Provincial Health Agencies (Ministerial) Regulation

(Consolidated up to 213/2025) ALBERTA REGULATION 17/95 Provincial Health Agencies Act PROVINCIAL HEALTH AGENCIES (MINISTERIAL) REGULATION Table of Contents 1 Reports and returns 2 Annual report 2.1 Additional information 2.2 First reports of provincial health agencies 3 Remuneration and benefits 4 Financial records 5 Auditor eligibility 6 Remuneration and benefits 7 Expiry Reports and returns 1 (1) A provincial health agency, by notice in writing, may require a hospital operator or a community health council delivering health services in the health services sector to provide the provincial health agency with a report or return relating to the operations of the hospital operator or community health council or its delivery of health services in the health services sector. (1.01) A provincial health agency, by notice in writing, may require a committee established under section 1.3(d) of the Act to provide the provincial health agency with a report or return relating to the operations of the committee. (1.1) A regional health authority, by notice in writing, may require any existing health authority or community health council operating in the health region to provide the regional health authority with a report or return relating to the operations of the existing health authority or community health council. (2) A notice under subsection (1), (1.01) or (1.1) shall specify the information requested and the time by which and the manner in which the report or return must be provided. (3) A hospital operator, community health council or committee established under section 1.3(d) of the Act that receives a notice under subsection (1), (1.01) or (1.1) shall comply with it. AR 17/1995 s1;134/2024;199/2025;213/2025 Annual report 2 (1) For the purposes of section 14(2.1)(c) of the Act, the annual report must contain any information required by the sector Minister by notice in writing to the provincial health agency or regional health authority. (2) Subject to subsection (3), a provincial health agency or regional health authority shall provide to the sector Minister its annual report for the previous fiscal year not later than July 31 immediately following the end of that fiscal year. (3) A provincial health agency or regional health authority shall provide to the sector Minister its audited financial statements and the information referred to in section 3 for the previous fiscal year not later than June 30 immediately following the end of that fiscal year. (4) The sector Minister, by notice in writing, may require a provincial health agency or regional health authority to provide the information required under this section and section 14(2), (2.1) and (2.2) of the Act in the form and with the content specified by the sector Minister. AR 169/95 s2;251/2001;134/2024;216/2024 Additional information 2.1 A provincial health agency or regional health authority shall provide to the sector Minister within 30 days after the quarters ending on June 30, September 30 and December 31 a report in the form and manner required by the sector Minister containing (a) the financial performance information for that quarter as specified by the sector Minister, and (b) the forecasted revenue and expenditures for the remainder of the fiscal year. AR 143/2002 s2;134/2024 First reports of provincial health agencies 2.2 (1) Notwithstanding section 1.1 of the Provincial Health Agencies Regulation (AR 15/95), the first fiscal year of a provincial health agency begins on the date on which the provincial health agency is established and ends on the following March 31. (2) Notwithstanding section 2(2) and (3), the sector Minister shall determine when the provincial health agency must provide the documents and information referred to in section 2(2) and (3) with respect to the first fiscal year of the provincial health agency. (3) Notwithstanding section 2.1, the sector Minister shall determine when the provincial health agency must provide the reports referred to in section 2.1 after each of the quarters ending on June 30, September 30 and December 31 in the first fiscal year of the provincial health agency. AR 134/2024 s6 Remuneration and benefits 3 (1) In this section, “management personnel” includes medical officers who exercise management functions. (2) For the purposes of section 14(2.2)(b) of the Act, information on remuneration and benefits paid to members, officers and employees of a provincial health agency or regional health authority must be disclosed in accordance with this section. (3) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed for the following individuals: (a) the members of the provincial health agency or regional health authority; (b) the chief executive officer of the provincial health agency or regional health authority; (c) management personnel who report directly to one or more members of the provincial health agency or regional health authority; (d) management personnel who report directly to the chief executive officer of the provincial health agency or regional health authority; (e) management personnel who report to the management personnel referred to in clause (d); (f) individuals engaged on a fee for service basis in a management capacity referred to in any of clauses (b) to (e). (4) Remuneration and benefits must be disclosed (a) on an individual basis by name in the case of the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(a), (b) on an individual basis by reference to position titles in the case of the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(b), (c) and (d) and the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection (3)(b), (c) or (d), and (c) on a group basis in the case of the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(e) and the individuals referred to in subsection (3)(f) who are engaged in a capacity referred to in subsection (3)(e). (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4)(a) and (b), where an individual is the chief executive officer and a member of a provincial health agency or regional health authority, the remuneration and benefits paid to that individual must be disclosed by name and position title. (6) The information that is required to be reported under this section must be reported as a note or schedule to the financial statements referred to in section 14(2.2)(a) of the Act. (7) Where the sector Minister, by notice in writing, requires a provincial health agency or regional health authority to do so, the provincial health agency or regional health authority shall include in the disclosure required under this section the value of any severance package that is provided on termination of employment, disclosed on the same basis as other remuneration and benefits. AR 169/95 s2;251/2001;134/2024;216/2024 Financial records 4 (1) A provincial health agency or regional health authority shall, with respect to the keeping and preparation of its financial records, apply the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting in the Public Sector , as applicable, and the Public Sector Accounting Standards as set out in the CPA Canada Public Sector Accounting Handbook published by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, as amended from time to time. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the sector Minister may by notice in writing prescribe policies or rules that are to apply with respect to the keeping and preparation of the financial records, and a provincial health agency or regional health authority shall apply those policies or rules accordingly. (3) A provincial health agency or regional health authority shall keep a financial record for the longer of (a) 3 years after it was created, and (b) any period required under an enactment of Alberta or Canada. AR 169/95 s2;134/2024;216/2024 Auditor eligibility 5 No person is eligible to be appointed by a provincial health agency or regional health authority as its auditor or to remain as its auditor unless that person is a professional accounting firm registered under the Chartered Professional Accountants Act and authorized to perform an audit engagement. AR 169/95 s2;134/2024 Remuneration and benefits 6 Members of regional health authorities are entitled to remuneration and traveling and living expenses at the rates determined by the sector Minister. AR 90/96 s2;79/2008 Expiry 7 For the purpose of ensuring that this Regulation is reviewed for ongoing relevancy and necessity, with the option that it may be repassed in its present or an amended form following a review, this Regulation expires on April 30, 2029. AR 134/2024 s11