(1) In these regulations,

"contact" means a person or animal known to have been in association with a person or animal infected with a reportable disease; (sujet contact)

"contact tracing" means

"health facility" means a facility that provides health services pursuant to the Hospital Insurance and Health and Social Services Administration Act; (établissement de santé)

"infected with a reportable disease" means harbouring an infectious agent, whether or not recognizable clinical signs or symptoms are displayed; (atteint d’une maladie à déclaration obligatoire)

"isolation facility" means a hospital, health facility, clinic, long term care facility, correctional centre, young offender facility, dwelling place or any place designated as such by the Chief Public Health Officer; (établissement d’isolement)

"positive test result" means

"reportable disease diagnosis" means

"specific control measures" means the control measures for a reportable disease under section 3.1. (mesures de contrôle spécifiques)

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, a contact is presumed to have been exposed to a reportable disease infection from the infected person or animal with whom the contact has been in association.

(3) In section 15 of the Act and in section 18 of these regulations, "a person who dies from a disease" includes a person who, at the time of death, is or probably is infected with, or has or may have been exposed to, the disease, regardless of whether the person dies from a cause other than the disease. R-077-2016,s.2; R-051-2024,s.2.

(1) The following standards, established by the Chief Public Health Officer, are adopted as amended from time to time:

(2) The following standards are adopted as amended from time to time:

(3) Subject to subsection 3.1(2) and any directions of the Chief Public Health Officer, a health care professional shall perform their duties in a manner consistent with any applicable standards adopted under this section. R-051-2024,s.3.

Specific Control Measures R-051-2024,s.3.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations and subject to subsections (2) and (3), the specific control measures for a reportable disease are the control measures for that disease set out in

(2) Where there are conflicting specific control measures for a reportable disease under subsection (1), the specific control measures shall have priority in the following order:

R-051-2024,s.3.

Policies and Procedures R-051-2024,s.3.

(1) A person in charge of a health care facility where persons infected with a reportable disease or suspected of being infected with a reportable disease are examined, monitored, tested or treated shall ensure that written policies and procedures setting out specific control measures for the reportable disease are developed and maintained.

(2) Policies and procedures developed under subsection (1) must,

R-051-2024,s.3.

(1) A health care professional shall, within 24 hours after making a reportable disease diagnosis,

(1.1) If a health care professional makes a reportable disease diagnosis in respect of a reportable disease listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Disease Surveillance Regulations, the health care professional shall, in addition to the duties under paragraph (4)(1)(e), immediately notify the Chief Public Health Officer by telephone of the diagnosis in accordance with paragraph 7(3)(a) or 8(2)(a) of the Disease Surveillance Regulations.

(2) If circumstances prevent a health care professional from performing their duties in accordance with this section, the person in charge of the health facility where the health care professional made the diagnosis shall ensure that the duties are assigned to and performed by another health care professional at the health facility within 24 hours after the health care professional makes the diagnosis.

(3) The health care professional who is assigned duties under subsection (2) shall comply with the requirements of subsection 4(1).

(4) The person in charge of the health facility where the health care professional makes the diagnosis shall ensure that the requirements of section 4 are complied with and that a health care professional performs their duties in accordance with this section. R-051-2024,s.4,5,6.

(1) A person in charge of a health facility may, at any time and for any period of time, make arrangements with the person in charge of another health facility to have that facility carry out, on behalf of the facility requiring assistance and within the specified time, any or all of the requirements set out in section 4.

(2) Notwithstanding any arrangements made under subsection (1), the person in charge of a health facility where a health care professional makes a reportable disease diagnosis shall ensure that the requirements of section 4 are complied with.

(3) Notwithstanding any arrangements made under subsection (1), the person in charge of a health facility who agrees to provide assistance to another health facility in carrying out any or all of the requirements of section 4 shall ensure that those requirements are complied with.

(4) Where an arrangement made under subsection (1) must be carried out, the person in charge of the health facility requiring assistance shall immediately notify the Chief Public Health Officer of the arrangement. R-051-2024,s.7.

(1) A health care professional who is assigned to a reportable disease case shall, during the period or periods of time they are assigned to the case that occur within seven days after the making of the reportable disease diagnosis, make reasonable efforts to carry out the activities identified in paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition "contact tracing" in subsection 1(1) in accordance with the specific control measures for the disease.

(2) The person in charge of the health facility where the health care professional makes the reportable disease diagnosis shall ensure that a health care professional assigned to the reportable disease case performs their duties in accordance with this section. R-051-2024,s.5,6,10.

(1) A health care professional who is assigned to a reportable disease case shall, during the period or periods of time of that assignment,

(2) The requirements under subsection (1) must be carried out until

R-051-2024,s.11.

(1) A person in charge of a health facility where a person infected with a reportable disease or suspected of being infected with a reportable disease is examined, monitored, tested or treated shall,

(2) The requirements under subsection (1) must be carried out until

R-051-2024,s.12.

(1) A health care professional who is assigned to a reportable disease case shall, during the period or periods of time of that assignment, provide the Chief Public Health Officer with information respecting the case, including information about the specific control measures that have been or are being carried out.

(1.1) Information provided under subsection (1) must be provided,

(2) A health care professional shall provide the information referred to in subsection (1) until the Chief Public Health Officer determines there is no longer a need to provide such information.

(3) A person in charge of a health facility where a health care professional has been assigned to a reportable disease case shall ensure that the health care professional provides information to the Chief Public Health Officer in accordance with this section, and shall provide the Chief Public Health Officer with the required information if circumstances prevent the health care professional from doing so. R-051-2024,s.13.

(1) Where the Chief Public Health Officer is notified of the discovery of a case of a reportable disease or has reason to believe or suspect that there is such an occurrence, they shall

(2) During an investigation the Chief Public Health Officer shall have access to any registers that are established and maintained under the Act and any immunization records held by a health facility, in order to

R-051-2024,s.15.

(1) The Chief Public Health Officer may direct a person who is or probably is infected with, or who has or may have been exposed to a reportable disease, to

(2) If the Chief Public Health Officer is of the opinion, on reasonable grounds, that a person who is or probably is infected with, or who has or may have been exposed to a reportable disease, has failed to comply with directions respecting isolation, the Chief Public Health Officer may make an order under section 25 of the Act.

(3) For greater certainty, nothing in this section requires the Chief Public Health Officer to issue a direction under this section before making an order under section 25 of the Act. R-043-2010,s.2; R-051-2024,s.16.

(1) A public health official who receives an apprehension and detention order from the Chief Public Health Officer under section 28 of the Act shall deliver the person named in the order to the isolation facility specified in the order, and the public health official shall relinquish custody of the person to the person in charge of the isolation facility.

(2) A public health official or a peace officer who receives an order of a judge of the Supreme Court under section 30 of the Act, requiring the apprehension and detention of a person, shall deliver the person named in the order to the isolation facility specified in the order, and shall relinquish custody of the person to the person in charge of the isolation facility.

(1) The person in charge of an isolation facility where a person has been isolated pursuant to the Act or these regulations shall

(2) The person in charge of the isolation facility referred to in subsection (1) shall comply with the requirements of that subsection until

(3) This section does not apply to an isolation facility that is a dwelling place. R-051-2024,s.17.

(1) A person who is isolated in an isolation facility under the Act or these regulations shall remain at that facility until

(2) On the receipt of a direction or a certificate of release from the Chief Public Health Officer under paragraph 17(1)(b) or (c), the person in charge of an isolation facility shall, within 24 hours after receiving the direction or certificate,

(3) Where a person who is isolated pursuant to the Act or these regulations escapes from an isolation facility, the person in charge of the isolation facility shall, without delay, give notice of the escape to the Chief Public Health Officer. R-051-2024,s.18.

(1) The diseases that are listed in the Schedule are prescribed for the purposes of section 15 of the Act.

(2) Any person who handles or transports the body of a person who dies from a disease referred to in subsection (1) shall do so in accordance with

R-051-2024,s.19.

(1) Where a diagnosis, opinion or direction given by a health care professional under these regulations conflicts with that of the Chief Public Health Officer, the diagnosis, opinion or direction given by the Chief Public Health Officer prevails.

(2) Where a direction given by a person in charge of a health facility who is carrying out their duties under these regulations conflicts with that of the Chief Public Health Officer, the direction given by the Chief Public Health Officer prevails. R-051-2024,s.6.