Manitoba

Manitoba was the first province in the country to enact legislation amending the Occupational Health and Safety Act to make the use of hollow-bore safety-engineered medical devices mandatory. The legislation took effect on January 1, 2006, six months before Saskatchewan’s revised regulation.

The act is under review and amendments will be proposed to the Minister of Labour by the end of 2008.

Below is an excerpt from the existing regulation:

Definitions

45.1(5)  The following definitions apply in this section.

"medical workplace" means

1. a hospital, a personal care home, a psychiatric facility, a medical clinic, a medical laboratory, a community health centre and CancerCare Manitoba;
2. a physician's office;
3. if prescribed by regulation, a registered dentist's office;
4. an ambulance as defined in The Ambulance Services Act; and
5. any other workplace where physical or mental health treatment or care is provided to a person. (« lieu de travail en milieu médical »)

For more information, visit the Government of Manitoba Website.