Part 3 — .1
58.1 Public Health Plans and Health Impediments Definitions
(a) "health impediment" means a condition, thing or activity
(i) the cumulative effects of wh ich, over time, are likely to
adversely affect public health,
(ii) that causes chronic disease or disability in the
population,
(iii) that interferes with or is inconsistent with the goals of
public health initiatives respecting the prevention of
injury or illness, including chronic disease or disability,
in the population, or
(iv) that is associated with poor health within the population;
(b) "population" includes a subclass within the population;
(c) "public body" means
(i) the council of a municipality as defined in the Municipal
Government Act;
(ii) a school jurisdiction as defined in the Education Act;
(iii) a provincial health agency;
(iv) a provincial health corporation;
(v) the board of a hospital other than a hospital that is
owned and operated by a regional health authority;
RSA 2000
(vi) the operator of a continui ng care home as defined in the
Continuing Care Act other than a continuing care home
that is owned and operated by a provincial health
agency, provincial health corporation or health services
delivery organization;
(vii) the Health Quality Council of Alberta;
(viii) any other public body prescribed in the regulations;
(d) "public health plan" means a public health plan made under
section 58.2;
(e) "thing" includes
(i) tangible things, and
(ii) organisms, other than humans.
2021 c15 s27;2022 cC-26.7 s77;2024 c10 s34;2024 c16 s20;
2025 c10 s47(26)