Preamble
WHEREAS it is the
responsibility of the Government of Alberta to provide leadership and support
in the delivery of quality health services in order to maintain and improve the
health of Albertans;
WHEREAS Albertans
cherish Alberta’s publicly funded and publicly administered health system;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta is committed to the preservation of the principles of universality,
comprehensiveness, accessibility, portability and public administration, as
described in the Canada Health Act
(Canada), as the foundation of the health system in Alberta;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta is committed to the pursuit of excellence in the health system in
Alberta through the efficient delivery of quality publicly funded services
based on high standards, best practices and effective patient outcomes;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta is committed to continually enhancing and improving accessibility to
health services for Albertans;
WHEREAS the Government
of Alberta is committed to ensuring that no person who is entitled to an
insured surgical service be required to pay for that service or be given
priority for that service by reason of the payment of money or other valuable
consideration, and whereas the Government of Alberta is committed to paying for
that service;
WHEREAS regional health
authorities are accountable to the Minister and are responsible for assessing
the health needs of the population, determining priorities in the delivery of
health services and allocating resources accordingly and ensuring reasonable
access to those health services; and
WHEREAS there is a need
in Alberta for legislation regulating the delivery of surgical services;
THEREFORE HER MAJESTY,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta,
enacts as follows:
Part 1
Protection of Publicly
Funded Health Care
Operation of private
hospitals prohibited
1 No person shall operate a
private hospital in Alberta.
2000 cH‑3.3 s1
Provision of surgical
services
2(1) No physician shall provide a surgical service
in Alberta, and no dentist shall provide an insured surgical service in
Alberta, except in
(a) a
public hospital, or
(b) an
approved surgical facility.
(2) No
physician or dentist shall provide a major surgical service, as described
(a) in
the bylaws under the Medical Profession
Act, in the case of a physician, or
(b) in
the regulations under section 25(1)(b), in the case of a dentist,
in Alberta, except in a public hospital.
2000 cH‑3.3 s2
Queue jumping prohibited
3 No person shall
(a) give
or accept any money or other valuable consideration,
(b) pay
for or accept payment for enhanced medical goods or services or non‑medical
goods or services, or
(c) provide
an uninsured surgical service
for the purpose of giving any person priority for the
receipt of an insured surgical service.
2000 cH‑3.3 s3
Facility services
4 Where a person receives an insured
surgical service at a designated surgical facility,
(a) the
operator of the surgical facility shall provide facility services to the
person, and
(b) no person shall charge or collect any amount
in respect of the provision of facility services that is in addition to the
amount that is payable for the facility services by the health authority under
an agreement referred to in section 8.
2000 cH‑3.3 s4
Provision of goods or
services
5(1) No person shall require a person who receives
an insured surgical service at a public hospital or a designated surgical
facility to pay for
(a) enhanced
medical goods or services, or
(b) non‑medical
goods or services
that are provided in
connection with the provision of the insured surgical service or that arise out
of the stay at the public hospital or designated surgical facility, unless
subsections (3) and (4) have been complied with.
(2) No
person shall charge or collect a rate for enhanced medical goods or services
that is greater than cost plus a reasonable allowance for administration.
(3) Before
any enhanced medical goods or services are provided to a person,
(a) the
nature of the enhanced medical goods or services being offered and the charges
for them must be fully explained to the person,
(b) the
person must be presented with a statement signed by the physician or dentist
who will be providing the insured surgical service that
(i) explains the nature of the enhanced medical goods or services to
be provided,
(ii) explains why the physician or dentist is offering the enhanced
medical goods or services,
(iii) explains that the enhanced medical goods or services are not part
of the medically required service,
(iv) sets out the charges for the enhanced medical goods or services,
and
(v) meets any other requirements of the regulations,
and
(c) the
person must have agreed in writing to accept and pay for the enhanced medical
goods or services.
(4) Before
any non‑medical goods or services are provided to a person, the nature of
the goods or services and the charges for them must be fully explained to the
person and the person must have agreed in writing to accept and pay for the
goods or services.
(5) A
person who has agreed to accept and pay for enhanced medical goods or services
or non‑medical goods or services may, in accordance with the regulations,
rescind the agreement before the goods or services are provided.
(6) Where
a person is provided
(a) with
an enhanced medical good or service because the public hospital or designated
surgical facility does not have available the medical good or service that
would normally be used in accordance with generally accepted medical practice,
or
(b) with
a private or semi‑private room because the public hospital or designated
surgical facility does not have standard ward accommodation available,
the person is not responsible for the extra cost of having
the enhanced medical good or service or the private or semi‑private room
provided.
2000 cH‑3.3 s5
Recovery of unlawful
charges
6(1) If a person charges or collects an amount in
contravention of section 4 or 5(2) or requires a person to pay an amount in
contravention of section 5(1), the Minister may recover that amount in a civil
action in debt as though that amount were a debt owing from the person to the
Crown in right of Alberta.
(2) Where the Minister recovers any amount under
subsection (1), the Minister shall reimburse the person who paid the amount.
2000 cH‑3.3 s6
Part 2
Regulation of Delivery of
Surgical Services
Division 1
Regulation of Surgical Facilities to Provide Insured Surgical Services
Conditions of operation
7 No person shall operate a surgical
facility at which insured surgical services are provided unless
(a) the
surgical facility is accredited as required by section 11(1)(b),
(b) the
operator of the surgical facility has an agreement with a health authority that
the Minister has approved under section 8, and
(c) the surgical facility is designated under
this Division.
2000 cH‑3.3 s7
Approval of agreement
8(1) A health authority that wishes to enter into an
agreement with an operator of a surgical facility for the purpose of providing
facility services that are required in connection with the provision of insured
surgical services shall provide the Minister with a copy of the proposed
agreement for the Minister’s approval.
(2) The
Minister may
(a) refuse
to approve a proposed agreement, or
(b) approve
a proposed agreement, subject to any terms or conditions that the Minister
considers appropriate.
(3) The
Minister shall not approve a proposed agreement unless the Minister is
satisfied
(a) that
the provision of insured surgical services as contemplated under the proposed
agreement would be consistent with the principles of the Canada Health Act (Canada),
(b) that
there is a current need and that there will likely be an ongoing need in the
geographical area to be served for the provision of insured surgical services
as contemplated under the proposed agreement,
(c) that
the provision of the insured surgical services as contemplated under the
proposed agreement would not have an adverse impact on the publicly funded and
publicly administered health system in Alberta,
(d) that
there is an expected public benefit in providing the insured surgical services
as contemplated under the proposed agreement, considering factors such as
(i) access to such services,
(ii) quality of service,
(iii) flexibility,
(iv) the efficient use of existing capacity, and
(v) cost effectiveness and other economic considerations,
(e) that
the health authority has an acceptable business plan in respect of the proposed
agreement showing how the health authority will pay for the facility services to
be provided,
(f) that
the proposed agreement indicates performance expectations and related
performance measures for the insured surgical services and facility services to
be provided, and
(g) that the proposed agreement contains
provisions showing how physicians’ compliance with the Medical Profession Act and bylaws as they relate to conflict of
interest and other ethical issues in respect of the operation of the facility
will be monitored.
2000 cH‑3.3 s8
Changes to agreement
9 No amendment to or renewal of an approved agreement is effective
until it is approved by the Minister, and section 8 applies in such a case as
if the amendment or renewal were a proposed agreement.
2000 cH‑3.3 s9
Transfer, changes in
ownership
10(1) No person shall assign or transfer an approved
agreement to another person without the prior written consent of the Minister.
(2) No person shall cause or permit a change in the
ownership of a surgical facility that is designated under this Division without
the prior written consent of the Minister.
2000 cH‑3.3 s10
Designation of facility
11(1) Where the Minister
(a) approves
a proposed agreement, and
(b) is
satisfied that the surgical facility at which the insured surgical services
will be provided is accredited to provide those insured surgical services or
will be accredited before any such services are provided,
the Minister shall by
order designate the surgical facility as a surgical facility for the purposes
of this Division.
(2) A
designation must describe the insured surgical services that the designated
surgical facility is authorized to provide.
(3) The
Minister may make a designation subject to any terms and conditions that the
Minister considers appropriate.
(4) The Minister shall publish or otherwise make
available to the public in a form and manner the Minister considers appropriate
the Minister’s reasons for designating a surgical facility under this Division
or for amending such a designation.
2000 cH‑3.3 s11
Information available to
public
12 Where an agreement has been approved
under section 8, notwithstanding the Freedom
of Information and Protection of Privacy Act the health authority shall
(a) make
the agreement available to the public for inspection during normal business
hours, and
(b) publish
the following information in respect of the agreement in a form and manner
directed by the Minister:
(i) the name and address of the owner and operator of the designated
surgical facility to which the agreement relates;
(ii) the insured surgical services to be provided under the agreement;
(iii) the term of the agreement;
(iv) the amount or the estimated amount to be paid by the health
authority under the agreement in respect of the provision of facility services;
(v) a description of the performance expectations
and related performance measures for the insured surgical services and facility
services to be provided under the agreement.
2000 cH‑3.3 s12
Division 2
Regulation of Surgical Facilities to Provide Uninsured Surgical Services
Conditions of operation
13 No person shall operate a
surgical facility at which uninsured in‑patient surgical services are
provided unless the surgical facility is accredited as required by section
15(2) and is designated under this Division.
2000 cH‑3.3 s13
Proposal to Minister
14 The operator of a surgical
facility who proposes to provide uninsured in‑patient surgical services
and facility services at the facility shall submit to the Minister a proposal
for that purpose that is in a form acceptable to and contains the information
required by the Minister.
2000 cH‑3.3 s14
Designation of facility
15(1) On considering the proposal and the following
factors, the Minister may by order designate the surgical facility as a
surgical facility for the purposes of this Division:
(a) whether
the provision of the uninsured in‑patient surgical services as
contemplated in the proposal would have an adverse impact on the publicly
funded and publicly administered health system in Alberta or impair the
government’s ability to comply with the Canada
Health Act (Canada);
(b) whether
the public interest would be served by the designation of the surgical
facility;
(c) any
other factors the Minister considers appropriate.
(2) The
Minister shall not designate the surgical facility unless the Minister is
satisfied that the surgical facility is accredited to provide the uninsured in‑patient
surgical services referred to in the proposal, or that it will be accredited
before any such services are provided.
(3) A
designation must describe the uninsured in‑patient surgical services that
the designated surgical facility is authorized to provide.
(4) The
Minister may make a designation subject to any terms and conditions that the
Minister considers appropriate.
(5) The Minister shall publish or otherwise make
available to the public in a form and manner the Minister considers appropriate
the Minister’s reasons for designating a surgical facility under this Division
or for amending such a designation.
2000 cH‑3.3 s15
Condition of operation
16 No person shall operate a
surgical facility at which an uninsured day surgical service is provided unless
the surgical facility is accredited to provide that surgical service.
2000 cH‑3.3 s16
Disclosure requirement
17 Where a person receives an
uninsured surgical service at a public hospital or an approved surgical
facility in circumstances under which that person is expected to pay for the
uninsured surgical service, no person shall require that person to pay for the
uninsured surgical service or for any facility services unless, before the
uninsured surgical service is provided, the nature of the uninsured surgical
service and facility services to be provided and the charges for them are fully
explained to the person and the person agrees in writing to accept and pay for
them.
2000 cH‑3.3 s17
Division 3
Miscellaneous Provisions
Withdrawal of, changes
to, designation
18(1) Where the Minister is of the opinion that,
since the granting of a designation in respect of a surgical facility,
circumstances have changed with respect to any of the factors referred to in
section 8(3) or 15(1) in a material and substantial way, the Minister shall
give a written notice of intent under subsection (2) to the operator of the
designated surgical facility.
(2) A
notice of intent must
(a) set
out in detail the nature of the change in circumstances under subsection (1)
that gave rise to the notice of intent, and
(b) advise
the operator of the Minister’s intention to withdraw the designation of the
surgical facility or amend the designation to delete one or more of the
surgical services that the designated surgical facility is authorized to
provide unless, within 60 days after receipt of the notice of intent, the
operator establishes to the Minister’s satisfaction that
(i) the concerns raised in the notice of intent have been addressed
or will be addressed, or
(ii) the concerns raised in the notice of intent are not founded or do
not warrant withdrawing or amending the designation.
(3) During
the 60‑day period referred to in subsection (2) the Minister and the
operator shall attempt to resolve the concerns in the notice of intent.
(4) If
(a) the
Minister is not satisfied as set out in subsection (2)(b), or
(b) the
Minister is of the opinion that, after reasonable attempts at resolution of the
concerns under subsection (3), the concerns will not be resolved within the 60‑day
period,
the Minister shall by
order withdraw the designation of the surgical facility or amend the
designation to delete one or more of the surgical services that the designated
surgical facility is authorized to provide.
(5) The
Minister may by order withdraw a designation of a surgical facility or amend
the designation to delete one or more of the surgical services that the
designated surgical facility is authorized to provide where the Minister is
satisfied that there has been a contravention of this Act, the regulations, an
approved agreement, a term or condition
imposed under section 8(2), 11(3) or 15(4) or a conflict of interest bylaw
referred to in section 28(1)(b) of the Cancer
Programs Act or section 7(1) of the Regional
Health Authorities Act.
(6) The Minister shall by order immediately
withdraw a designation of a surgical facility or amend the designation to
delete one or more of the surgical services that the designated surgical
facility is authorized to provide where the Minister is advised by the council
of the College that the surgical facility is no longer accredited or is no
longer accredited to provide that surgical service or those surgical services,
as the case may be.
2000 cH‑3.3 s18
Termination of
designations
19(1) A designation under Division 1 terminates
automatically
(a) on
the expiry or cancellation of the approved agreement, or
(b) if
the operator closes the surgical facility permanently.
(2) A
designation under Division 2 terminates automatically if the operator closes
the surgical facility permanently.
(3) The operator of a designated surgical facility
shall forthwith notify the Minister and the relevant health authority of the
occurrence of any event referred to in subsection (1) or (2).
2000 cH‑3.3 s19
Provision of
unauthorized surgical service prohibited
20 No person shall provide at an
approved surgical facility any surgical services other than the surgical
services the facility is authorized to provide under this Part.
2000 cH‑3.3 s20
Part 3
General
Information re
accredited surgical facilities
21(1) The council of the College shall
(a) forthwith
on receiving a request from the Minister, provide the Minister with a list of
surgical facilities that have been accredited and a description of the
accreditations, and
(b) forthwith
provide the Minister with notice of any new accreditations or of the withdrawal
or cancellation of or changes to an accreditation.
(2) The
council of the College shall provide copies of the accreditation report in
respect of a surgical facility to the Minister and the relevant health
authority.
(3) The
council of the College may provide to the Minister any other information in
respect of the operations of surgical facilities that the council considers
would be relevant to the Minister for the purposes of the administration of
this Act.
(4) Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Minister
and a health authority may provide to the council of the College any
information that the Minister or health authority considers to be relevant to
an accreditation or the accreditation process in respect of a particular
surgical facility.
(5) The council of the Alberta Dental
Association and College and the council of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of the Province of Alberta may provide each other with information
that is relevant to an accreditation or the accreditation process in respect of
a specific surgical facility.
RSA 2000 cH‑1
s21;RSA 2000 cH‑7 s145;
2001 c21 s26;2005 c13 s3
Restraining order
22(1) The Minister may apply to a judge of the Court
of Queen’s Bench for an order restraining any person from contravening section
1, 2, 7, 13, 16 or 20.
(2) On an application under subsection (1), the
judge may make any order the judge considers appropriate.
2000 cH‑3.3 s22
Privative clause
23(1) A decision of the Minister under this Act is
final and conclusive, subject to the right to judicial review set out in subsection
(2).
(2) A decision of the Minister may be challenged on
judicial review for jurisdictional error or patent unreasonableness by filing
an originating notice with the Court of Queen’s Bench and serving it on the
Minister within 30 days after the decision.
2000 cH‑3.3 s23
Inquiries and
inspections
24(1) The Minister may
(a) make
inquiries into the management and affairs of a designated surgical facility or
a surgical facility whose designation has been withdrawn, and
(b) visit
and inspect the surgical facility and examine records at the surgical facility
for the purpose of verifying the accuracy of records, reports and returns and
ensuring compliance with this Act and the regulations, an approved agreement
and the terms and conditions imposed under section 8(2), 11(3) or 15(4).
(2) No person shall obstruct, hinder or interfere
with the Minister in the exercise of the Minister’s powers under subsection
(1).
2000 cH‑3.3 s24
Regulations
25(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make
regulations
(a) providing
for the exemption from the definition of surgical services of minor surgical
procedures that may safely be performed in a dentist’s office;
(b) respecting
what constitutes a major surgical service for the purposes of section 2(2)(b);
(c) governing
the rates that may be charged
(i) for enhanced medical goods or services and non‑medical
goods or services that are provided to a person who receives an insured
surgical service at a public hospital or a designated surgical facility,
(ii) for private and semi‑private room accommodation that is
provided to a person who receives an insured surgical service at a designated
surgical facility, and
(iii) for facility services that are provided to a person who is a
resident of another province or territory with which the Government of Alberta
has an agreement, where that person would be entitled to receive those facility
services under the health plan of the other province or territory if they were
provided in the other province or territory, and for private and semi‑private
room accommodation provided to such a person;
(d) respecting
statements for the purposes of section 5(3)(b) including, without limitation,
regulations respecting the form of the statement, prescribing additional
matters to be contained in the statement and when the statement must be given
and prescribing the period of time for which the statement must be retained by
the operator of the public hospital or designated surgical facility;
(e) varying
or making inapplicable any of the requirements of section 5 in the case of a
medical emergency;
(f) governing
all aspects of how the right to rescind in section 5(5) is to be exercised, and
the return of all or part of the money paid under the agreement;
(g) prescribing
services to be facility services for the purposes of this Act;
(h) regarding
whether a particular medical good or service is or is not an enhanced medical
good or service or whether a particular good or service is or is not a medical
good or service;
(i) governing
procedural matters related to obtaining the Minister’s consent for the purposes
of section 10;
(j) determining
what constitutes a change in ownership for the purposes of section 10(2);
(k) authorizing
the Minister to amend designations under Part 2 or to add, remove or vary a
term or condition to which such a designation is subject;
(l) governing
the giving of notice of orders under section 18;
(m) governing
reinstatement of designations that have been withdrawn and surgical services
that have been deleted under section 18;
(n) respecting
the keeping of records by operators of designated surgical facilities;
(o) requiring
operators of designated surgical facilities to provide reports, returns and
information to a health authority or the Minister and requiring health
authorities to provide reports, returns and information to the Minister,
including regulations respecting the nature and contents of the reports,
returns or information to be provided, the form in which they are to be
provided and the times at which they are to be provided;
(p) governing
publication of reports, returns and information referred to in clause (o);
(q) governing
standards of operation applicable to designated surgical facilities, in
addition to standards that apply by virtue of the operation of the Medical Profession Act or Schedule 7 of the Health Professions Act;
(r) providing,
with respect to any provision of the regulations, that its contravention
constitutes an offence, and prescribing penalties in respect of such offences;
(s) respecting
the appointment of the members of the Premier’s Advisory Council on Health.
(2) The Minister shall consult with the council of
the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Alberta and the council of the
Alberta Dental Association and College in the development of regulations under subsection (1).
RSA 2000 cH‑1
s25;RSA 2000 cH‑7 s145;
2001 c21 s26;2005 c13 s3
Offence
26(1) A person who contravenes section 1, 2, 7, 13,
16 or 20 is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than
$100 000.
(2) A
person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on conviction
to pay a fine in respect of each day or part of a day on which the offence
occurs or continues.
(3) A
person who contravenes section 3, 4, 5(1) or (2), 17 or 24(2) is guilty of an
offence and liable to a fine of not more than
(a) $10 000
for a first offence, and
(b) $20 000 for the 2nd and each subsequent
offence.
2000 cH‑3.3 s26
Part 4
Premier’s Advisory
Council on Health
Council established
27 The Premier’s Advisory Council
on Health is established and consists of the persons appointed under the
regulations.
2000 cH‑3.3 s27
Council’s mandate
28 The mandate of the Premier’s
Advisory Council on Health is to provide strategic advice to the Premier on the
preservation and future enhancement of quality health services for Albertans
and on the continuing sustainability of the publicly funded and publicly
administered health system.
2000 cH‑3.3 s28
Part 5
Definitions
Definitions
29 In this Act,
(a) “accredited”, in respect of a surgical
facility, means that the facility is approved:
(i) with respect to surgical services performed
by physicians, by the council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the
Province of Alberta within the meaning of section 103 of the Medical
Profession Act and the bylaws under that Act or Schedule 21 of the Health
Professions Act and the regulations under that Act;
(ii) with respect to surgical services performed
by dentists, by the dental facilities accreditation committee within the
meaning of Schedule 7 of the Health Professions Act and the regulations
under that Act;
(b) “approved
surgical facility” means a designated surgical facility and a surgical facility
referred to in section 16;
(c) “council
of the College” means the council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of
the Province of Alberta or the council of the Alberta Dental Association and College;
(d) “dentist”
means a person who is registered as a regulated member of the Alberta Dental
Association and College;
(e) “designated
surgical facility” means a surgical facility that is designated under Part 2,
Division 1 or 2, as the context requires;
(f) “enhanced
medical goods or services” means medical goods or services that exceed what
would normally be used in a particular case in accordance with generally
accepted medical practice;
(g) “facility
services” means any of the following services that are medically necessary and
are directly related to the provision of a surgical service at an approved
surgical facility:
(i) standard ward accommodation, or a semi‑private or private
room where the patient’s condition requires it;
(ii) meals;
(iii) necessary nursing services, including private nursing care where
ordered by the attending physician or dentist;
(iv) laboratory, radiological and other diagnostic procedures,
together with the necessary interpretations;
(v) drugs, biologicals and related preparations when administered in
the surgical facility;
(vi) use of operating room, case room and anesthetic facilities,
including necessary equipment and supplies;
(vii) use of physical therapy services;
(viii) use of surgical equipment and supplies;
(ix) medical goods or services consistent with generally accepted
medical practice in the particular case;
(x) transportation by ambulance or commercial vehicle of a patient
from the surgical facility to an approved hospital under the Hospitals Act, a nursing home, a mental
health facility or another surgical facility;
(xi) other services provided by persons who receive remuneration for
providing the services directly or indirectly from the operator of the surgical
facility;
(xii) any other service that is prescribed in the regulations;
(h) “health
authority” means a regional health authority and the Alberta Cancer Board;
(i) “insured
surgical service” means a surgical service that is provided by a physician, or
by a dentist in the field of oral and maxillofacial surgery, in circumstances
under which a benefit is payable under the Alberta
Health Care Insurance Act;
(j) “Minister”
means the member of the Executive Council determined under section 16 of the Government Organization Act as the
Minister responsible for this Act;
(k) “operator”
means
(i) in the case of a designated surgical facility, the person named
as the operator in the designation, and
(ii) in the case of a surgical facility referred to in section 16, the
person who is shown in the records of the council of the College as the person
responsible for the operation of the surgical facility;
(l) “physician”
means a person registered as a medical practitioner or as a practitioner of
osteopathy under the Medical Profession
Act;
(m) “private
hospital” means an acute care facility that
(i) provides emergency, diagnostic, surgical and medical services,
and
(ii) admits patients for medically supervised stays exceeding 12
hours,
but does not include a
public hospital;
(n) “public
hospital” means
(i) a hospital that is established by or under, or the establishment
or operation of which is governed by, the Hospitals
Act, the Regional Health Authorities
Act, the Cancer Programs Act or
the Workers’ Compensation Act, or
(ii) a hospital that is established by the Government of Alberta or
the Government of Canada;
(o) “regional
health authority” means a regional health authority established under the Regional Health Authorities Act;
(p) “standard
ward” means a room having more than 2 beds;
(q) “surgical
facility” means a facility whose primary function is to provide a limited range
of surgical services;
(r) “surgical
service” means the alteration of the human anatomy manually or through the use
of an instrument or the introduction of any instrument into the human body,
where such a procedure
(i) is carried out with the concurrent use of
(A) a drug to induce sedation, or
(B) local, regional or general anesthesia
to a degree that
requires the monitoring of vital signs, or
(ii) is normally associated with the kind or degree of risk that is
prescribed by the council of the College for the purposes of this clause in the
bylaws under the Medical Profession Act,
but does not include a
surgical procedure that is exempted as a minor surgical procedure in
regulations under section 25(1)(a) or is described as a minor surgical
procedure for the purposes of this clause in the bylaws under the Medical Profession Act;
(s) “uninsured
day surgical service” means a surgical service that
(i) is provided by a physician, and
(ii) does not require a medically supervised post‑operative
period of care exceeding 12 hours,
and is provided in
circumstances under which no benefit is payable under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act;
(t) “uninsured
in‑patient surgical service” means a surgical service that
(i) is provided by a physician, and
(ii) requires a medically supervised post‑operative period of
care exceeding 12 hours,
and
is provided in circumstances under which no benefit is payable under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Act.
RSA 2000 cH‑1 s29;
2001 c10 s1; RSA 2000 cH‑7 s145;
2001 c21 s26;2005 c13 s3
