Patients' Bill of Rights

An Act to establish the rights of patients in relation to health, treatment and records

This bill is from the 37th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in November 2003.

Sponsor

Greg Thompson  Progressive Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 23, 2002
(This bill did not become law.)

Similar bills

C-238 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) Patients' Bill of Rights
C-261 (37th Parliament, 1st session) Patients' Bill of Rights

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-238s:

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