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April 16th, 2006
(Consolidated up to 249/2005)
ALBERTA REGULATION 102/2003
Workers� Compensation Act
FIREFIGHTERS� PRIMARY SITE CANCER REGULATION
Definitions
1 In this Regulation,
(a) �Act� means the Workers� Compensation Act;
(b) �non-smoker� means an individual who has not smoked a tobacco product in the 10 years prior to the date of diagnosis of a primary site cancer.
AR 102/2003 s1;249/2005
Designated cancers and periods of employment 2 For the purpose of section 24.1(4) of the Act, the primary site cancers and the minimum period of exposure for each disease are the following:
PRIMARY SITE CANCERS MINIMUM PERIOD OF REGULAR EXPOSURE TO THE HAZARDS OF A FIRE SCENE
-Primary leukemia 5 years,
-Primary site brain cancer 10 years,
-Primary site bladder cancer 15 years,
-Primary site lung cancer in non-smokers 15 years,
-Primary site ureter cancer 15 years,
-Primary site kidney cancer 20 years,
-Primary site colorectal cancer 20 years,
-A primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma 20 years,
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