An Act respecting require the taking and analysing of blood samples to protect victims of crime, emergency service workers, good Samaritans and other persons and to make consequential amendments to the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 and the Health Protection and Promotion Act Loi exigeant le prélèvement et l’analyse d’échantillons de sang afin de protéger les victimes d’actes criminels, le personnel des services d’urgence, les bons samaritains et d’autres personnes et apportant des modifications corrélatives à la Loi de 1996 sur le consentement aux soins de santé et à la Loi sur la protection et la promotion de la santé The Hon. M. Kwinter Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services L’honorable M. Kwinter Ministre de la Sécurité communautaire et des Services correctionnels Government Bill Projet de loi du gouvernement 1st Reading November 15, 2005 2n d Reading 3r d Reading Royal Assent 1 re lecture 15 novembre 2005 2 e lecture 3 e lecture Sanct ion royale Printed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Imprimé par l’Assemblée législative de l’Ontario EXPLANATORY NOTE NOTE EXPLICATIVE The Bill repeals and replaces section 22.1 of the Health Protec- tion and Promotion Act. Le projet de loi abroge et remplace l’article 22.1 de la Loi sur la protection et la promotion de la santé. Under the Health Protection and Promotion Act , a person who came into contact with a bodily substance of another person in certain situations set out in or prescribed under the Act may apply to a medical officer of h ealth to have the blood of the other person analysed for viruse s that cause certain communica- ble diseases. Under the current regulations under the Act, the medical officer of health may ta ke seven days attempting to ge t a blood sample or other evidence of seropositivity voluntarily from the person. If the medical officer of health fails to obtain a blood sample voluntarily, he or she may order that person to provide a blood sample for analys is, with or without firs