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Medical Certificate of Death Regulations

made under clause 51(1)(fb) of the

Vital Statistics Act

R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 494

O.I.C. 2013-3 (effective January 15, 2013), N.S. Reg. 7/2013

amended to O.I.C. 2019-179 (effective July 9, 2019), N.S. Reg. 99/2019

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

When nurse practitioner authorized to complete and sign medical certificate of death

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Citation

1     These regulations may be cited as the Medical Certificate of Death Regulations.

Definitions

2     In these regulations,

 

“attending nurse practitioner” means a nurse practitioner who has responsibility for the treatment and care of a person or, if 2 or more nurse practitioners share that responsibility, any 1 of those nurse practitioners;

 

“medical certificate of death” means a medical certificate of cause of death required by subsection 17(3) of the Vital Statistics Act.

When nurse practitioner authorized to complete and sign medical certificate of death

3     An attending nurse practitioner may complete and sign a medical certificate of death for a person for whose treatment and care the attending nurse practitioner was responsible if

 

                (a)    the person’s death was expected as the result of a diagnosed chronic or acute illness or condition; and

 

                (b)    there is no reason to believe that the person’s death was a result of any of the circumstances referred to in Sections 9 to 12 of the Fatality Investigations Act.

 

 

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Legislative History
Reference Tables

Medical Certificate of Death Regulations	N.S. Reg. 99/2019
Vital Satistics Act
Note:  The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Medical Certificate of Death Regulations made under the Vital Statistics Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue
7/2013	Jan 15, 2013	date specified	Jan 25, 2013
99/2019	Jul 9, 2019	date specified	Jul 19, 2019

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S. Regulation	In force date*	How in force	Royal Gazette Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added am. = amended	fc. = fee change ra. = reassigned		rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected		How affected
2, defn. of “medical certificate”.......		am. 99/2019

Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

	Note	Effective date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S. Regulation	Title	In force date	Repealed date

Note:  Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table.  It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.

 

 

 

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