Interpretation

1(1)  In this regulation, "Act" means the Public Health Act.

(2)  A reference in a regulation made under the Health Act to

(a) the Health Act is to be read as a reference to the Act, and

(b) a public health inspector or a sanitary inspector is to be read as a reference to an environmental health officer.

Health Act regulations apply

2A regulation made under the Health Act continues to apply for the purposes of the Act, subject to any modifications, express or implied, made to it by the Act or this regulation.

Infectious agents

3(1)  For the purposes of applying the Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation, B.C. Reg. 4/83,

(a) except in section 18 of the regulation, "communicable disease" and "infectious agent" have the same meaning as in the Act,

(b) all provisions of that regulation also apply to the communicable diseases

(i)  chancroid,

(ii)  granuloma inguinale, and

(iii)  lymphogranuloma venereum

as if those communicable diseases had been prescribed as reportable communicable diseases under Schedule A of that regulation, and

(c) all provisions of that regulation also apply to the organisms

(i)  Haemophilus ducreyi, and

(ii)  Klebsiella granulomatis

as if those organisms had been prescribed as reportable communicable diseases under Schedule B of that regulation.

(2)  The following are prescribed as infectious agents for the purposes of all sections of the Act, except section 17, that refer to an infectious agent or an infected person:

(a) a reportable communicable disease within the meaning of the Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation, B.C. Reg. 4/83;

(b) a communicable disease or organism listed in subsection (1) (b) or (c).

Repealed

4Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 161/2011, s. 1 (b).]

Repealed

5Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 69/2012, s. (a).]

Repealed

6 and 7Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 216/2011, s. 1 (b).]

Repealed

8Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 70/2012, s. (b).

Repealed

9 to 11Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 161/2011, s. 1 (b).]

Repealed

12Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 209/2010, s. 2.]

Repealed

13Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 296/2010, s. (b).]

Repealed

14Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 216/2011, s. 1 (b).]

Reporting of toxic spills

15In addition to satisfying the requirements of the Environmental Management Act, a person who causes or permits the discharge into the land, water or air of a substance that is a health hazard must

(a) promptly notify a medical health officer in writing of the matters set out in section 11 of the Act, as well as the time, duration and quantity of the discharge of the substance, and

(b) take immediate action to mitigate and cease the discharge.

Repealed

16Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 161/2011, s. 1 (b).]

Repealed

17 and 18Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 216/2011, s. 1 (b).]