Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1951]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/268 (page 17)
    peal is to be fixed by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Section 2, clause (dd) is amended twice by this Act, one amend¬ ment came into force on April 7th, 1951, when The Health Unit Act came into force, and the other to come into force when the section of this Act relating to health units are repealed by proclamation. The amendent that came into force on April 7th, 1951, amends the definition of “Health unit” by including a reference to health units constituted under The Health Unit Act. The amendment to come into force on proclamation deletes from the definition the reference to health units formed under this Act. Sections 24, 25, and 26 are repealed. These are the sections that deal with the organization of health units under this Act and their repeal is effective on the date to be fixed by the proclamation. Five new sections 26a to 26e inclusive are added immediately after section 26. The new Health Unit Act does not apply to a city having a population in excess of fifty thousand. These new sections accordingly authorize the Minister to pay a grant to the council of such a city to assist it to provide public health services to its residents. The extent of the public health staff employed by a city council in respect of which the grant may be calculated is set out in the Act. For the purpose of calculating the grant the salary of each member of the city public health staff is deemed to be the salary recom¬ mended by the salary survey committee of the Province and approv¬ ed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. The amount of the grant cannot exceed sixty per cent of the approved salaries of those members of the city public health staff designated in the Act. The Act provides that a city council may employ a public health staff in excess of that designated in the Act and may pay salaries in excess of those approved by the Minister but such excess staff and such excess salaries are not considered in calculating the amount of the grant. In addition to the grant authorized by these sections, the Minister is authorized to allot a portion of any Federal public health grant available for allotment by the Minister to the council of a city to assist it in the extension of such of its public health services as are approved by the Provincial Board of Health and for which no Provincial grant is paid. A new section 26f is also added which provides for a Board of Visitors consisting of not more than four members. The Board of Visitors shall visit and inspect, at least once in each year, each mental hospital, sanatorium or other institution operated or ad¬ ministered by the Department of Public Health. The members of the Board may be paid an honorarium and travelling expenses. Except as otherwise provided, the Act came into force on the day upon which it was assented to.