Regulations Prescribing Physical Injuries

Regulations Prescribing Physical Injuries Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, pursuant to subsection 45.79(3)a of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Actb, makes the annexed Regulations Prescribing Physical Injuries. S.C. 2013, c. 18, s. 35 R.S., c. R-10 Physical injuries For the purposes of the definition serious injury in subsection 45.79(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, the following physical injuries — that are not transient or trifling in nature and for which medical attention was received from a person who is entitled to practice medicine or practice as a nurse under the laws of a province — are prescribed: any physical injury that results in a substantial loss or impairment of mobility of the body, a loss of function, in whole or in part, of any limb, organ or other body member, a loss of vision or hearing in whole or in part, or a substantial disfigurement; the fracture of a limb, a rib, a vertebra or the skull; or any burns, cuts or lacerations to a major portion of the body. Coming into force These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.