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  1. Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations - SOR/2002-227 (Section 30)
    Marginal note:Exemptions from medical examination requirement
    •  (1) For the purposes of paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act, the following foreign nationals are exempt from the requirement to submit to a medical examination:

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    • Marginal note:Subsequent examination

      (2) Every foreign national who has undergone a medical examination as required under paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act must submit to a new medical examination before entering Canada if, after being authorized to enter and remain in Canada, they have resided or stayed for a total period in excess of six months in an area that the Minister determines, after consultation with the Minister of Health, has a higher incidence of serious communicable disease than Canada.

    • Marginal note:Medical certificate

      (3) Every foreign national who must submit to a medical examination, as required under paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act, and who seeks to enter Canada must hold a medical certificate — based on the most recent medical examination to which they were required to submit under that paragraph and which took place within the previous 12 months — that indicates that their health condition is not likely to be a danger to public health or public safety and, unless subsection 38(2) of the Act applies, is not reasonably expected to cause excessive demand.

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  2. Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations - SOR/2002-227 (Section 34)
    Marginal note:Excessive demand
    •  (1) An officer who is assessing a foreign national’s health condition shall analyze all relevant medical factors that apply to a determination of whether the foreign national’s health condition might reasonably be expected to cause excessive demand and shall prepare an opinion based on their analysis.

    • Marginal note:Medical factors

      (2) Medical factors referred to in subsection (1) include

      • (a) any reports made by a health practitioner or medical laboratory with respect to the foreign national;

      • (b) any condition identified by a medical examination required under paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act;

    • Marginal note:Non-medical factors

      (3) The officer shall not consider non-medical factors, including

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  3. Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations - SOR/2002-227 (Section 263)
    Marginal note:Medical examination and treatment
    •  (1) A commercial transporter must arrange for the medical examination of a foreign national who is required to submit to one under paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act and for any medical examination, surveillance or treatment that is imposed under section 32.

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    • Marginal note:Prescribed medical costs

      (3) For the purposes of paragraph 148(1)(g) of the Act, any medical costs incurred with respect to the foreign national are prescribed costs and are to be calculated on the basis of the applicable provincial health insurance system.

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  4. Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations - SOR/2002-227 (Section 29)
    Marginal note:Medical examination

     For the purposes of paragraph 16(2)(b) of the Act, a medical examination includes any or all of the following:

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    • (c) review of past medical history;

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    • (f) medical assessment of records respecting the applicant.


  5. Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations - SOR/2002-227 (Section 186)

     A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit

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    • (p) as a student in a health field, including as a medical elective or clinical clerk at a medical teaching institution in Canada, for the primary purpose of acquiring training, if they have written approval from the body that regulates that field;

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    • (t) as a provider of emergency services, including medical services, for the protection or preservation of life or property;

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