Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Marginal note:Public health

31 Before concluding whether a foreign national’s health condition is likely to be a danger to public health, an officer who is assessing the foreign national’s health condition shall consider

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

• (b) the communicability of any disease that the foreign national is affected by or carries; and

• (c) the impact that the disease could have on other persons living in Canada.