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IRPRPART 4 ProceduresDIVISION 3 Conduct of Examination
r.33

Public safety

🍁 In Simple Terms

The public safety side of a medical opinion, which asks a different question from contagion. The officer looks at the medical reports and at whether the condition could cause a sudden incapacity, or unpredictable or violent behaviour, that would put people here at risk. The reports have to be there; a hunch does not carry it.

Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text: IRPR Regulation 33

33 Before opining whether a foreign national’s health condition is likely to be a danger to public safety, an officer who is assessing the foreign national’s health condition shall consider (a)any reports made by a health practitioner or medical laboratory with respect to the foreign national; and (b)the risk of a sudden incapacity or of unpredictable or violent behaviour of the foreign national that would create a danger to the health or safety of persons living in Canada.

In Practice
Official Source: Justice Canada: IRPR r. 33 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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