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P-22.4
- Public Health Act
Detailled Table of Contents
Document at 26 March 2018
Public Health Act
I
INTERPRETATION
1
Definitions
2
Act binds the Crown
3
Inconsistency
II
PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION
4
Reporting of health hazard
5
Investigation of health hazard
6
Order respecting health hazard
7
Seizure and destruction
8
Action by Minister in respect of health hazard
9
Effect of order or action
10
Recovery of expenses of Minister
11
Certificate of Minister for expenses
12
Food premises
13
Duties of a person who holds a licence to operate a food premises
14
Duty to operate under sanitary conditions
15
Duty of a person who is employed on or in a food premises
16
Food unfit for human consumption
17
Milk and milk products
18
Meat and meat products
19
Poultry meat and poultry products
19.1
Seizure and destruction of food in unlicensed food premises
20
Public water supply system
21
Public water supply system
22
Subdivision assessment
23
On-site sewage disposal systems
24
Approval by the Minister
24.01
Requirement to provide notice before covering a system
24.02
Orders respecting on-site sewage disposal systems
24.1
Certificate of compliance
25
Community placement resources and early learning and childcare facilities
26
Appropriation of real property in emergencies
III
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
26.1
Declaration of notifiable disease
27
Report by certain professionals
27.1
Report by certain professions if directive issued
28
Report by a person in charge of an institution
29
Report by a principal or an operator
30
Report by a regional health authority
30.1
Report of aggregate data on request
31
Duty to report contacts
32
Duty to report refusal or neglect of treatment
33
Order respecting notifiable disease
34
Order in respect of person under sixteen years
35
Effect of order
36
Order of court to detain, examine or treat a person
37
Designation of medical practitioner to have responsibility for detained person
38
Medical practitioner to report respecting detained person
39
Extension of period of detention
40
Release from detention
41
Order for detention by medical officer of health
42
Where person withdraws from treatment
42.1
Requirement for proof of immunization
IV
ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES
43
Rights of entry and inspections
44
Removal of documents
45
Other persons may accompany officer or inspector
46
Duty to assist
47
Obstruction
48
Misleading statements
49
Analysts
50
Analysts
51
Copy of order as evidence
52
Offences
53
Penalties
54
Proceedings to restrain contravention of order
55
Proceedings to prohibit continuation or repetition of contravention
V
ADMINISTRATION
56
Administration of Act
57
General authority of Minister
58
Minister may enter into agreements
59
Medical officers of health
60
Medical officers of health
61
Medical officers of health
61.1
Chief medical officer of health to monitor and report on public health
61.2
General authority of medical officers of health to protect health and well-being
62
Inspectors
63
Certificates of appointment
VI
GENERAL
64
Immunity
64.1
Collection, use and disclosure of information
65
Protection from liability for reports
66
Release of information
67
Service
67.1
Minister may provide forms
68
Regulations
69
Transition
70
Transition
71
Transition
72
Consequential
73
Repeal of Health Act and regulations
73.1
Repeal of Fish Inspection Act and regulations
73.2
Repeal of Radiological Health Protection Act and regulations
74
Repeal
75
Commencement
SCHEDULE A