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Health ActRSBC 1996, Chapter 179 |
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This comprehensive Act provides the authority for all matters pertaining to health and disease prevention within the Province. The Act establishes a framework aimed at maintaining public health by preventing and removing a broad range of health hazards. The Act lays out standards for a variety of institutions, facilities and businesses that pose a risk to public health [e.g. sewage disposal, slaughterhouses, restaurants and food service providers, and commercial campsites]. Local and regional boards of health and public health inspectors are responsible to ensure inspection and enforcement of health requirements. The Act applies to a variety of establishments, including restaurants, catering firms, grocery stores, delis, bakeries, ice making plants, bottled water plants, slaughterhouses, and fish processing plants.
Act: Health Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 179
Regulations:
- Agricultural Waste Control Regulation (B.C. Reg. 131/92) see ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT
- British Columbia Cancer Agency Research Information Regulation (B.C. Reg. 286/91)
- Food Premises Regulation (B.C. Reg. 210/99)
- Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation (B.C. Reg. 4/83)
- Health Act Fees Regulation (B.C. Reg. 274/92)
- Health Hazard Regulation (B.C. Reg. 181/88)
- Industrial Camps Health Regulation (B.C. Reg. 427/83)
- Organic Matter Recycling Regulation (B.C. Reg. 18/2002) see ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT
- Personal Service Establishments Regulation (B.C. Reg. 202/83)
- Pool Exemption Regulation (B.C. Reg. 256/98)
- Public Place Sanitary Facilities Regulation (B.C. Reg. 94/82)
- Sanitary Regulations (B.C. Reg. 142/59)
- Sewage Disposal Regulation (B.C. Reg. 411/85)
- Sewerage System Regulation (B.C. Reg. 326/2004)
- Slaughter House Regulation (B.C. Reg. 350/83)
- Swimming Pool, Spray Pool and Wading Pool Regulations (B.C. Reg. 289/72)
- West Nile Virus Control Regulation (B.C. Reg. 357/2004)
Ministry: Health
