AI-assisted research summary: The minister may make service agreements with district health boards. District health boards must provide services under the regulations when such an agreement exists. Residents and non-residents may owe fees for services or reports, but no one must pay for an examination to determine eligibility for services.
1 COMMUNITY THERAPY D-17 REG 7 The Community Therapy Regulations being Chapter D-17 Reg 7 (effective September 14, 1994), as amended by Saskatchewan Regulations 21/95. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 Table of Contents D-17 REG 7 COMMUNITY THERAPY 1 Title 2 Interpretation 2.1 Agreements 3 Services to residents without charge 4 Charges for services to residents 5 Fees for services to non-residents 6 Fees for reports 7 No fee for certain examinations 3 COMMUNITY THERAPY D-17 REG 7 CHAPTER D-17 REG 7 The Department of Health Act Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Community Therapy Regulations. Interpretation 2 In these regulations: (a) “Act” means The Department of Health Act; (b) “community therapist” means a person who holds a valid licence to practise pursuant to The Physical Therapists Act, 1984 or who is registered to practise pursuant to The Registered Occupational Therapists Act and whose registration is not under suspension; (b.1) “district health board” means a district health board established pursuant to The Health Districts Act; (c) “fee” means a fee required to be paid pursuant to these regulations; (d) “minister” means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time being the administration of the Act is assigned; (e) “non-resident” means a person who is not a resident; (f) “resident” means a person who resides in Saskatchewan and whose name appears on a valid Saskatchewan Health Services Card issued for the purposes of The Saskatchewan Hospitalization Act or The Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act; (g) “services” means services provided pursuant to section 10 of the Act that a community therapist is authorized to provide, and includes: (i) assessing a person’s need for treatment; (ii) prescribing the required treatment; (iii) providing educational programs to the public; (iv) consulting with and providing reports to others who are associated with a person’s medical care; (h) “treatment” means the treatment designed to maintain or restore a physical function that has been diminished by injury or disease. 23 Sep 94 cD-17 Reg 7 s2; 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s3. Agreements 2.1(1) The minister may enter into agreements with district health boards for the provision of services pursuant to these regulations. 4 D-17 REG 7 COMMUNITY THERAPY (2) Where the minister has entered into an agreement mentioned in sub- section (1), the district health board shall provide services in accordance with these regulations. 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s4. Services to residents without charge 3 A resident is eligible to receive services without charge if: (a) Repealed. 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s5. (b) in the opinion of a community therapist, the services are required by the resident; and (c) either: (i) the minister is satisfied that the resident is not entitled to receive those services without charge pursuant to: (A) any program or plan established or administered by any agency or department of the Government of Canada or the Government of Saskatchewan, other than pursuant to these regulations; or (B) a policy of insurance; or (ii) the resident is entitled to receive those services pursuant to any program or plan established or administered by any agency or department of the Government of Canada or the Government of Saskatchewan, other than pursuant to these regulations, or pursuant to a policy of insurance and that agency, department or insurer has agreed in writing that it will pay either the minister or the district health board that provided the services for the cost of providing those services. 23 Sep 94 cD-17 Reg 7 s3; 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s5. Charges for services to residents 4 If services are provided to a resident who is not entitled to receive the services without charge pursuant to section 3, the resident shall pay to the district health board that provided the services a fee of $35 for each visit to the community therapist. 23 Sep 94 cD-17 Reg 7 s4; 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s6. Fees for services to non-residents 5 A non-resident who receives services shall pay to the district health board that provided the services a fee of $35 for each out-patient visit. 23 Sep 94 cD-17 Reg 7 s5; 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s7. 5 COMMUNITY THERAPY D-17 REG 7 Fees for reports 6 If any person requests a report respecting the treatment and progress of a person who has received services from a community therapist for a purpose other than the ongoing treatment of that person, the person requesting the report shall pay to the district health board that provided the services a fee of $150 for the report. 23 Sep 94 cD-17 Reg 7 s6; 7 Apr 95 SR 21/95 s8. No fee for certain examinations 7 Notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, no person is required to pay any fee for an examination by a community therapist to determine that person’s eligibility for services. 23 Sep 94 cD-17 Reg 7 s7. 6 D-17 REG 7 COMMUNITY THERAPY REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©1996