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APRIL 16,
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MARCH 29, 2007 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT |
Bill 141 was unanimously approved at Law
Amendments on March 28th 2007!
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MARCH 26, 2007 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT |
Bill 141 went through the second reading on
March 26th without any problems. The Law
Amendments committee is scheduled for
Wednesday, March 28th @ 4:30.
Click here to view the bill
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MARCH 21, 2007 |
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Today, Tuesday March 20th
2007, The Respiratory Therapists Act was
introduced in the legislature for the first
reading as Bill 141 by the Honourable Chris
A D'Entremont, Minister of Health!!
This is a milestone for all RRTs in Nova
Scotia and represents approximately eleven
years of work by dedicated members of the
NSCRT Executive. The 'Bill Briefing' took
place prior to the scheduled sitting of the
House. Both the Minister of Health (please
read the MOH speech) and Phil Richardson
(please read the NSCRT legislation briefing)
spoke to members of the Press and
entertained questions from the floor.
Following the 'Bill Briefing' Phil
Richardson, Barb MacDonald, Patricia
Moriarty, Jennifer MacKinnon, Shannon
McDonald, Marjorie Hickey (Lawyer) and
Dennis Holland (Senior Policy Analyst, DOH)
were escorted to the gallery for the first
reading and to be formally introduced by the
MOH. The next step is the second reading
which could be as early as Thursday;
following the second reading Bill 141 must
go through Law Amendments prior to a third
reading. After that Bill 141 will be
proclaimed!
Stay tuned for
more...
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JANUARY 10,
2007 |
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
Great news for
Respiratory Therapists of Nova Scotia! |
Members of the
NSCRT Executive ( Patricia Moriarty, Phil
Richardson and Barb MacDonald) along with our
lawyer (Marjorie Hickey) met with Dennis
Holland, Senior Director Legislative Policy and
Robert Fitzner, Senior Policy Analyst with the
Department of Health (DOH) this morning, January
10th, at the request of the DOH!! We
were informed that the DOH is preparing a
request for legislation for Respiratory
Therapists to be put forward to the Government
for introduction at the Spring sitting of the
legislature.
This is exciting
news for all Respiratory Therapists in Nova
Scotia. Stay tuned for more information!
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OCTOBER 26,
2006 |
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At the NSCRT Special Meeting on September 25th,
2006 members voted unanimously for
acceptance of the proposed
Respiratory Therapists Act!! This
is a monumental achievement in the history of
the NSCRT and for all Respiratory Therapists in
Nova Scotia. The executive members ( both past
and present) and volunteers have spent countless
hours over the past ten years in making this
happen and should be congratulated for their
efforts.
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