Bill 1 — First Session, 28Th Legislature, 61 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Bill 1 Workers’ Compensation Amendment Act, 2012 (Legislature 28, Session 1)

L28 S1 11468

Alberta — Bills

2012 Bill 1 First Session, 28th Legislature, 61 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 1 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2012 THE PREMIER First Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Committee of the Whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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1 Bill 1 BILL 1 2012 WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT, 2012 ( A s s e n t e d t o , 2 0 1 2 ) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Amends RSA 2000 cW-15 1 The Workers’ Compensation Act is amended by this Act. 2 The following is added after

section 24.1: Presumption re EMTs, etc. 24.2(1) In this section, (a) “emergency medical tech nician” means an individual who is registered as a member of the designated health discipline of Emergency Medical Technicians under the Health Disciplines Act in the Emergency Medical Responder, Emergency Medical Technician-Ambulance or Emergency Medical Technologist-Paramedic area of practice; (b) “firefighter” means a full-time firefighter or part-time firefighter as defined in

section 24.1; (c) “peace officer” means an in dividual appointed as a peace officer under

section 7 of the Peace Officer Act who is authorized by that appointment to use the title “Sheriff”;

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chapter W-15 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 2000. 2 Presumption re EMTs, etc.

2 (d) “physician” means an i ndividual who is a regulated member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta who holds a practice permit issued under the Health Professions Act or an individual who has a similar status under similar legislation in a jurisdiction outside Alberta; (e) “police officer” means an individual appointed as a police officer under

section 5 or 36 of the Police Act or as a chief of police under

section 36 of the Police Act; (f) “post-traumatic stress di sorder” means Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as that condition is described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association; (g) “psychologist” means an individual who is a regulated member of the College of Alberta Psychologists who holds a practice permit issued under the Health Professions Act or an individual who has a similar status under similar legislation in a jurisdiction outside Alberta.

(2) If a worker who is or has been an emergency medical technician, firefighter, peace officer or police officer is diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder by a physician or psychologist, the post-traumatic stress disorder shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proven, to be an injury that arose out of and occurred during the course of the worker’s employment in response to a traumatic event or a series of traumatic events to which the worker was exposed in carrying out the worker’s duties as an emergency medical technician, firefighter, peace officer or police officer.

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RECORD OF DEBATE Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Stage Date Member From To Questions and Comments From To Title: 2012 (28th, 1st) Bill 1, Workers' Compensation Amendment Act, 2012

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L28 S1 11468
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L28 S1 11468
Language	en
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