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Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

r. 31 Public health

  • PART 4 Procedures
  • DIVISION 3 Conduct of Examination

Last verified: June 2026 · Source: justice.gc.ca

The law says

IRPR r. 31
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31 Before opining 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.
Amendment History (1)
  • SOR/2022-39, s. 3

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