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P-22.4 - Public Health Act

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68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, water circulation systems, licences, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, water circulation system, on-site sewage disposal system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(b.1) adopting, by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, standard or guide and requiring compliance with a code, standard or guide so adopted,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health,
(d.1) prescribing the duties and functions of public health inspectors, agri-food inspectors and public safety inspectors,
(d.2) prescribing certifications for the purposes of subsection 62(3),
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the monitoring of water supply systems and public water supply systems and the reporting of any results of such monitoring,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(w) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(x) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(z.1) prescribing water systems for the purposes of the definition “water circulation system”,
(z.2) respecting water circulation systems, including the construction, maintenance, sanitary management, alteration, repair and operation of water circulation systems and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(z.3) respecting the plumbing, inspection, supervision, cleaning, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of water circulation systems,
(z.4) prescribing standards and requirements for the purposes of subsection 24.3(1),
(z.5) prescribing the records and documents to be maintained by a holder of a licence to operate a water circulation system, including
(i) the form and manner in which they shall be maintained,
(ii) the information they shall contain, and
(iii) the period for which they shall be retained,
(z.6) respecting the monitoring of water in water circulation systems for the purposes of paragraph 24.3(6)(a), including
(i) prescribing the manner, frequency and time of monitoring, and
(ii) prescribing the parameters to be monitored,
(z.7) respecting the submission of reports of the results of the monitoring referred to in paragraph (z.6), including
(i) prescribing the time and manner in which the reports shall be submitted, and
(ii) prescribing the contents of the reports,
(z.8) prescribing quantities or concentrations of Legionella bacteria for the purposes of paragraph 24.3(6)(b),
(aa) Repealed: 2017, c.42, s.69
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “notifiable disease” and “Group I notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, agents of notifiable diseases and contacts,
(jj.1) specifying diseases or conditions for the purposes of section 29,
(jj.2) respecting the reporting of diseases or conditions referred to in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and notifiable events and respecting reports to be made in respect of them,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of notifiable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners, midwives and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined.
(ww) Repealed: 2017, c.42, s.69
2002, c.23, s.10; 2007, c.63, s.11; 2011, c.26, s.4; 2017, c.42, s.69; 2019, c.12, s.32; 2022, c.12, s.3
Regulations
68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, licences, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, on-site sewage disposal system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(b.1) adopting, by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, standard or guide and requiring compliance with a code, standard or guide so adopted,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health,
(d.1) prescribing the duties and functions of public health inspectors, agri-food inspectors and public safety inspectors,
(d.2) prescribing certifications for the purposes of subsection 62(3),
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the monitoring of water supply systems and public water supply systems and the reporting of any results of such monitoring,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(w) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(x) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(aa) Repealed: 2017, c.42, s.69
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “notifiable disease” and “Group I notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, agents of notifiable diseases and contacts,
(jj.1) specifying diseases or conditions for the purposes of section 29,
(jj.2) respecting the reporting of diseases or conditions referred to in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and notifiable events and respecting reports to be made in respect of them,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of notifiable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners, midwives and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined.
(ww) Repealed: 2017, c.42, s.69
2002, c.23, s.10; 2007, c.63, s.11; 2011, c.26, s.4; 2017, c.42, s.69; 2019, c.12, s.32
Regulations
68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, licences, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, on-site sewage disposal system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(b.1) adopting, by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, standard or guide and requiring compliance with a code, standard or guide so adopted,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health,
(d.1) prescribing the duties and functions of public health inspectors, agri-food inspectors and public safety inspectors,
(d.2) prescribing certifications for the purposes of subsection 62(3),
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the monitoring of water supply systems and public water supply systems and the reporting of any results of such monitoring,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(w) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(x) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(aa) Repealed: 2017, c.42, s.69
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “notifiable disease” and “Group I notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, agents of notifiable diseases and contacts,
(jj.1) specifying diseases or conditions for the purposes of section 29,
(jj.2) respecting the reporting of diseases or conditions referred to in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and notifiable events and respecting reports to be made in respect of them,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of notifiable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners, midwives and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined.
(ww) Repealed: 2017, c.42, s.69
2002, c.23, s.10; 2007, c.63, s.11; 2011, c.26, s.4; 2017, c.42, s.69
Regulations
68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, licences, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, on-site sewage disposal system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(b.1) adopting, by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, standard or guide and requiring compliance with a code, standard or guide so adopted,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health and public health inspectors,
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the monitoring of water supply systems and public water supply systems and the reporting of any results of such monitoring,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(w) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(x) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(aa) prescribing standards for community placement resources with respect to lighting, sanitation, ventilation and other general health standards,
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “communicable disease”, “Group I communicable disease”, and “notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, communicable diseases, agents of communicable diseases and contacts,
(jj.1) specifying diseases or conditions for the purposes of section 29,
(jj.2) respecting the reporting of diseases or conditions referred to in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and reportable events and respecting reports to be made in respect thereof,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of communicable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners, midwives and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined,
(ww) prescribing forms for the purpose of this Act and the regulations.
2002, c.23, s.10; 2007, c.63, s.11; 2011, c.26, s.4
Regulations
68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, licences, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, on-site sewage disposal system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(b.1) adopting, by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, standard or guide and requiring compliance with a code, standard or guide so adopted,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health and public health inspectors,
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the monitoring of water supply systems and public water supply systems and the reporting of any results of such monitoring,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(w) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(x) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(aa) prescribing standards for community placement resources with respect to lighting, sanitation, ventilation and other general health standards,
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “communicable disease”, “Group I communicable disease”, and “notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, communicable diseases, agents of communicable diseases and contacts,
(jj.1) specifying diseases or conditions for the purposes of section 29,
(jj.2) respecting the reporting of diseases or conditions referred to in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and reportable events and respecting reports to be made in respect thereof,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of communicable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined,
(ww) prescribing forms for the purpose of this Act and the regulations.
2002, c.23, s.10; 2007, c.63, s.11
Regulations
68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, licences, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, on-site sewage disposal system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(b.1) adopting, by reference, in whole or in part, with such changes as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council considers necessary, any code, standard or guide and requiring compliance with a code, standard or guide so adopted,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health and public health inspectors,
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the monitoring of water supply systems and public water supply systems and the reporting of any results of such monitoring,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(w) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(x) Repealed: 2007, c.63, s.11
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(aa) prescribing standards for community placement resources with respect to lighting, sanitation, ventilation and other general health standards,
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “communicable disease”, “Group I communicable disease”, and “notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, communicable diseases, agents of communicable diseases and contacts,
(jj.1) specifying diseases or conditions for the purposes of section 29,
(jj.2) respecting the reporting of diseases or conditions referred to in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and reportable events and respecting reports to be made in respect thereof,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of communicable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined,
(ww) prescribing forms for the purpose of this Act and the regulations.
2002, c.23, s.10; 2007, c.63, s.11
Regulations
68The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) classifying persons, organizations, food premises, premises, public water supply systems, places, plants, animals, things or any of them for the purposes of the regulations,
(b) exempting any person, organization, food premises, premises, public water supply system, place, plant, animal other than man, thing, solid, liquid, gas or combination of any of them, or any class of any of them from any provision of this Act or the regulations and prescribing conditions that apply in respect of any such exemption,
(c) establishing health regions within the Province and varying the boundaries of such regions,
(d) prescribing the duties of medical officers of health and public health inspectors,
(e) respecting the construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, operation, maintenance and alteration of food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(f) respecting notice to be given by a person who wishes to commence to operate a food premises,
(g) respecting the manufacturing, processing, preparation, storage, handling, display, transportation, sale or offering for sale of any food on or in food premises and the distribution of food from food premises and prescribing standards and requirements in respect thereof,
(h) prescribing chemical and microbiological standards for food and requiring compliance therewith,
(i) prescribing standards and requirements in respect of persons who operate food premises and in respect of persons who are employed in or on food premises,
(j) prescribing the qualifications and training of persons who operate or are employed in or on a food premises,
(k) prescribing jurisdictions for the purposes of paragraphs 18(1)(a) and 19(1)(a),
(l) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who operates a food premises and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(m) respecting the records to be kept in respect of the source of supply, date of packaging or production and the distribution of any food,
(n) respecting the labelling, identification or coding of food and containers of food that are manufactured, processed, prepared, stored, handled, displayed, transported, sold or offered for sale on or in food premises or distributed from food premises,
(o) respecting milk tank trucks and the transportation of milk,
(p) respecting the operation, maintenance and use of food vending machines,
(q) respecting the source, construction, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, used in the procurement, packaging, transportation, treatment, handling, establishment, operation and maintenance of premises used to produce bulk or bottled water for human consumption,
(r) respecting the source, construction, alteration, equipment, facilities, including sanitary facilities, establishment, operation, monitoring and maintenance of water supply systems and public water supply systems,
(s) prescribing water supply systems for the purposes of the definition “public water supply system”,
(t) respecting the plans, specifications and other information to be submitted in respect of the establishment, operation or alteration of a public water supply system and respecting the records to be kept by a person who operates a public water supply system,
(u) respecting the use and treatment of water used for recreational and therapeutic purposes,
(v) respecting applications under section 22 in respect of proposed subdivisions, including the fees to be paid with the applications,
(w) respecting the time within which a public health inspector shall make a determination under section 22 and respecting the recording of the determination of a public health inspector on a subdivision plan,
(x) respecting the manner in which a person is heard under subsection 22(6),
(y) respecting on-site sewage disposal systems, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, approvals, inspections, repairs, replacements and suitable lot sizes,
(z) prescribing records, reports and returns to be made by a person who is licensed under section 23 and respecting the maintenance, retention and destruction of such records, reports and returns,
(aa) prescribing standards for community placement resources with respect to lighting, sanitation, ventilation and other general health standards,
(bb) respecting applications for licences and approvals and the issuance, transfer, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of licences and approvals,
(cc) respecting fees to be paid with applications for licences or approvals and upon the transfer or reinstatement of licences,
(dd) respecting the construction, maintenance, equipment, sanitary management, alteration, repair and use of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides and ancillary equipment and facilities,
(ee) respecting the inspection, supervision, cleansing, purifying, plumbing, drainage, closure, ventilating and disinfecting of swimming pools, saunas, hot tubs, whirlpools and water slides,
(ff) respecting the equipment, design and maintenance of playgrounds,
(gg) respecting the immune status of persons who work in health care facilities and food premises,
(hh) prescribing places for the purposes of the definition “institution”,
(ii) prescribing diseases for the purposes of the definitions “communicable disease”, “Group I communicable disease”, and “notifiable disease”,
(jj) respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases, communicable diseases, agents of communicable diseases, contacts and the diseases listed in section 29,
(kk) prescribing injuries, risk factors and reportable events and respecting reports to be made in respect thereof,
(ll) respecting the reporting of cases of human contact with animals that have or may have diseases that adversely affect the health of any person,
(mm) respecting the destruction, testing of or quarantine of animals that may have diseases that adversely affect the health of persons,
(nn) respecting the control of communicable diseases,
(oo) respecting the vaccination of residents of the Province,
(pp) respecting the reporting of immunizations by medical practitioners, nurse practitioners and nurses,
(qq) respecting the supply of vaccines, serums, drugs and biological preparations,
(rr) prescribing fees for any good or service provided under this Act or the regulations,
(ss) prescribing the manner in which an order, notice or document may be given or served,
(tt) prescribing the circumstances under which information may be disclosed for the purposes of paragraph 66(2)(i),
(uu) prescribing any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed by the regulations,
(vv) defining words used in this Act but not defined,
(ww) prescribing forms for the purpose of this Act and the regulations.
2002, c.23, s.10