Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the Honourable Member for Range Lake, that Bill 77, Nursing Profession Act, be read for the second time.
This bill repeals and replaces the Nursing Profession Act, SNWT 2003, c.15. It will
Establish a single regulatory framework for all nurses in the Northwest Territories;
Update the name of the regulating body responsible for the regulation of nurses to the College and Association of Nurses of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut;
Establish new nursing designations for active members of the college, including
registered nurse authorized prescriber
licensed practical nurse,
registered psychiatric nurse, and
registered psychiatric nurse authorized prescriber.
It will
Establish new types of temporary certificates for active members;
Require the registrar to maintain registers for new types of registrants and provide for application procedures;
Provide for nurses' qualifications, scope of practice, entitlements, obligations and regulatory processes;
Update the process for the review of conduct of active members;
Provide for the appointment of a complaints officer;
Provide offence provisions related to new types of registrants;
Add broad bylawmaking powers to regulate the practice of nurses, including nurses who practice solely through virtual care; and,
Modernize language, including by using genderneutral pronouns.
This bill also
Includes consequential amendments to the Coroners Act, Emergency Medical Aid Act, Employment Standards Act, Evidence Act, Mental Health Act, Motor Vehicles Act, Pharmacy Act, Public Health Act; and, Vital Statistics Act; and
Repeals the Licensed Practical Nurses Act.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried. Bill 77 has had second reading.
Carried
Second reading of bills. Minister responsible for Environment and Natural Resources.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I move, second by the Honourable Member from Yellowknife South, that Bill 78, Waste Reduction and Resource Recovery Act, be read for the second time.
This bill repeals and replaces the Waste Reduction and Recovery Act, SNWT 2003, c.29 to
Remove, amend and add certain definitions;
Broaden the scope of matters on which an advisory committee may provide advice and assistance;
Allow regulations to be made respecting waste reduction and resource recovery, including regulations.
Prescribing persons as producers of a designated material or setting out a method for determining producers,
Setting out responsibilities of producers of a designated material,
Requiring producers of a designated material to establish and operate systems in respect of waste reduction or resource recovery, and.
To establish and maintain funds associated with those systems,
Prohibiting or restricting the disposal of a designated material at certain premises in certain circumstances, and.
In respect of licenses to operate collection facilities or other facilities in respect of designated or prohibited materials,
Providing for a maximum number of licenses for a geographic area, and.
Allowing the Minister to approve one or more competitive processes to select successful applicants for a license;
Provide that only those fees collected by or on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories are to be paid into the environment fund, and updating the purposes for which the assets of that fund may be used;
Update administration, compliance, enforcement, offence and penalty provisions;
Clarify that the Act does not authorize a contravention of the Competition Act (Canada); and,
Modernize language, including by using genderneutral pronouns.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried. Bill 78 has had second reading.
Carried
Second reading of bills. Minister responsible for Justice.
