Certain service providers must promptly report serious injuries involving children or young adults, and reports must include known details listed in the regulation.
Serious Injury Reporting Regulation, M.R. 44/2023 The Advocate for Children and Youth Act , C.C.S.M. c. A6.7 Regulation 44/2023 Registered May 19, 2023 bilingual version (HTML) Definitions 1 The following definitions apply in this regulation. "Act" means The Advocate for Children and Youth Act . («  Loi  ») "government department" means a department, branch or office of the executive government of the province. (« ministère ») "health authority" means a health authority as defined in The Health System Governance and Accountability Act . (« office de la santé ») "medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner as defined in The Health Services Insurance Act . (« médecin ») Information provided to department or authority re child 2(1) On becoming aware of a serious injury to a child for which a review may be conducted under subsection 20(1) of the Act, a person, organization or entity that provides a reviewable service on behalf of a government department or health authority must promptly report it to the department or health authority. 2(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a medical practitioner who provides mental health services or addiction services to a child if the only relationship the services have to a government department or health authority is that payment for the services is provided for under the Payments for Insured Medical Services Regulation , Manitoba Regulation 73/2003. 2(3) A person, organization or entity that makes a report under subsection (1) must include as much of the following information as is known at the time of making the report: (a) the child's name; (b) the child's date of birth; (c) the name of the person, organization or entity that was providing the reviewable service; (d) the reviewable service the child or the child's family was receiving at the time of the serious injury or in the year before the serious injury; (e) the manner in which the person, organization or entity learned of the serious injury; (f) the date, time and place of the serious injury; (g) a description of the serious injury and the circumstances of the injury; (h) any other information about the child or the serious injury that the person, organization or entity considers relevant. Information provided to department re young adult 3(1) On becoming aware of a serious injury to a young adult for which a review may be conducted under subsection 20(2) of the Act, a person, organization or entity that provides a reviewable service on behalf of a government department must promptly report it to the department. 3(2) A person, organization or entity that makes a report under subsection (1) must include as much of the following information as is known at the time of making the report: (a) the young adult's name; (b) the young adult's date of birth; (c) the name of the person, organization or entity that was providing the reviewable service; (d) the reviewable service the young adult was receiving at the time of the serious injury or in the year before the serious injury; (e) the manner in which the person, organization or entity learned of the serious injury; (f) the date, time and place of the serious injury; (g) a description of the serious injury and the circumstances of the injury; (h) any other information about the young adult or the serious injury that the person, organization or entity considers relevant. Coming into force 4 This regulation comes into force on the same day that section 21 of The Advocate for Children and Youth Act , S.M. 2017, c. 8, comes into force.