(2) Where the district health authorities and unions conclude an agreement on some but not all of the matters to be determined under subsection 86(1), the mediator-arbitrator shall incorporate the terms of the agreement into the order issued under Section 93. (b) do not notify the Minister in writing within seven days of the coming into force of this Section, of their agreement upon an individual to be appointed as the mediator-arbitrator. . Liverpool, NS . (3) Where, before April 1, 2015, a conciliation officer files a report pursuant to subsection 38(1) of the Trade Union Act, the 14-day period provided for in subsection 47(1) of the Trade Union Act does not begin until April 1, 2015. Amherst, NS Baddeck, NS Our ambassadors are physicians and surgeons located throughout the province of Nova Scotia who work with the Nova Scotia Health Authority. (3) An annual report must be delivered to the Minister by such date as the Minister may prescribe. 90 Glen Allan Drive 1-800-460-2110 (Toll Free in 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. 126 Clause 74(1)(ak) of Chapter 4 is amended by striking out "district" in the first line. (2) In the event of a conflict between Sections 83 to 104 and any other enactment or any collective agreement, arbitral or other award or decision, obligation, right, claim, agreement or arrangement of any kind, Sections 83 to 104 prevail. (a) give notice under Section 33 or 34 of the Trade Union Act requiring the other to commence collective bargaining; (b) commence or continue collective bargaining under Section 35 of that Act; or. . 91 (1) The mediator-arbitrator has all the powers, privileges and immunities of a commissioner appointed under the Public Inquiries Act. The CEO and volunteer board members were released from their duties. (la) "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; 2 In this Act, "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act. (2) Where the mediated negotiations are not successful, the mediator-arbitrator retains the power to determine the matters to be determined under Section 88 by arbitration. (c) is a person or a member of a class of persons prescribed by the regulations. (o) notwithstanding any enactment, exempting designated organizations from paying the parking fees and other parking costs at the facilities of a health authority. (2) The membership of a health authority as a body corporate comprises the individuals who are appointed from time to time as its directors. 94 (1) An order issued under subsection 87(1) or Section 93. . 76 Notwithstanding any enactment, trust or agreement by which a foundation is established in respect of a hospital, the foundation shall, as the foundation considers appropriate, (a) continue to use its funds to benefit the hospital or for any other charitable purpose for which the foundation is established; or. Working together to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning. Learn how you can participate in the legislative process, plan a trip to visit Province House, and explore job opportunities. B0K 1H0 14 High Street . 25 (1) A health authority is deemed to be a hospital within the meaning of the Hospitals Act. (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. PO Box 1059 36 (1) A board shall appoint a person licensed as a public accountant under the Public Accountants Act to be the auditor of the health authority. 520 Purves Street (a) approve the health-services business plan, with or without any amendments that the Minister considers appropriate; or. When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Login - Nova Scotia Health Sorry, but Apple Safari version 0 is no longer supported. 4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), in the event of a conflict between this Act or the regulations and any enactment respecting a hospital, this Act and the regulations prevail. B4H 1N6 B0H 1H0 (b) as otherwise prescribed by the by-laws of the IWK Health Centre. Musquodoboit Valley Memorial Hospital 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. Mediator-arbitrator under the Health Authorities Act. 61 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the community health boards established under the former Act are hereby continued. The purpose of the EFAP is to provide quick, short-term support to employee/family members. Phone: 902-538-3111, Buchanan Memorial Community Health Centre linktr.ee/nshealth. Sheet Harbour, NS (b) adding immediately after clause (n) the following clause: (d) adding immediately after clause (v) the following clause: (e) striking out "Capital District Health Authority or its successor, or other" in the second line of clause (z) and substituting "provincial health authority or another". (c) is final and cannot be questioned or reviewed in any court or tribunal. 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. . North Cumberland Memorial Hospital (a) by a resolution passed at a meeting, or approved in writing, by a majority of the directors of the IWK Health Centre; or. (2) The members of a committee established under subsection (1) need not be directors of the provincial health authority. Nova Scotia Health Authority Opportunities Print: Share: 195 Opportunities Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - Antigonish Opportunity ID: 2022-0782 Location: St. Martha's Regional Hospital Antigonish, Nova Scotia Opportunity: Permanent Family Medicine - Emergency Physician, Strait Richmond Hospital Opportunity ID: 2022-0784 Location: B2Y 4G8 (8) A health-services business plan prepared by the provincial health authority must demonstrate that the provincial health authority has considered the community health plans provided to it and, where the health-services business plan does not provide for implementation of elements of a community health plan, set out the reasons for those elements not being recommended for implementation. PO Box 220 (g) conduct financial and human resource planning. Twin Oaks Memorial Hospital PO Box 426 Cheticamp, NS Windsor, NS 57 A majority of the voting directors of the provincial health authority constitutes a quorum. PO Box 610 96 On and after April 1, 2015, a health authority and its unionized employees in a bargaining unit are bound by any collective agreement that is determined to remain in force in respect of the bargaining unit, in accordance with an order issued under subsection 87(1) or Section 93, as if the health authority were a party to that collective agreement. (a) determine the organization and internal management of a health authority, including, (ii) appropriate levels of administrative services, and. Kentville, NS (2) Subsection 6(2) of Chapter 4 is amended by, (a) striking out "district" in the first line of clause (b); and, (b) striking out "district" in the first line of clause (e). 260 Church Street Phone: 902-243-2521 (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. . 95 (1) The mediator-arbitrator shall make a certified copy of any order issued under subsection 87(1) or Section 93 , upon which is the following endorsement, signed by the mediator-arbitrator: Register the within with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. 600 Abenaki Road 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. (3) Each member of a community health board must ordinarily reside within the community. B4N 5E3 . Phone: 902-533-3702, St. Marthas Regional Hospital 33 (1) A health authority shall not plan for, or incur or make an expenditure that will result in, an operating funding deficit or a capital deficit in any fiscal year. Fax: 902-354-2018, South Shore Regional Hospital 155 (1) Sections 5 to 82 and 107 to 154 come into force on April 1, 2015. Minister of Health and Wellness, Third Reading: October 3, 2014 (WITH COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS) (LINK TO BILL AS PASSED). (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. 164 following. (2) Subsection 28(2) of the Trade Union Act applies mutatis mutandis to an application made under subsection (1). . 125 Clause 53(2)(h) of Chapter 4 is amended by striking out "district" in the second line. 1746 Union Street (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may appoint the first chief executive officer of the provincial health authority. (f) any other matters prescribed by the regulations. Main switchboard: 902- 473-2700 Phone: 902-657-2382, All Saints Springhill Hospital . (3) The mediated negotiations must continue until. B2Y 3Z9 (a) the health services to be provided or made available in the Province; (b) the principles upon which the provision of health services are to be based; (c) the goals, objectives and priorities for the provision of health services, including goals, objectives and priorities in respect of quality and patient safety; (d) resource management and planning objectives, including human resources planning and financial planning objectives; (e) priorities for teaching, learning and research; and. Nova Scotia Health Authority has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 302 reviews left anonymously by employees. (a) provide leadership for the health system by setting the strategic policy direction, priorities and standards for the health system; and. . 147 Chapter 313 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Nova Scotia Hospital Act, is repealed. (ii) are not included in the nursing bargaining unit; (d) the support bargaining unit is composed of all unionized employees who. B4V 3S6 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. New Waterford, NS (2) Where, on the coming into force of this Section, by-laws respecting the matters referred to in subsection 20(1), Section 21 and subsection 22(1) have been made by the Board of Directors of the IWK Health Centre under Section 10 of the former IWK Health Centre Act and approved by the Minister under Section 6 of the Hospitals Act, those by-laws remain in effect and apply to the IWK Health Centre until such time as they are replaced with new by-laws made under this Act. 19428 Highway 2, RR 6 B0E 1H0 Temporary service and facility closure notices from Nova Scotia Health (Updated at 8:25 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023) Nova Scotia Health Authority corporate office is located in 1276 S Park St, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada and has 17,599 employees. . Follow. (c) interpret any provision of any of the collective agreements. (2) A director of the provincial health authority holds office until such time as the director's successor is appointed, even if such appointment does not occur until after the director's term of office has expired. (2) Notwithstanding clause (1)(b), an employee of a health authority or a physician who has privileges in a health authority may be appointed or serve as a non-voting director of the provincial health authority. 77 (1) A foundation that uses its funds to benefit the provincial health authority or a hospital located in the Province, other than the IWK Health Centre, shall annually provide the provincial health authority with copies of its audited year-end financial statements. 121 Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1998, the Health Council Appointments (1998) Act, is repealed. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. 300 Pleasant Street PO Box 490 (2) A health authority is deemed to be a hospital for the purpose of. 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". 55 (1) The Minister shall appoint an individual from among the voting directors of the provincial health authority to be the chair of the provincial health authority. (3) A health authority is exempt from taxation under any Act of the Legislature. 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. (h) the provincial health authority is a successor employer for the purpose of the Pension Benefits Act. Glace Bay, NS 115 Subsection 2(1) of Chapter 1 of the Acts of 2014, the Essential Home-support Services (2014) Act, is amended by. Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows: 1 This Act may be cited as the Health Authorities Act. PO Box 1180 Phone: 902-224-1500, Victoria County Memorial Hospital 42 The Izaak Walton Killam Health Centre constituted by the former IWK Health Centre Act is hereby continued as a body corporate. 91 Hospital Road (5) When the Minister considers that an administrator is no longer required, the Minister shall revoke the appointment of the administrator and, notwithstanding Section 44, appoint new directors to the board. 89 Payzant Drive (2) Subject to any order issued under subsection 87(1) or Section 93, upon the coming into force of this Section. 175 School Street (b) appoint individuals to hold such offices. (a) Sections 60 and 61 of the Evidence Act; (3) A health authority is deemed to be a hospital authority for the purpose of an Agreement as defined by the Sales Tax Act. Occupational Health coordinates the Employee and Families Assistance Program (EFAP). (a) adding "and" immediately after the semicolon at the end of clause (a); (b) striking out "; and" at the end of clause (b) and substituting a period; and, 107 Section 2 of Chapter 37 of the Acts of 2005, the Correctional Services Act, is amended by, (a) striking out "district health authority or the IWK Health Centre" in the last line of clause (o) and substituting "health authority, as defined by the Health Authorities Act"; and. 63 (1) Subject to the approval of the Minister, the provincial health authority may alter the boundaries of a community or amalgamate or reduce the number of community health boards. (2) An annual report must include information on the results achieved by the health authority with respect to any performance targets established for the health authority by the Minister, including performance targets established in the approved health-services business plan for that fiscal year. Phone: 902-254-2540, Eastern Memorial Hospital (6) A health authority shall prepare an annual audited schedule, separate from the audited financial statement, showing, for the fiscal year to which the annual audited schedule relates, a reconciliation of the operating funding surplus or deficit and capital surplus or deficit, as defined by this Act, to the operating surplus or deficit and capital surplus or deficit reported in the annual audited financial statements. (3) For greater certainty, a by-law made under subsection (1) has no effect until it is approved by the Minister. 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. 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. (d) the rules governing medical and clinical staff. Phone: 902-794-8521, Sacred Heart Community Health Centre Guysborough, NS Pictou, NS Parrsboro, NS 128 Chapter 207 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Hospital Trusts Act, is repealed. Phone: 902-465-8300, Eastern Shore Memorial Hospital . Canso, NS Middle Musquodoboit, NS (2) The provincial health authority may enter into contracts with any person for the purpose of subsection (1). B0E 1J0 Lower Sackville, NS (d) ensuring the proper discharge by the health authority of its duties and powers regarding the boundaries, composition, membership, formation and support of community health boards. day of . Skip to Navigation 87 (1) Where the district health authorities and unions conclude an agreement on all of the matters to be determined under subsection 86(1), the mediator-arbitrator shall issue an order in writing containing the terms of the agreement. 143 Section 2 of Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2011, the Medical Act, is amended by. 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". . . Phone: 902-869-6100, Dartmouth General Hospital North Sydney, NS (2) The exercise by the Minister of the authority contained in subsection (1) is a regulation within the meaning of the Regulations Act. (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. Phone: 902-295-2112, Cobequid Community Health Centre . (2) Members of a community health board must be appointed under an open and transparent selection process prescribed by the regulations. (i) the House of Commons or the Senate of Canada. Sydney Mines, NS B1V 2H7 PO Box 129 Do you want to learn how the Legislature operates? 52 (1) The board of the provincial health authority comprises, (a) such number of directors as is prescribed by the regulations, up to a maximum of 13 directors; and. (e) carry out such other duties as may be prescribed by the by-laws or the regulations. Share: We are rural and urban. B0T 1K0 (3) Where a health authority has not made by-laws under subsection (1), the Minister may, where the Minister considers it advisable, make the by-laws referred to in that subsection. PO Box 610 (ba) "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; (ga) "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; (na) "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; (va) "provincial health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; (e) "chief executive officer" means the person who is responsible for the administration and management of a health authority, as defined by the Health Authorities Act, or a person designated in writing by such responsible person; (g) "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; 11 (1) In carrying out the medical officer's responsibilities pursuant to this Act, a medical officer may require the assistance of a public health inspector or public health nurse. Phone: 902-667-3361 Phone: 902-522-2882, Strait Richmond Hospital 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. It creates opportunities for discussions that matter, opportunities for learning, and lays the foundation for a stronger . Opportunities are always changing. (ca) "health authority" has the same meaning as in the Health Authorities Act; (1) Where an emergency department of a health authority has experienced an ongoing pattern of closure of the emergency department in the last fiscal year, the health authority shall consult with the community served by the emergency department as part of the consultations conducted in accordance with its next public engagement plan as defined by the Health Authorities Act. . . 150 Subsection 5(1) of Chapter 13 is amended by, (a) striking out "district" in the first and in the third lines of clause (a); and. 17 A vacancy on a board does not impair the ability of the remaining directors to act. . 15102 Cabot Trail On September 1st, 2021, the newly elected provincial government undertook wholesale changes in the NS Health Authority. . B3K 6R8 QEII Health Sciences Centre Enter your email address to tell us about yourself. (2) A foundation that uses its funds to benefit the IWK Health Centre shall annually provide the IWK Health Centre with copies of its audited year-end financial statements. Tel: 902-354-3436 716 King Street (2) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, words and expressions used in Sections 26 and 83 to 104 have the same meaning as in Part I of the Trade Union Act. (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. 325 Pleasant Street 140 Subsection 19(1) of Chapter 29 is amended by striking out "district" both times it appears in the third line. (3) The Minister shall inform a health authority whether its health-services business plan has been approved, approved with amendments or not approved. Neils Harbour, NS (i) the health authority has contravened an agreement with the Minister. Contact 10560 Route 16 B0J 2L0 Annapolis Royal, 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. (2) Where the Minister refuses to approve a health-services business plan, the Minister shall provide reasons and the health authority shall submit for approval a plan that addresses the problems identified by the Minister on or before the date prescribed by the Minister. 71 The provincial health authority may establish advisory committees to assist a community health board in carrying out its responsibilities. Phone: 902-752-7600 The Nova Scotia Health Authority was formed on April 1, 2015 as an amalgamation of nine existing regional authorities: The authority received a $843,530 grant from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund to implement Nova Scotia's Enhanced Immunization Access Project. Lillian Fraser Memorial Hospital (a) striking out ", both by individual hospitals within a district health authority and in a district-by-district format" in the second and third lines of clause (a) and substituting "by individual hospital within each health authority"; and. They have first-hand experience in the areas you're interested in, and can . 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