PO Box 1180 (2) The exercise by the Governor in Council of the authority contained in subsection (1) is a regulation within the meaning of the Regulations Act. 22 Richard Street . 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. A detailed list of hospitals is maintained by the Nova Scotia Health Authority. (2) A health authority is deemed to be a hospital for the purpose of. Phone: 902-243-2521 (c) direct such health system improvements as are necessary to ensure that the provincial health plan is implemented. 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. North Cumberland Memorial Hospital Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning. (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. (a) establishing priorities and guidelines for the health authority to follow in the exercise of its powers; (b) co-ordinating the work of the health authority with the objectives and strategic direction of the health system in the Province in order to achieve the best possible results and to avoid duplication of effort and expense; (c) ensuring the achievement of Provincial objectives and health services; and. (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. 520 Purves Street 3 The Minister is responsible for the general supervision and management of this Act. (a) create and administer health-authority-wide quality improvement programs and plans that encourage a multi-disciplinary approach to the continuous quality improvement of the health services provided by the health authority; (b) regularly assess the efficiency and effectiveness of health services delivered by the health authority and identify opportunities to improve the utilization of available resources; (c) provide such reports to the board as the board may request; (d) provide an annual quality improvement plan to the board containing such elements as the board may determine; and. 146 Chapter 303 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Municipal Hospitals Loan Act, is repealed. . Baddeck, NS . 11 Notwithstanding the duties and powers of health authorities under this Act, the Minister may give binding directions to a health authority with respect to any matter the Minister considers relevant to the exercise of the Minister's powers or the discharge of the Minister's duties under this Act, including directions for the purpose of. . . 75 Warwick Street (2) The disclosure of personal information and personal health information to the Minister under clause (1)(i) must be limited to the minimum amount of personal information and personal health information necessary for the purposes of monitoring and evaluating the quality, efficiency, accessibility and comprehensiveness of health services, and health-system planning. PO Box 370 91 Hospital Road 78 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations. 148 Section 2 of Chapter 13 of the Acts of 2012, the Patient Safety Act, is repealed and the following Section substituted: (2) Subsection 4(2) of Chapter 13 is amended by striking out "district" in the first line. (b) such number of non-voting directors as the Minister considers appropriate. (b) fail to do anything for the purpose of preventing or impeding a unionized employee's compliance with Section 99 or for the purpose of aiding or abetting a unionized employee to not comply with Section 99. Find historic or legislative current documents, videos and audio files. 31 A health authority shall deliver to the Minister, (b) audited financial statements and reports as required under subsection 36(5); and. (b) in the case of an offence committed by any person or organization other than a district health authority or union, to a fine of not more than $1,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $200 for each day on which the offence continues. . 110 Blair Avenue When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Flexible within the Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada, Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre, Flexible within the Province, Nova Scotia, Canada, Annapolis Valley, South Shore, and South West, Colchester East Hants, Cumberland, and Pictou, Halifax, Eastern Shore, and Windsor-West Hants, Crossroads Cape Breton Mental Health Services, Cumberland Mental Health & Addiction Services, Eastern Kings Memorial Community Health Centre, Mental Health and Addictions, Lloyd E. Matheson Centre, Nova Scotia Hospital,Mental Health and Addictions, Nova Scotia Hospital Dr. Clyde S. 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(o) carry out such additional responsibilities as the Minister may assign or as are prescribed by the regulations. . . 74% of employees would recommend working at Nova Scotia Health Authority to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. (6) For greater certainty, when appointing new directors to the board of the IWK Health Centre under subsection (5), the Minister is authorized to make any appointment that could be made under clause 44(1)(a) by whoever is authorized by the by-laws of the IWK Health Centre to appoint directors under that clause. Antigonish, NS in the form and containing the content prescribed by the Minister. Phone: 902-597-3773 108 Clause 26(a) of Chapter 37 is amended by striking out "a district health authority" in the first and second lines and substituting "the provincial health authority, as defined by the Health Authorities Act". 122 Section 4 of Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2004, the Health Protection Act, is amended by. 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