Acts and Regulations

P-22.4 - Public Health Act

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Report by a person in charge of an institution
2017, c.42, s.28
28A person in charge of an institution shall report, in accordance with the regulations, to a medical officer of health or a person designated by the Minister if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe
(a) that a person under his or her custody or control
(i) has or may have a notifiable disease or is or may be infected with an agent of a notifiable disease,
(ii) has or may be affected by an injury or a risk factor prescribed by regulation, or
(iii) has suffered a notifiable event prescribed by regulation; or
(b) that a deceased person who had been under his or her custody or control before the person’s death
(i) had or may have had a notifiable disease or was or may have been infected with an agent of a notifiable disease,
(ii) had been or may have been affected by an injury or a risk factor prescribed by regulation, or
(iii) had suffered a notifiable event prescribed by regulation.
2017, c.42, s.29
Reporting of notifiable diseases and other information
28Where a person in charge of an institution has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a person under his or her custody or control
(a) has or may have a notifiable disease or is or may be infected with an agent of a communicable disease,
(b) is or may be affected by an injury or risk factor prescribed by regulation, or
(c) has suffered a reportable event prescribed by regulation,
the person shall report, in accordance with the regulations, to a medical officer of health or a person designated by the Minister.