Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 1

  • • 1 (1) The definition Canadian Plumbing Code in section 9.1 of the Canada Occupational Health and Safety RegulationsFootnote ¹ is repealed.

      • Return to footnote ¹SOR/86-304; SOR/94-263, s. 1; SOR/2002-208, s. 1

    • (2) Section 9.1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

      PSAI

      PSAI means the Portable Sanitation Association International. (PSAI)

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 2

  • • 2 (1) Paragraph 9.5(1)(a) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (a) shall meet the standards set out in the National Plumbing Code of Canada 2020, developed by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes and published by the National Research Council of Canada; and

    • (2) Subsection 9.5(2) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (2) If it is not feasible to comply with paragraph (1)(b), the employer shall provide a waste disposal system that meets the standards set out in ANSI/PSAI standard Z4.3-2016, entitled Sanitation - Nonsewered Waste-Disposal Systems - Minimum Requirements, as amended from time to time.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 3

  • • 3 (1) Subsection 9.12(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • • 9.12 (1) If feasible, a toilet room shall be provided for employees and, subject to sections 9.13 and 9.131, if persons of both sexes are employed at the same work place, a separate toilet room shall be provided for employees of each sex.

    • (2) The portion of subsection 9.12(2) of the English version of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

      • (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), where a toilet room is provided in accordance with subsection (1), the employer shall provide in that room a number of toilets determined according to the maximum number of employees of each sex who are normally employed at any one time at the work place as follows:

    • (3) Subsection 9.12(5) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (5) An employee shall not be counted for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) if they are normally away from the work place for more than 75% of their working time and they do not normally use the toilet room in the work place.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 4

  • • 4 (1) The portion of subsection 9.13(1) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

      • • 9.13 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer may provide only one toilet for all employees if

    • (2) Paragraph 9.13(1)(a) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (a) the total number of employees normally employed at the work place at any one time does not exceed five; and

    • (3) The portion of subsection 9.13(2) of the Regulations before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

      • (2) If the class of employment in the work place is the transaction of business or the rendering of professional or personal services, the employer may provide only one toilet for all employees if

    • (4) Paragraph 9.13(2)(a) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • (a) the total number of employees normally employed at the work place at any one time does not exceed 10 or the area of the work place does not exceed 100 m²; and

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 5

  • 5 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 9.13:

    • 9.131 A toilet that is required to be provided by the employer under section 9.12 may be provided in an all-gender toilet room.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 6

  • 6 Subsection 9.23(10) of the English version of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • (10) An employee referred to in subsection (1) who takes a shower as a result of their work shall be provided with a clean towel and soap or another cleaning agent.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 7

  • 7 Section 9.24 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • 9.24 Every employer shall provide potable water for drinking, personal washing and food preparation that conforms to the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, published by the Department of Health, as amended from time to time.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 8

  • 8 Section 9.29 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • 9.29 A drinking fountain that supplies drinking water shall meet the standards set out in the ARI standard ARI 1010-2002, entitled Self-Contained, Mechanically- Refrigerated Drinking-Water Coolers, as amended from time to time.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 9

  • 9 Section 9.32 of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • 9.32 Every mobile accommodation shall meet the standards set out in chapter Z240.2.1-16, entitled Technical requirements for manufactured homes, of the CSA standard Z240 MH Series-16, entitled Manufactured Homes, as amended from time to time.

• — SOR/2024-118, s. 10

  • 10 Section 9.35 of the Regulations is repealed.