(2) The membership of a health authority as a body corporate comprises the individuals who are appointed from time to time as its directors. 142 Clause 89(1)(h) of Chapter 7 is amended by striking out "in a district health authority" in the second and third lines. . Truro [1] Its largest hospital is the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital 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. (4) A health-services business plan must not be implemented until it has been approved by the Minister. (a) be conducive to achieving stable and harmonious labour relations between the health authorities and unionized employees; and. 18 (1) A health authority is not an agent of Her Majesty in right of the Province. Sydney, NS (10) In considering whether to approve a proposed health-services business plan, the Minister shall consider whether the requirements of subsections (5), (8) and, in the case of the IWK Health Centre, (9) have been satisfied. Nova Scotia Health Authority has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 302 reviews left anonymously by employees. PO Box 1059 (5) A health-services business plan must conform with the priorities and policy directions described in the provincial health plan and satisfy any requirements prescribed by the regulations. 104 For the purpose of concluding a new collective agreement in respect of a bargaining unit, where an order issued under subsection 87(1) or Section 93 provides that, in respect of that bargaining unit, all of the collective agreements pertaining to the unionized employees within the bargaining unit are to remain in force, the collective agreement to which the bargaining agent that represents the bargaining unit is a party is deemed to be the expiring collective agreement. Phone: 902-678-7381, Western Kings Memorial Health Centre (2) The chair of the provincial health authority holds office for a term of three years and may be re-appointed for one additional three-year term. (2) Where the district health authorities and unions, (a) notify the Minister in writing that they are unable to agree upon an individual to be appointed as the mediator-arbitrator; or. 14 The management and control of the affairs of a health authority is vested in its board and the board may, subject to this Act, exercise the powers and authority of the health authority. 492 Archibald Brook Road (2) The Minister shall appoint the directors of the provincial health authority. (3) Each member of a community health board must ordinarily reside within the community. We use the following session cookies, which are all required to enable the website to function: "careerSiteCompanyId" is used to send the request to the correct data center, "JSESSIONID" is placed on the visitor's device during the session so the server can identify the visitor, "Load balancer cookie" (actual cookie name may vary) prevents a visitor from bouncing from one instance to another. (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. Proceed Anyway B0E 1N0 (2) Members of a community health board must be appointed under an open and transparent selection process prescribed by the regulations. B0C 1N0 Learn how you can participate in the legislative process, plan a trip to visit Province House, and explore job opportunities. 58 (1) The board of the provincial health authority may establish advisory and other committees to assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities, including any committees it considers necessary or advisable for ensuring adequate opportunity for consultation with and participation by the public in respect of health services provided by the provincial health authority. . . Annapolis Royal, NS 260 Church Street JOIN OUR TALENT NETWORK. 74% of employees would recommend working at Nova Scotia Health Authority to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. (c) meets any terms and conditions that the Minister prescribes. (2) The mediator-arbitrator may determine the procedure applicable to the conduct of the arbitration. (a) must be issued within 90 days of the coming into force of this Section, or within such further period as the Minister may allow at the request of the mediator-arbitrator; (b) has effect on and after April 1, 2015; and. . Phone: 902-792-2000. (a) do anything to prevent or impede a unionized employee's compliance with Section 99 or aid or abet a unionized employee to not comply with Section 99; or. 3 The Minister is responsible for the general supervision and management of this Act. Parrsboro, NS Wolfville, NS (4) Subject to subsection (5), a director of the IWK Health Centre appointed under clause 44(1)(b) 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. 300 Pleasant Street Antigonish, NS 37 (1) The auditor of a health authority is entitled to access at all times to the books, accounts and records of the health authority and may require from the employees of the health authority such information and explanations as may be necessary for the performance of the auditor's duties. 19428 Highway 2, RR 6 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. B0T 1K0 (3) The person appointed by the Minister to conduct an audit or review must, for that purpose, be provided access to all relevant health records and all books of account, securities, cash, documents, bank accounts, vouchers, correspondence and other records of the health authority. Formed in April 2015, we operate Yarmouth Regional Hospital 22 Richard Street . The Program's scope includes cardiac disease and stroke. B4H 1N6 (2) Where the order provides that all of the collective agreements pertaining to the unionized employees within a particular bargaining unit are to remain in force, the order may. Contact B5A 2P5 3375 Highway 209 51 (1) The provincial health authority is responsible for the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre. Phone: 902-542-2266, Soldiers Memorial Hospital Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. (a) is in accordance with the Finance Act; (b) has the prior written approval of the Minister; and. 164 following. Phone: 902-634-8801 Phone: 902-522-2882, Strait Richmond Hospital (2) The exercise by the Minister of the authority contained in subsection (1) is a regulation within the meaning of the Regulations Act. (a) the nursing bargaining unit is composed of all unionized employees who occupy positions that must be occupied by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse; (b) the health care bargaining unit is composed of all unionized employees who. (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. (b) adding immediately after clause (g) the following clause: (c) striking out "district" in the first line of subclause (r)(i). 63 Elizabeth II, 2014, The Honourable Leo A. Glavine B0N 2T0 (ii) the health authority has ceased to function. (b) ensure accountability for funding and for the measuring and monitoring of health-system performance. 1746 Union Street (a) provide leadership for the health system by setting the strategic policy direction, priorities and standards for the health system; and. Tel: 902-354-3436 Main switchboard: 902- 473-2700 . Phone: 902-392-2859 Queens General Hospital 1482 George Street (ii) are not included in the nursing bargaining unit; (d) the support bargaining unit is composed of all unionized employees who. Glace Bay, NS 53 (1) No person is qualified to be appointed or serve as a director of the provincial health authority who, (iii) a council of a regional municipality, an incorporated town or a municipality of a county or district, or. Digby, NS (c) is a person or a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations. The Nova Scotia Health Authority is a provincial health authority serving Nova Scotia, Canada. (a) review in detail the financial statements of the health authority with the auditor; (b) evaluate internal control systems and any management letter and audit reports with the auditor; (c) review the conduct and adequacy of the audit; (d) investigate such matters arising out of the audit that the committee considers require investigation; and. Do you want to learn how the Legislature operates? This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months. (2) The Minister may appoint a person to conduct an audit or review directed under subsection (1). 22 (1) Subject to the approval of the Minister, a health authority may make by-laws respecting medical and dental staff and any other class of health professionals not employed by a health authority that is prescribed by the regulations including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by-laws respecting. . 121 Orchard Street B0V 1A0 (2) The district health authorities and unions shall bargain in good faith and make every reasonable effort to reach an agreement. Berwick, NS A detailed list of hospitals is maintained by the Nova Scotia Health Authority. Phone: 902-245-2501, Roseway Hospital 124 Clause 39(6)(c) of Chapter 4 is amended by striking out "district health authority in which the isolation facility is located" in the second and third lines and substituting "provincial health authority, as defined by the Health Authorities Act". (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). Phone: 902-657-2382, All Saints Springhill Hospital (iii) the percentage of the total budget administered by a health authority that may be spent on administrative expenses; (b) appoint such advisory groups or committees as the Minister considers appropriate; (c) establish requirements for the public engagement plan of a health authority; and, (d) collect, use and disclose any personal information and any personal health information that is provided to the Minister by. Phone: 902- 464-3111 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. 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. . 24 For greater certainty, neither an amendment to a by-law under subsection 20(2) nor a by-law made under subsection 22(1) has any effect until it is approved by the Minister. B0J 3B0 (4) The audited financial statements and the auditor's reports must be delivered by the auditor of a health authority to the board and to the Minister no later than June 30th immediately following the end of each fiscal year, or by such other date as the Minister may prescribe. 89 Payzant Drive . (3) Where the mediator-arbitrator is unable to begin, carry on or complete the duties prescribed by this Act, the Minister shall, after consulting with the district health authorities and unions, appoint a new mediator-arbitrator in his or her place and, unless the district health authorities and unions agree to do otherwise, the mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, must begin de novo . (ii) a person appointed by the Minister to conduct an audit or review under Section 12. B2G 2G5 Lunenburg, NS (2) Sections 23 to 26, clauses 28(1)(b) to (d) and Sections 29, 31, 32, 40A and 40B of the Trade Union Act do not apply in respect of labour relations between a health authority, its unionized employees and the bargaining agents for those unionized employees . Phone: 902-485-4324, Fishermen's Memorial Hospital Phone: 902-625-3100, Aberdeen Hospital . 90 (1) In determining the appropriate composition of the bargaining units for each health authority, the mediator-arbitrator shall consider the community of interest among the unionized employees in each proposed bargaining unit in respect of the nature of the work being done, such that. (4) In the course of an audit or review being conducted, a health authority shall disclose, and the person appointed by the Minister to conduct the audit or review may collect, use and disclose, any personal information or personal health information that the person considers necessary for the purpose of conducting the audit or review. Inverness, NS 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. . . 16.2k Followers, 164 Following, 1,856 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Nova Scotia Health (@novascotiahealthauthority) novascotiahealthauthority. 71 The provincial health authority may establish advisory committees to assist a community health board in carrying out its responsibilities. 110 Blair Avenue (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. 16.2K followers. Phone: 902-742-3541, area served by Nova Scotia Health Authority, Nova Scotia Provincial Blood Coordinating Program. (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. Phone: 902-533-3702, St. Marthas Regional Hospital PO Box 129 (4) Where the Minister makes by-laws under subsection (3), the health authority may, subject to the approval of the Minister, amend those by-laws. . . (3) An annual report must be delivered to the Minister by such date as the Minister may prescribe. Phone: 902-254-2540, Eastern Memorial Hospital PO Box 610 Find out whats happening at the Legislature on social media and in our calendar of events. B4V 3S6 (3) A community health board shall support the implementation at the community level of those components of the community health plan that are incorporated into the health-services business plan of the provincial health authority. Skip to Navigation . PO Box 10 . 43 (1) The objects of the IWK Health Centre are to operate a health centre and to provide health services and programs for children, youth, women and families. 44 (1) The board of the IWK Health Centre comprises, (a) such number of directors as is prescribed by the by-laws of the IWK Health Centre; and. PO Box 1004 (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may appoint the first chief executive officer of the provincial health authority. PO Box 170 in the form and containing the content prescribed by the Minister. Phone: 902-875-3011 PO Box 1180 Dartmouth, NS (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. 59 No director of the provincial health authority 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 the director by this Act. (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.
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