A review panel must submit an annual report to the Minister, and members may be paid specified expenses or remuneration for panel work.
(Consolidated up to 184/2020) ALBERTA REGULATION 14/2009 Mental Health Act MENTAL HEALTH ACT REVIEW PANEL REGULATION Definition 1 In this Regulation, “Act” means the Mental Health Act . Review panel report 2 As soon as possible after the end of each year, a review panel must prepare and submit to the Minister a report summarizing its activities in that year, including the following: (a) the number of hearings requested; (b) the number of hearings cancelled and the reasons why the hearings were cancelled; (c) the number of hearings held before the review panel; (d) the number of each type of hearing held before the review panel; (e) the place where hearings before the review panel were held; (f) the results of each hearing before the review panel; (g) the total number of days on which hearings before the review panel were held; (h) the number of times a second psychiatric opinion was requested in hearings held before the review panel; (i) an evaluation of the panel’s activities; (j) an analysis of key trends, roster member utilization and the financial efficacy of the review panel; (k) other information as requested by the Minister. AR 14/2009 s2;184/2020 Remuneration and expenses 3 A member of a review panel may be paid (a) travel and living expenses in accordance with any directive issued by the Treasury Board respecting travel, meal and hospitality expenses, as though the member of the review panel were an employee as defined in the Public Service Act , (b) if the member is referred to in section 34(4)(a) or (b) of the Act, remuneration for time spent on the business of the review panel on or in respect of each day on which a hearing is conducted, or on or in respect of which no hearing is conducted, after a scheduled hearing is cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice, of (i) $790 for up to and including 4 hours spent on the business of the review panel, including conducting the hearing and travelling to and from the hearing location, with time conducting the hearing accounted for first, (ii) $197 for each additional hour, on a prorated basis, spent on the business of the review panel other than travel time, beyond the time accounted for under subclause (i), and (iii) $98.50 for each additional hour, on a prorated basis, spent on travel time beyond the travel time accounted for under subclause (i), (c) repealed AR 184/2020 s3; (d) if the member is referred to in section 34(4)(d) of the Act, (i) remuneration for time spent on the business of the review panel on or in respect of a day on which a hearing is conducted, in accordance with section 1 of Part A of Schedule 1 to the Committee Remuneration Order (Order in Council numbered O.C. 466/2007), and (ii) remuneration for the day on or in respect of which a hearing had been scheduled, but cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice, if the member did not conduct another hearing that day, in accordance with section 1 of Part A of Schedule 1 to the Committee Remuneration Order (Order in Council numbered O.C. 466/2007), and (e) for any business of the review panel other than business of the review panel described in clause (b) or (d), (i) for a member referred to in section 34(4)(a) or (b) of the Act, $197 per hour, and (ii) for a member referred to in section 34(4)(d) of the Act, remuneration in accordance with section 1 of Part A of Schedule 1 to the Committee Remuneration Order (Order in Council numbered O.C. 466/2007). AR 14/2009 s3;184/2020 Consequential 4 (1) The Mental Health Act Forms and Review Panels Regulation (AR 136/2004) is amended by this section . (2) The title is amended by striking out “ AND REVIEW PANELS ”. (3) Section 16 is repealed.