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Saskatchewan

Coverage: Heart disease, Cancer

Code Part: Statutes of Saskatchewan
W-17.1 - Workers’ Compensation Act, 1979

Description: Presumption of certain occupational diseases re fire fighters 29.1(1) In this section and in section 181: (a) “fire department” means a fire department as defined in The Fire Prevention Act, 1992; (b) “listed disease” means: (i) a primary site brain cancer; (ii) a primary site bladder cancer; (iii) a primary site kidney cancer; (iv) a primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma; (v) a primary leukemia; (vi) a primary site ureter cancer; (vii) a primary site colorectal cancer; (viii) a primary site lung cancer; (ix) a primary site testicular cancer; or (x) an injury to the heart that manifests within 24 hours after attendance at an emergency response. (2) Subject to subsection (3), if a worker who is or has been a fire fighter suffers a listed disease, that disease is presumed to be an occupational disease, the dominant cause of which is the employment as a fire fighter, unless the contrary is shown. (3) The presumption mentioned in subsection (2) applies: (a) only to a worker who: (i) has been a full-time member of a fire department for the minimum period of employment prescribed in the regulations; and (ii) has been regularly exposed to the hazards of a fire scene, other than a forest fire scene, throughout the period mentioned in subclause (i); and (b) in the case of primary site lung cancer, only to a worker who has been a non-smoker before the date of injury for the minimum period prescribed in the regulations.

Saskatchewan Legislative Web Site

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