Bill 41 explained in plain English
Defibrillator Access Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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The Defibrillator Access Act, 2010, requires owners of designated public premises to install, maintain, and ensure the availability of defibrillators, with provisions for inspection and penalties for non-compliance.
The Defibrillator Access Act, 2010, requires owners of certain public places to install, maintain, and make available automated external defibrillators (AEDs). It also mandates that trained individuals be available for their use. The Act allows for the appointment of inspectors to ensure compliance and sets penalties for violations. The Lieutenant Governor in Council can make regulations to further define requirements for AEDs, designated premises, installation, availability, maintenance, and training.
- Requires owners of designated premises to install defibrillators in accordance with regulations.
- Requires defibrillators to be made available for use in designated premises.
- Requires owners to take reasonable steps to maintain and test defibrillators according to manufacturer and prescribed guidelines.
- Requires owners to ensure that trained individuals use the defibrillators according to prescribed guidelines.
- Allows the Minister to appoint inspectors.
- Grants inspectors the power to enter designated premises (excluding dwellings) without a warrant to conduct inspections.
- Grants inspectors the power to examine documents, demand production of documents, remove documents for copying, and question individuals.
- Creates offences for failing to comply with installation, availability, maintenance, or training requirements, or for obstructing inspectors or providing false information.
- Sets penalties for individuals and corporations convicted of offences under the Act.
- States that the Act binds the Crown.
- Empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations regarding various aspects of the Act, including prescribing criteria for defibrillators, designated premises, installation, availability, maintenance, and training guidelines.
- Requires consultation with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada regarding training and education guidelines before they are prescribed.
- Owners of designated premises (defined as premises accessed by the public)
- Individuals who experience cardiac arrest in designated premises
- The Minister responsible for the administration of the Act
- Inspectors appointed by the Minister
- The Crown
- Officers and directors of corporations that own designated premises
- The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (through consultation requirements)
- Owners of designated premises have obligations to install, make available, maintain, and test defibrillators, and ensure training.
- Individuals have the right to access defibrillators in designated premises.
- Inspectors have the right to enter designated premises, examine documents, and question persons.
- Individuals and corporations have the obligation not to obstruct inspectors or provide false information.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council has the power to create regulations.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Individuals convicted of an offence are liable for fines: up to $10,000 for a first offence and up to $25,000 for subsequent offences.
- Corporations convicted of an offence are liable for fines: up to $50,000 for a first offence and up to $100,000 for subsequent offences.
- Officers or directors of corporations convicted of an offence are liable for fines: up to $10,000 for a first offence and up to $25,000 for subsequent offences.
- Offences include failing to install, make available, maintain, or test a defibrillator, failing to ensure training, obstructing an inspector, or providing false information.
- Penalties for individuals: up to $10,000 fine for a first offence, up to $25,000 for a subsequent offence.
- Penalties for corporations: up to $50,000 fine for a first offence, up to $100,000 for a subsequent offence.
- Penalties for officers or directors of corporations: up to $10,000 fine for a first offence, up to $25,000 for a subsequent offence.
- The specific 'designated premises' where defibrillators are required are not defined in the Act but will be prescribed by regulation.
- The Act states that inspectors may enter 'designated premises that is not a dwelling', meaning the rules do not apply to private homes.
- The Act requires training 'in accordance with prescribed guidelines', and these guidelines are not detailed in the bill text.
- The Act requires defibrillators to be maintained and tested 'in accordance with the manufacturer’s guidelines and with any other guidelines as may be prescribed by the regulations', the specific details of which are not in the bill.
- The exact date the Act comes into force is not specified, as it depends on a proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
This new Act establishes requirements for the installation, availability, maintenance, and use of defibrillators in designated public premises, creates an inspection regime, and sets penalties for non-compliance.
Source: Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
The Lieutenant Governor in Council can create regulations to specify details such as criteria for defibrillators, what premises are designated, how defibrillators must be installed and made available, maintenance and testing guidelines, and training guidelines.
Source: Section 9 (1)
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