Student Health and Safety Programs Act, 2003 Gravelle, Michael — Bill 42 (37th Parliament, 4th Session)

Bill 42, 37-4

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Bill 42, Student Health and Safety Programs Act, 2003

Gravelle, Michael

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Bill 42 2003

An Act to bring

health and safety programs

to Ontario students

Preamble

All Ontarians must work co-operatively to positively address workplace

health and safety issues for all Ontario workers, including our young people.

Young people should enter the workforce with an awareness of their rights and

responsibilities regarding workplace safety and occupational disease. Raising

community awareness about workplace injury prevention measures and promoting

health and safety is good for Ontarians, good for society, good for Ontario

workers and good for business.

Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Purposes

1. The purposes of this Act are to accomplish

the following:

1. To equip Ontario students entering the workforce with skills and

knowledge to prevent injuries, fatalities and occupational disease in the

workplace, thereby reducing the disastrous effects that workplace injury,

fatalities and occupational disease have on the individual, the family and

society as a whole.

2. To ensure that Ontario students have access to information about

workplace health and safety and the prevention of workplace injury and

occupational disease.

3. To assist Ontario workers, injured workers, educators, school boards,

community-based organizations and health centres in their efforts to prevent

and eliminate workplace injury and occupational disease by educating

secondary school students.

4. To create a Health and Safety Educational Council to survey and

recommend programs to educate secondary school students about workplace

health and safety and the prevention of workplace injury and occupational

disease.

Council established

(1) The Minister of Education

shall establish a council known as the Health and Safety Educational Council

santé et la sécurité in French.

Appointment of members

(2) The Council shall be composed of at least 10 and no more

than 20 members appointed by the Minister of Education after consultation

with the Minister of Labour.

Regional representation

(3) In appointing members to the Council, the Minister of

Education shall ensure that the different regions of Ontario are

represented.

Composition

(4) In appointing the members of the Council, the Minister of

Education shall ensure that the Council includes people in the following

categories:

1. Secondary school students.

2. Injured workers.

3. Employers.

4. Educators.

5. School board trustees.

6. Representatives of labour organizations.

7. Other members of the public.

Term of appointment

(5) The Minister of Education shall make and renew appointments

for such periods as the Minister considers advisable.

Reimbursement

(1) The Minister of Education

may make regulations,

(

a) respecting reimbursement to a member for expenses related to

participating in meetings of the Council;

(

b) respecting reimbursement to a member for income lost as a consequence

of attending meetings of the Council, where, in the opinion of the Minister,

it would be appropriate to do so to prevent hardship to the member.

Same

(2) The Minister of Education shall reimburse members of the

Council in accordance with the regulations, if any, made under subsection

(1).

Staff and accommodations

4. The Minister of Education may provide the

Council with the staff and accommodations that the Minister considers

necessary for the purposes of the Council.

Functions of the Council

5. The Council shall perform the following

functions:

1. Survey existing and proposed educational programs which might advance

the purposes of this Act set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of

section 1.

2. Consult with interested persons to identify ways to integrate the best

existing and proposed educational programs into a province-wide program.

3. Develop recommendations respecting the most effective and most

cost-efficient way of delivering these programs.

Council reports

6. The Council shall make at least three

interim reports and one final report within two years after this Act comes

into force.

Review

(1) The Minister of Education

shall appoint one or more persons to undertake, and, within two years after

this Act comes into force, complete a comprehensive review of this Act and

the work of the Council.

Council may continue

(2) After considering the results of the review under

subsection (1), if the Minister believes it is necessary to advance the

purposes of this Act as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of

section 1, the

Minister may require the Council,

(

a) to continue to perform the functions set out in

section 5 for a

further period determined by the Minister; and

(

b) to prepare and submit further reports at intervals determined by the

Minister.

Requirement for reports

8. A report under

section 6 and clause 7 (2)

(b),

(

a) shall include the Council's findings and recommendations;

(

b) shall be submitted by the Council to the Minister of Education and to

the Minister of Labour; and

(

c) shall be made public by the Council within one week after the Council

submits the report to the Ministers.

Commencement

9. This Act comes into force on the day it receives

Royal Assent.

Short title

10. The

short title of this Act is the Student

Health and Safety Programs Act, 2003 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Bill creates the Health and Safety Educational Council of Ontario. The

Council advises the Minister of Education and the Minister of Labour about

programs to educate secondary school students about workplace health and

safety and the prevention of workplace injury and occupational disease.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

May 22, 2003

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

May

22, 2003

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent :

Coming into force :Royal Assent.

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 42, 37-4
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p37 s4 bill 42 html
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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