146/71) are repealed.
AR
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