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S.M. 2010, c. 30
Bill 32, 4th Session, 39th Legislature
The Protection for Persons in Care Amendment Act
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(Assented to June 17, 2010)
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
The Protection for Persons in Care Act is amended by this Act.
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 »)
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;
This Act comes into force on September 30, 2010.
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