Bill C-288
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2nd Session, 37th Parliament, 51 Elizabeth II, 2002
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House of Commons of Canada
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BILL C-288 |
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An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code
(defibrillators in the work place)
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| R.S., c. L-2
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1. The Canada Labour Code is amended
by adding the following after section 125.2:
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| Definitions
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125.21 (1) The following definitions apply
in this section.
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| ``defibrillator'
' « défibrillateu r »
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``defibrillator'' means an automated external
device that provides an electric shock to a
patient's heart during a cardiac arrest to stop
fibrillation and resuscitate the patient.
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| ``trained
employee'' « employé qualifié »
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``trained employee'' means an employee who
is employed at a work place and who has
taken the prescribed training on the use of
a defibrillator.
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| Defibrillator
and trained
employee on
site
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(2) Every employer shall, in respect of a
work place controlled by the employer, ensure
that there is available at the work place, at all
times when employees are working at the
work place or members of the public are
visiting the work place,
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| Accessibility
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(3) The defibrillator must be stored at the
work place and in a manner that ensures that
it is readily accessible for use.
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| Large work
places
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(4) The regulations may prescribe that more
than one defibrillator and more than one
trained employee be available at all times,
when employees are working or members of
the public are visiting, at a work place
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(5) This section does not apply to a work
place if the number of employees who
normally work at the work place and the
number of members of the public who
normally visit the work place is less than the
prescribed numbers.
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| When very
few
employees
present
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(6) The regulations may prescribe
circumstances in which a trained employee
need not be available at the work place during
times when very few employees or members
of the public are normally present.
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| No liability
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125.22 No criminal or civil proceedings lie
against a person who uses, in good faith, a
defibrillator made available pursuant to
section 125.21 to assist another person who
has or appears to have had a cardiac arrest, in
respect of the death of, or injury or loss, to that
other person.
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