Fourth Session, Thirty-Ninth Legislature

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Bill 32

THE PROTECTION FOR PERSONS IN CARE AMENDMENT ACT

(Assented to                                         )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. P144 amended

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The Protection for Persons in Care Act is amended by this Act.

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The definition "patient" in section 1 is replaced with the following:

"patient" means an adult who

(a) is a resident or an in-patient in a health facility or is receiving respite care in such a facility,

(b) is receiving services in a geriatric day hospital that is managed by a hospital designated by regulation under The Health Services Insurance Act,

(c) is receiving services in an emergency department or urgent care centre of a health facility, or

(d) is receiving any other services provided by a health facility that are specified in the regulations,

but does not include a vulnerable person within the meaning of The Vulnerable Persons Living with a Mental Disability Act; (« patient »)

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Section 13 is amended by adding the following after clause (a):

(a.1) specifying services for the purpose of clause (d) of the definition "patient" in section 1;

(a.2) defining any word or phrase used but not defined in this Act;

Coming into force

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This Act comes into force on September 30, 2010.