S.M. 1996, c. 42
THE AMBULANCE SERVICES AMENDMENT ACT
(Assented to November 19, 1996)
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
C.C.S.M. c. A65 amended
1 The Ambulance Services Act is amended by this Act.
2 The title of the Act is repealed and "THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE AND STRETCHER TRANSPORTATION ACT" is substituted.
3 Section 1 is amended
(a) by repealing the definitions "ambulance attendant", "ambulance driver", "ambulance service", "ambulance services program" and "ambulance vehicle";
(b) by repealing the definition "patient" and substituting the following:
"patient" means an individual who requires emergency medical response services; (« malade »)
(c) by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:
"air ambulance" means an aircraft that is designed and equipped for the transportation of patients;(« ambulance aérienne »)
"ambulance" means a motor vehicle that is designed, constructed and equipped for the transportation of patients;(« ambulance »)
"ambulance operator" means a person who drives or pilots an ambulance or an air ambulance while it is being used to provide emergency medical response services;(« ambulancier »)
"emergency medical response services" means the emergency medical response services prescribed in the regulations;(« services d'intervention médicale d'urgence »)
"emergency medical response system" means an undertaking which provides emergency medical response services, and includes the aircraft, vehicles, equipment, personnel, and administrative systems necessary to the provision of the emergency medical response services;(« entreprise d'intervention médicale d'urgence »)
"emergency medical response technician" means a person who provides emergency medical response services to a patient;(« technicien d'intervention médicale d'urgence »)
"person" includes a natural person, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, syndicate, trustee, joint venture, an unincorporated association of persons, and a band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada);(« personne »)
"stretcher" means a mobile litter or cot designed to accommodate a person who by reason of illness, infirmity, or physical disability must remain in a horizontal position;(« civière »)
"stretcher attendant" means a person who provides stretcher transportation services;(« porteur de civière »)
"stretcher transportation service" means an undertaking which provides stretcher transportation services and includes the vehicles, equipment, personnel, and administrative systems necessary to the provision of the services;(« entreprise de transport pour personnes sur civière »)
"stretcher transportation services" means the services prescribed in the regulations for assisting and transporting persons requiring a stretcher or similar device;(« services de transport pour personnes sur civière »)
"stretcher transportation vehicle" means a vehicle designed and equipped for the transportation of persons requiring a stretcher or similar device.(« véhicule transportant des personnes sur civière »)
4 Section 2 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Licence required
2 No person shall
(a) operate an emergency medical response system or a stretcher transportation service; or
(b) act as an emergency medical response technician, stretcher attendant or ambulance operator
unless the person has a valid and subsisting licence to do so issued under this Act.
5 Section 3 is repealed.
6 Section 4 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Employment of unlicensed persons prohibited
4 No person shall employ or engage another person as an emergency medical response technician, stretcher attendant or ambulance operator unless the other person holds a valid and subsisting licence to do so.
7 Section 5 is repealed and the following is substituted:
Application for licence
5(1) An application for a licence shall be made in writing and shall contain the information and be accompanied by the fee and any documentation required by the regulations.
Issuing or refusing a licence
5(2) The minister may issue or refuse to issue a licence.
Decision to issue
5(3) The minister may issue a licence to an applicant if the applicant meets the requirements and standards prescribed in the regulations in respect of the type of licence applied for.
Issue of provisional licence
5(4) Subject to section 7, if the minister
(a) is not satisfied that an applicant meets all the requirements and standards prescribed in the regulations in respect of the type of licence applied for; and
(b) is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so;
the minister may, on payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the applicant a provisional licence of the type applied for.
Licence not transferable
5(5) A licence is not trans