Regulations of the minister
15 (1) The minister may make regulations referred to in section 41 of the Interpretation Act.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the minister may make regulations as follows:
(a) respecting the qualifications, examination, training, registration and licensing of emergency medical assistants;
(b) respecting the continuing competence of emergency medical assistants, and providing for the assessment, by persons designated by the minister or the licensing board, of the professional performance of emergency medical assistants;
(c) prescribing titles that may be used by, or that are to be used exclusively by, emergency medical assistants, and providing for limits or conditions on the use of prescribed titles, or other titles or terms, by emergency medical assistants;
(d) prescribing services that may be provided by emergency medical assistants, and providing for limits or conditions on the provision of those services;
(e) prescribing restricted activities that may be performed by emergency medical assistants in the course of providing services referred to in paragraph (d), and providing for limits or conditions on the performance of those restricted activities;
(f) prescribing services that may be provided under the supervision of an emergency medical assistant by a person who is not an emergency medical assistant, and providing for limits or conditions on the provision of those services;
(g) prescribing restricted activities that may be performed, in the course of providing services referred to in paragraph (f), by persons who are not emergency medical assistants, and providing for limits or conditions on the provision of those restricted activities;
(h) authorizing an emergency medical assistant to determine which of the
(i) services referred to in paragraph (f), and
(ii) restricted activities referred to in paragraph (g)
a person who is not an emergency medical assistant may provide under the supervision of the emergency medical assistant, and providing for limits or conditions on the exercise of that authority;
(i) respecting standards, guidelines or protocols for, and audits of, the provision of services by emergency medical assistants;
(j) prescribing fees payable in respect of the qualifications, examinations, training, registration, licensing, continuing competence or assessment of emergency medical assistants;
(k) prescribing fees payable for any service rendered under this Act, and providing for different fees for a service rendered to
(i) a person who is not a beneficiary as defined in the Hospital Insurance Act,
(ii) an employee who requires an emergency health service if the employer is, under an enactment, obliged to supply emergency health services, or
(iii) different persons or classes of persons;
(l) authorizing the waiving of fees for
(i) different persons or classes of persons, and
(ii) involuntary committals under the Mental Health Act;
(m) respecting the equipping of centres and stations referred to in section 5.1 (1) (c);
(n) establishing standards of construction and maintenance required for an ambulance;
(o) establishing the standard of equipment and supplies to be carried in an ambulance while it is being used, or held out as being available for use, as an ambulance;
(p) respecting the services that may be provided in accordance with section 5.1 by the corporation, or a person who is employed by, acting under the direction of or acting on behalf of the corporation, despite a prohibition established under the authority of another enactment;
(q) respecting the practices or procedures that must be followed by the corporation in the conduct of its affairs;
(r) respecting the manner, form and amount of insurance that must be maintained by the corporation;
(s) respecting the transfer of records to or from the corporation under section 16.
(3) A regulation under
(a) subsection (1) or (2) (a) to (j) or (m) to (o) may make different provisions for different classes of
(i) emergency medical assistants,
(ii) centres or stations referred to in section 5.1 (1) (c), or
(iii) ambulances, and
(b) subsection (1) or (2) (a) to (i) or (m) to (o) may delegate a power to, or confer a discretion on, a person designated in the regulation, including the power or discretion to exempt a person or class of persons from any condition or requirement imposed under the regulations, and may set out considerations that the person must or may take into account when a matter is delegated or a discretion is conferred.
(4) A regulation under subsection (2) (j) to (l) may
(a) authorize the corporation to collect and retain, or waive, a specified fee, and
(b) impose limits or conditions on the corporation’s exercise of that authority.
(5) A regulation may be made under subsection (2) (j) to (l) or (4) only with the prior approval of Treasury Board.
Transfer of records
16 (1) Despite the Document Disposal Act and subject to the regulations,
(a) the minister, in writing, may transfer records to the corporation or another person, and
(b) the corporation, in writing, may transfer records to the minister.
(2) On the effective date of a transfer under subsection (1), the records cease to be the records of the transferor and become the records of the transferee.
(3) Records in a transfer under subsection (1) may be identified by name, class or description.
Transfer of rights, property, assets, obligations and liabilities
17 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council, by regulation, may authorize the transfer of any right, property, asset, obligation or liability of the government to the corporation, subject to the terms and conditions set out in the regulation.
(2) On the date that a transfer authorized under subsection (1) takes effect,
(a) the right, property, asset, obligation or liability transferred ceases to be the right, property, asset, obligation or liability of the government and becomes the right, property, asset, obligation or liability of the corporation, and
(b) the government is released from the right, property, asset, obligation or liability so transferred.
(3) A regulation made under subsection (1) may identify any right, property, asset, obligation or liability by name, class or description.
(4) The Minister of Finance may make payments out of the consolidated revenue fund for the purpose of subsection (1).
(5) Any payments made by the Minister of Finance under subsection (4) must be attributed to, and must not exceed the amount available in, the voted appropriation of the minister responsible for the right, property, asset, obligation or liability transferred.
(6) A transfer under subsection (1) is effective despite any lack of fulfillment of a provision in an agreement or instrument requiring consent, leave or approval respecting the transfer or assignment of the right, property, asset, obligation or liability, and the lack of fulfillment does not constitute a breach or default of the agreement or instrument.
Assignment of agreements
18 (1) The government, in writing, may assign to the corporation any agreement entered into by the government that relates to the powers or duties of the corporation.
(2) On the effective date of an assignment under subsection (1), all rights and obligations of the government under the agreement cease to be the rights and obligations of the government and become the rights and obligations of the corporation.
(3) A reference to the government in an agreement assigned under subsection (1) is deemed to be a reference to the corporation.
(4) An assignment under subsection (1) is effective despite any lack of fulfillment of a provision in an agreement requiring consent, leave or approval respecting assignment of the agreement, and the lack of fulfillment does not constitute a breach or default of the agreement.