Part 4 — General Inspections and Orders
66 Regulations Regulations
(a) prescribing communicable dis eases for the purposes of this
Act;
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(b) designating prescribed co mmunicable diseases of which
immediate notification is required for the purposes of
sections 22(1)(a), 23(a)(i) and 27(1)(b);
(c) respecting the prevention and control of the employment of
persons who are carriers of or are infected with prescribed
communicable diseases;
(d) respecting isolation, quarantin e, disinfection, disinfestation,
decontamination, destruction of property, exclusion from
employment, school or a public place and other special
measures for the purposes of section 29(2);
(d.1) repealed RSA 2000 cP-37 s77;
(e) respecting the provision of samples to the Provincial
Laboratory of Public Health for the purposes of section 24;
(f) respecting the keeping of records for the purposes of Part 3,
including, without limitation, regulations setting out
(i) who must keep records,
(ii) what information must be kept in the records and the
form in which records must be kept, and
(iii) confidentiality provisions in respect of the records;
(g) repealed 2021 c15 s31;
(h) respecting the prevention, investigation and suppression
among animals of infectious diseases communicable to
humans;
(i) respecting the quantity and manner of application of an
agent to the eyes of newborn children to prevent the
occurrence of prescribed communicable diseases;
(j) respecting the licensing of embalmers and prescribing
qualifications for admission of embalmers to practise in
Alberta;
(j.1) respecting the preparation, interment, disinterment and
transportation of human corpses;
(k) respecting qualifications of members of the Public Health
Appeal Board, Deputy Chief Medical Officers, medical
officers of health, executive officers or community health
nurses, including regulations providing differently for
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different categories of medical officers of health or
executive officers;
(k.1) respecting additional qualifications of the Chief Medical
Officer for the purposes of section 13(1.1)(d);
(l) respecting the powers, duties and functions of executive
officers or classes of executive officers;
(m) respecting the kinds and basic standards of health
promotional, preventive, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitative
and palliative services, supplies, equipment and care that
must be provided by provincial health agencies or provincial
health corporations and the conditions under which they are
to be provided;
(m.1) authorizing the Minister, a provincial health agency or a
provincial health corporation to charge fees for goods and
services provided by or on behalf of the Minister, provincial
health agency or provincial health corporation in respect of
carrying out duties and exercising powers under this Act,
and respecting the amounts of the fees that may be charged;
(n) respecting the services, supp lies, equipment, care, drugs,
medicines and biological agents that may be provided by the
Minister for the purpose of section 12 and respecting the
persons to whom and the conditions under which they may
be provided;
(o) establishing a mechanism to deal with appeals from
decisions made in connection with the provision of services,
supplies, equipment or care under regulations made under
clause (n), and setting out what decisions may be appealed
and the procedure to apply in an appeal;
(o.1) respecting qualifications and requirements, types of services
and individuals or classes of individuals who may provide
services for the purposes of section 12.1, including
regulations
(i) excluding individuals or classes of individuals from
providing services under section 12.1, and
(ii) exempting individuals or classes of individuals from
having the qualifications or meeting the requirements
needed to provide services under section 12.1;
(p) specifying professions and occupations for the purposes of
section 53(4)(e);
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(q) repealed 2021 c15 s31;
(r) respecting all aspects of the granting, cancellation and
suspension of licences, permits or other approvals for any
activity subject to regulations under this subsection;
(s) specifying additional decisions for the purposes of section
5(1)(b) that may be appealed to the Board under that
section;
(t) prescribing information for the purposes of section
18.1(2.1)(c) or 18.2(2)(c);
(u) prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act and the
regulations;
(v) authorizing the waiving or mitigation of the application of
any of the provisions of the regulations in particular cases,
respecting the circumstances under which the waiver or
mitigation may be granted and respecting the conditions to
which a grant of a waiver or mitigation is subject;
(v.1) respecting reporting by health practitioners in respect of
immunization;
(v.2) respecting reporting by health practitioners in respect of
adverse events following immunization;
(v.3) respecting the handling, storage and transportation of
biological agents intended for use in immunization,
including, without limitation, regulations respecting actions
to be taken after a contravention occurs in respect of the
handling, storage and transportation of the biological agents;
(w) prescribing public bodies for the purposes of section
58.1(c)(viii);
(x) respecting public health plans, including regulations
prescribing the purpose of a public health plan for the
purposes of section 58.2(2)(d);
(y) respecting health impediments and the regulation of health
impediments, including regulations
(i) prescribing conditions, things or activities for the
purposes of section 58.3(1),
(ii) respecting requirements or duties for the purposes of
section 58.3(2), and
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(iii) prohibiting the doing of anything for the purposes of
section 58.3(2)(b);
(z) respecting the immunization of children attending or
wishing to attend a child care program that is licensed under
the Early Learning and Child Care Act;
(aa) respecting the construction, location, operation,
maintenance, equipping, sanitation and cleansing of food
establishments engaged in selling, offering for sale,
producing, supplying, distributing, displaying,
manufacturing, preparing, preserving, processing,
packaging, labelling, serving, storing, transporting or
handling any food;
(bb) respecting the establishment of standards for food, including
standards for water and handling food, and providing for the
destruction of any food that does not meet those standards;
(cc) respecting the location, ope ration, maintenance, equipping,
cleansing, disinfection and disinfestation of
(i) camps and campgrounds, and
(ii) water facilities, including wells, water fountains,
cisterns, dugouts and water tanks;
(dd) respecting the construction, location, operation,
maintenance, disinfection, disinfestation and disposition of
outdoor lavatories;
(ee) respecting the handling and disposal of biomedical waste;
(ff) respecting the location, operation, maintenance, equipping,
cleansing, disinfection and disinfestation of public places;
(gg) respecting the cleansing, disinfection and disinfestation of
private dwellings;
(hh) respecting the construction, inspection, operation,
maintenance, equipping, cleansing, disinfection and
disinfestation of public swimming pools;
(ii) respecting the prevention and removal of nuisances;
(jj) prescribing the maximu m levels of contaminants
permissible in air, water or soil;
(kk) defining words or expressions used but not defined in this
Act;
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(ll) respecting any other matter that the Lieutenant Governor in
Council considers necessary to carry out the intent of this
Act.
(2) Repealed 2021 c15 s31.
(3) A regulation made under this section may incorporate, adopt or
declare in force a code, standard, guideline, schedule or body of
rules, including a code, standard, guideline, schedule or body of
rules developed by the Minister, relating to any matter in respect of
which a regulation may be made under this section.
(4) Where a code, standard, guideline, schedule or body of rules is
incorporated, adopted or declared in force by a regulation made
under this section, the Minister shall ensure that a copy of the code,
standard, guideline, schedule or body of rules is readily available to
the public.
(4.1) The Regulations Act does not apply to a code, standard,
guideline, schedule or body of rules incorporated, adopted or
declared in force by a regulation made under this section.
(5) A code, standard, guideline, schedule or body of rules may be
incorporated, adopted or declared in force by a regulation made
under this section
(a) in whole or in part or with modifications, and
(b) as it reads on a specific day or as amended from time to
time.
(6) Regulations under this section may be made applicable to a
particular portion of Alberta only.
RSA 2000 cP-37 ss66,77;2002 c20 s6;2005 c13 s8;2007 cC-10.5 s29;
2007 c18 s6;2007 c23 s4;2009 c13 s5;2016 c25 s23;2017 c22 s44;
2020 c13 s12;2020 c31 s40;2021 c15 s31;2025 c10 s47(31);
2025 c21 s16