OIC Number: 2005 - 457

Date of Order: Oct 14, 2005

Statute: Health Protection Act

OIC Text: The Governor in Council on the report and recommendation of the Minister of Health dated June 14, 2005, and pursuant to Sections 74 and 106 of

Chapter 4 of the Acts of 2004, the Health Protection Act, is pleased, effective on and after November 1, 2005, to: (

a) make new regulations respecting the reporting of notifiable diseases in the form set forth in

Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

b) repeal the regulations respecting communicable diseases, N.S. Reg. 28/57, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council dated May 14, 1957, and make new regulations respecting communicable diseases in the form set forth in

Schedule "B" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

c) repeal the Reporting Requirements for HIV Positive Persons Regulations, N.S. Reg. 31/2000, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 2000-101 dated March 8, 2000, and make new regulations respecting HIV reporting requirements in the form set forth in

Schedule "C" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

d) make new regulations respecting health hazards in the form set forth in

Schedule "D" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

e) make new regulations respecting confidentiality in the form set forth in

Schedule "E" attached to and forming part of the report and recommendation; (

f) repeal the regulations respecting venereal diseases, N.S. Reg. 58/73, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 73-745 dated July 17, 1973; and (

g) repeal the regulations respecting the control of tuberculosis, N.S. Reg. 45/42, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council dated March 9, 1942.

Department(s): Health