Intervention by Conciliation Panel. (a) After December 31, 2024, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may request the chair of the conciliation panel to discontinue the mediation and to assemble a conciliation panel. The Government and the Doctors of BC will each name one representative to the conciliation panel, and those two representatives plus the chair appointed pursuant to section 26.3(a) will comprise the conciliation panel. (b) The conciliation panel will conduct a conciliation in accordance with procedures agreed to by the Government and the Doctors of BC, which may include formal hearings, to review the issues in dispute. (c) The conciliation panel must retain an independent expert to assist it in determining costing issues and verifying comparators. (d) The terms of reference of the conciliation panel will include: (i) the need to be consistent with the law; (ii) reflecting the Government’s fiscal situation, including its ability to pay; (iii) the need to provide reasonable compensation to physicians for the services rendered; and (iv) the operational and medical resource needs of the Health Authorities.
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement, Physician Master Agreement
Intervention by Conciliation Panel. (a) After December 31, 20242021, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may request the chair of the conciliation panel to discontinue the mediation and to assemble a conciliation panel. The Government and the Doctors of BC will each name one representative to the conciliation panel, and those two representatives plus the chair appointed pursuant to section 26.3(a) will comprise the conciliation panel.
(b) The conciliation panel will conduct a conciliation in accordance with procedures agreed to by the Government and the Doctors of BC, which may include formal hearings, to review the issues in dispute.
(c) The conciliation panel must retain an independent expert to assist it in determining costing issues and verifying comparators.
(d) The terms of reference of the conciliation panel will include:
(i) the need to be consistent with the law;
(ii) reflecting the Government’s fiscal situation, including its ability to pay;
(iii) the need to provide reasonable compensation to physicians for the services rendered; and
(iv) the operational and medical resource needs of the Health Authorities.Authorities.
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement, Physician Master Agreement
Intervention by Conciliation Panel.
(a) After December 31, 20242021, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may request the chair of the conciliation panel to discontinue the mediation and to assemble a conciliation panel. The Government and the Doctors of BC will each name one representative to the conciliation panel, and those two representatives plus the chair appointed pursuant to section 26.3(a) will comprise the conciliation panel.
(b) The conciliation panel will conduct a conciliation in accordance with procedures agreed to by the Government and the Doctors of BC, which may include formal hearings, to review the issues in dispute.
(c) The conciliation panel must retain an independent expert to assist it in determining costing issues and verifying comparators.
(d) The terms of reference of the conciliation panel will include:include:
(i) the need to be consistent with the law;
(ii) reflecting the Government’s fiscal situation, including its ability to pay;
(iii) the need to provide reasonable compensation to physicians for the services rendered; and
(iv) the operational and medical resource needs of the Health Authorities.Authorities.
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement
Intervention by Conciliation Panel. (a) After December 31, 20242018, either the Government or the Doctors of BC may request the chair of the conciliation panel to discontinue the mediation and to assemble a conciliation panel. The Government and the Doctors of BC will each name one representative to the conciliation panel, and those two representatives plus the chair appointed pursuant to section 26.3(a27.3(a) will comprise the conciliation panel.
(b) The conciliation panel will conduct a conciliation in accordance with procedures agreed to by the Government and the Doctors of BC, which may include formal hearings, to review the issues in dispute.
(c) The conciliation panel must retain an independent expert to assist it in determining costing issues and verifying comparators.
(d) The terms of reference of the conciliation panel will include:
(i) the need to be consistent with the law;
(ii) reflecting the Government’s fiscal situation, including its ability to pay;
(iii) the need to provide reasonable compensation to physicians for the services rendered; and
(iv) the operational and medical resource needs of the Health Authorities.Authorities.
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Samples: Physician Master Agreement