Presumptive Disability Law in Quebec

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CODE PART:

A-3.001, r. 8.1

Regulation respecting occupational diseases 

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DESCRIPTION:

chapter A-3.001, r. 8.1
Regulation respecting occupational diseases
Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases
(chapter A-3.001, s. 29).
SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
S.Q. 2021, c. 27, s. 242.

  1. This Regulation determines, in Schedule A, diseases and the special conditions in relation to them for the purposes of the occupational disease presumption provided for in section 29 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (chapter A-3.001).
    The Regulation also determines, for the purposes of section 28.1 of the Act, the eligibility criteria for a claim for a disease for which the diagnosis is a hearing impairment caused by noise.
    S.Q. 2021, c. 27, s. 242.
  2. For the purposes of this Regulation, “operational firefighter” means

(1) an officer or a firefighter assigned to firefighting interventions;
(2) an officer or a firefighter who conducts clearing or searches for the causes and circumstances of fires;
(3) a firefighter who drives the trucks; and
(4) a firefighter who operates the pumpers and the elevating devices.
S.Q. 2021, c. 27, s. 242.

DIVISION VIII — ONCOLOGICAL DISEASES

  • Lung cancer or pulmonary mesothelioma
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to asbestos fibre.
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 15 years.
    • Not having been a smoker in the 10 years preceding the diagnosis.
  • Non-pulmonary mesothelioma
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
  • Kidney cancer
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 20 years.
  • Bladder cancer
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 20 years.
  • Laryngeal cancer
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 15 years.
    • Not having been a smoker in the 10 years preceding the diagnosis.
  • Multiple myeloma
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 15 years.
  • Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 20 years.
  • Skin cancer (melanoma)
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 15 years.
  • Prostate cancer
    • Having carried on any work involving exposure to gas and smoke from a fire during operations to control them or during the clearing or investigation after they have been suppressed, and being or having been a full-time or part-time operational firefighter, employed by a city or municipality.
    • The diagnosis must have been made after an employment period of not less than 15 years.