ROI - Module 3 - Name the Legislation LA3 Flashcards
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Mandates that a physician must prnounce a patient dead before the body is removed from the hospital
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HOSPITAL ACT
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Requires hospitals to maintain a patient register
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Hospital Act
3
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Lists reportable diseases
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Public Health Act Regulations
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Mandates the development and use of by-laws by hospitals
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Hospital Act
5
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Provides requirements for health information management departments for reporting births
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Vital statistics Act
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Allows the director of a mental institution to consent to treatment of its patients
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Mental Health Act
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Mandates that original documents must be on the health record
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Hospital Act Regulations
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Allows a committee to handle the business affairs of a patient declared incapable
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Patient Property Act
9
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Provides a legal basis for the donation of body parts after death
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Human Tissue Gift Act
10
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Outlines the requirements for considering a patient an “emancipated minor”
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Infants Act
11
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Provides requirements to hospitals for reporting deaths and fetal deaths
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Vital Statistics Act
12
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States the legal age of majority in B.C.
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Age of Majority
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Protects physicians who work on medical/hospital committees (3)
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Hospital Act
Evidence Act
Health Professions Act
14
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Gives power to WCB officers to examine witnesses (2)
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Workers Compensation Act
Criminal Injury Compensation Act
15
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A law enforcement officer may request a nurse to take a blood sample.
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Motor Vehicle Act
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Provides for nondisclosure of the names of the human tissue donors
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Human Tissue Gift Act
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Allows access to health records by BC College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Hospital Act Regulations
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Allows ICBC representatives to examine health records
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Insurance (Vehicle) Act
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Allows a certified true copy of a health record to be admitted in evidence in court (2)
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Evidence Act
Hospital Act
20
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Allows Ministry of Health representatives to inspect hospital records
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Hospital Act
21
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Lists the types of deaths which must be reported to the coroner
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Coroners Act
22
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Provides for the provision of a diagnosis upon admission of a patient to the hospital (2)
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Hospital Act Regulations
Hospital Insurance Act & Regulations
23
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Defines fetal death
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Vital Statistics Act
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Does not apply to legal matters covered by the Criminal Code of Canada
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Limitations Act
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States requirements for renewal of detention in cetain types of hositals
Mental Health Act
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Defines "birth"
Vital Statistics Act
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Outlines the age of consent for surgical treatment (3)
Age of Majority
Infants Act
Child, Family & Community Service Act
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Provides a time limit of 6 years within which legal action must be taken (2)
Hospital Insurance Act
| Limitations Act
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Provides for application for compensation within 1 year
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act
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Allows an autopsy to be performed without the consent of the next-of-kin
Coroners Act
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Mandates that the health record is the property of the hospital
Hospital Act
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Protects physicians from personal liability for committee work (2)
Health Professions Act
| Hospital Act
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Permits release of information to MCFD regarding children in their care awaiting adoption
Adoption Act
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Focus is on protecting youth age 12-17 requiring medical care
Child, Family & Community Service Act & Regulations
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Mandatory reporting of assault by a knife
Gunshot & Stab Wound Disclosure Act
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Allows for the creation and maintenance of a health status registry
Health Act
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Authorized to conduct confidential hearings that are nonthreatening
Ombudsperson Act
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Conducts investigations into the criminal injury of a child or youth
Representative for Children & Youth Act
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A physician has to report a communicable disease within 24 hours to a medical health officer (BCDC)
Public Health Act
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A newborn baby is treated with eye drops within 1 hour following birth
Public Health Act Regulations
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BCCA has submitted a list of patient names for whom they are missing pathology reports for the past month
Health Act (Public Health Act)
42
Does WSBC have access to health records?
Yes, Workers Compensation Act
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Does WSBC have power to summon witnesses?
Yes, Workers Compensation Act
44
This Act provides a list of diseases recognized as occupational diseases - carpal tunnel syndrome and emphysema, etc.
Workers Compensation Act
45
Requirements for registering all births, deaths, and fetal deaths
Vital Statistics Act
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Do stillbirths need to be registered?
Yes, Vital Statistics Act
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Under what legislation is the registration onf an adoption done?
Vital Statistics Act
48
What happens if there is a birth or death on a ship or an aircraft?
If the first stop is in BC, the registrar general may register it (Vital Statistics Act)
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Can DVA request information to support a client's receipt of health care and treatment benefits of disability pension application?
Yes, Veteran Health Care Regulations
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Advises government on services for children, youth and their families
Representative for Children and Youth Act
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Monitors services of adoption act, child care BC Act, child care subsidy act, child family and community services act, community living authority Act and Youth Justice act
Representative for Children and Youth Act
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Conducts investigations into critical injury or death of a child or youth requested by the Attorney General
Representative for Children and Youth Act
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Advocates for children and youth
Representative for Children and Youth Act
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Can a child and youth officer request access to a patient's personal health information?
Yes, Representative for Children and Youth Act
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What age group is considered a young adult or youth?
19 - 24
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A list of required (communicable) reportable diseases
Public Health Act Regulations
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health authorities have power to inspect products and sites to make sure they adhere to public health safety standards
Public Health Act
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Governs the handling and reporting of contagious or infected persons
Public Health Act
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The purposes of collecting, using and disclosing information to conduct research into health issues
Public Health Act
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Authorizes which persons are declared either "capable" or "incapable" of handling their own financial affairs if they are a patient under the Mental Health Act
Patient Property Act
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Incapable persons generally have public trustees or a court-appointed committee handling their financial affairs
Patient Property Act
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Handles care quality complaints
Patient Care Quality Review Board Act
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Making sure administrative practices and services of public bodies are fair, reasonable, appropriate and equitable
Ombudsperson Act
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A nurse is allowed to take a blood sample if demanded by a police officer
Motor Vehicle Act
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Requirement of a psychologist, optometrist, or doctor to report any patient who has a medical condition that makes them dangerous to drive
Motor Vehicle Act
66
Governs all legal aspects of the admission, discharge, transfer, detention, costs and treatment of mental ill persons in the provincial Mental Health facilities, and psychiatric units of public hospitals
Mental Health Act
67
Can a mental health review panel request copies of a patient's record?
Yes, Mental Health Act
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Can a patient's legal representative (advocate, lawyer, or patient) request the patient's record?
No, cannot disclose without patient's consent (Mental Health Act - if physician determines that info in the chart will harm patient, then this info may be severed)
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As a public body, it is our duty under FIPPA to ensure that personal information being released to "these" requestors is reviewed for 3rd party information and appropriate sections of FIPPA are applied
Mental Health Act
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Requirements for information and involuntary admissions to hospital
Mental Health Act
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A limit of 15 years from the day of which the claim took place for legal action against hospitals and physicians
Limitations Act
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Applying to civil cases only, (not criminal code cases such as rape) can legal action take place
Limitations Act
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Physicians and hospital employees are required to provide reports to ICBC regarding injuries, diagnosis and treatment
Insurance (Vehicle) Act
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Is written consent from the patient needed for ICBC to review a report?
Yes, (Insurance Vehicle Act)
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a 16+ year old patient may consent to health care, and it is not necessary for parents or guardian to consent
Infants Act
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a 17 year old consent to medical treatment, do the parents have a right to access their child's health record?
No, unless the patient gives consent (Infants Act)
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A person can consent to having their body parts used for transplantation, medical education, and research
Human Tissue Gift Act
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How many physicians are necessary to pronounce death before tissue is removed from a body for transplantation?
2 (Human Tissue Gift Act)
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What is the order to consent for transplantation of human tissues, medical education, scientific research, or therapeutic purposes, after a patient dies?
Spouse (any age), child (if of legal age), parent, sibling (if of legal age), and any next of kin (of legal age) .... Human Tissue Gift Act
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Can donor information be disclosed?
No, Human Tissue Gift Act
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governs both public and private hospitals
Hospital Act
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Makes regulations regarding patient's admission, discharge, standard of care, and records to be kept and their retention period
Hospital Act
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a person has to be certified dead by a physician before body is removed
Hospital Act
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A physician cannot be liable for work done in good faith on a committee
Hospital Act
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A health record is the property of the hospital
Hospital Act
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A certified true copy of a record is acceptable in court
Hospital Act
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An admission of diagnosis is required
Hospital Act Regulations
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Discharge order is required
Hospital Act Regulations
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A physician has to justify overlong stay of a patient
Hospital Act Regulations
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A note to be written if a patient leaves against medical advice
Hospital Act Regulations
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The original documents stay on a patient's health record
Hospital Act Regulations
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Legal action can take place within 6 years
Hospital Insurance Act
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Makes regulations regarding reports about the need for treatment or length of stays, patients, records, morbidity reporting, confidentiality and admission requirements
Hospital Insurance Act
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Physicians must admit patient and provide history and diagnosis
Hospital Insurance Act Regulations
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There must be a completed application for extended care or rehabilitation made
Hospital Insurance Act Regulations
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BCCA may request a person with their consent support their info or records if the agency believes that the information or records will facilitate medical research and benefit to the public justifies the request
Health Act (also Public Health Act)
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Health Status Registry records and classifies for statstical purposes
Health Act
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Husband/wife communication is privileged
Evidence Act
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Photocopies and microfilm are acceptable in a court if made in the regular order of business
Evidence Act
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Information cannot be disclosed if produced in legal proceedings, or that a record that was used in the course of a study, investigation, evaluation or program carried on by a committee
Evidence Act
101
Physicians or health care professionals must report all gunshots regardless of origin, and stab wounds EXCEPT if believed to be self-inflicted or unintentional
Gunshot & Stab Wound Disclosure Act
102
Immediate family members of a victim injured as a result of a certain crime may be eligible for financial assistance or benefits (work related)
Criminal Injury Compensation Act (Work Safe BC)
| does not apply if a vehicle was used as an assault weapon
103
Under what legislation can you apply for compensation within 1 year?
Criminal Injury Compensation Act (physician to furnish reports)
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A person may apply for benefits if they have been a victim of a crime (not vehicle accident, work related, or sexually assaulted)
Crime Victim Assistance Act
105
All deaths must be reported in BC
Coroners Act
106
Coroner has power to inspect/seize records
Coroners Act
107
Cannot take a body out of BC without coroner's authorization
Coroners Act
108
Coroner can authorize an autopsy without consent
Coroners Act
109
Who owns the autopsy report?
Attorney General
110
Does the coroner have power to summon witnesses?
Yes
111
Despite FIPPA, can a coroner withhold information collected in the course of an investigation until it is complete?
Yes
112
The chief coroner or the chair of the Child Death Review Unit may disclose information obtained to the Representative for Children and Youth
Coroners Act
113
Covers nursing homes, and programs such as home support,adult day services, home care nursing, and meal programs
Continuing Care Act
114
Applies to community care provided to 3 or more unrelated people (group home)
Community Care and Assisted Living Act
115
regulates registration, licensing and operating of a care facility
Community Care & Assisted Living Act
116
Protects children under 19 (including youth 12-17) who need medical or surgical care
Child, Family & Community Service Act & Regulation
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What is the age of Majority?
19
118
Ministry of Children and Family Development are responsible for managing adoptions under this Act
Adoption Act
119
There are no consent requirements when releasing information for the purpose of adoption
Adoption Act
120
If an adopted person is wanting their birth records, what do you do?
Have them fill out an authorization form for the release of their birth record; sever parents names and personal information, and refer the requestor to the Adoption Reunion Registry
121
When is a birth mother's consent for adoption valid?
After 10 days of child's birth
122
Can a birth mother revoke her consent of adoption?
Yes, within 30 days of child's birth, stating in writing and received by the director within the 30 day period
123
A capable adult can give/refuse medical treatment
Health Care Consent & Care Facility (Admission) Act
124
Identifies hierarchy of family members who can act as decision-maker on behalf of incapable adult
Health Care Consent & Care Facility Act
125
Outlines a process for elder abuse
Adult Guardianship
126
Maintains a registry of court appointed decision makers
Public Guardian & Trustee Act
127
Provides a process to allow for the arrangement in advance of an individual to make decisions for an adult should they become incapable
Representation Agreement (stronger than Enduring Power of Attorney)
128
Under Adult Guardianship, who is able to make decisions for the adult for a limited time period?
Substitute Decision Maker
129
Under Adult Guardianship, who is able to make decisions for the adult for an extended period of time?
Guardian
130
Under Adult Guardianship, who is not able to make the decision for the adult
Associate Decision Maker
131
Stats Canada requests statistics on all patients admitted to your hospital with a diagnosis of a psychiatric illness
Vital Statistics Act
132
Inspector for the MOH would like to review the documentation on all patients who received home care nursing services (2)
Continuing Care Act
| Hospital Act
133
An adult patient, refuses treatment on religious grounds and endangers her life
Health Care Consent & Care Facility (Admission) Act
134
State the component parts of the BC Adult Guardianship legislation
Adult Guardianship Act - associate/substitute/guardian decision makers
Health Care Consent & Care Facility Act
Public Guardian & Trustee Act
Representation Agreement Act
