Act Now - The Report of the WCB Legislative Review Panel to the
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Recommendation: 3.12.4 Employer Records1. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> limit <strong>the</strong> production <strong>of</strong> employer records <strong>to</strong>those related <strong>to</strong> payroll.Recommendations: 3.13.1 Health Care Definitions1. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> include a definition <strong>of</strong> “health care provider”and remove <strong>the</strong> definition <strong>of</strong> “physician.” <strong>The</strong> definition in Saskatchewan’slegislation is recommended for consideration.2. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> include a definition <strong>of</strong> “traditional medicine”and “traditional healers.” Practitioners <strong>of</strong> traditional medicine should be included in<strong>the</strong> definition <strong>of</strong> “health care provider.”3. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> incorporate <strong>the</strong> term “health care provider” asappropriate, specifically in Sections 17, 24 and 54.4. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> recognize <strong>the</strong> reality <strong>of</strong> health care deliverysystems in <strong>the</strong> NWT/Nunavut and include reference <strong>to</strong> community health centres asappropriate and specifically in Subsection 54(9).5. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> remove Section 19 and Subsection 22(1).Recommendation: 3.13.2 <strong>Report</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> Municipal Construction Permits1. <strong>The</strong> legislation should be changed <strong>to</strong> remove <strong>the</strong> requirement for municipalities <strong>to</strong>report <strong>the</strong> issuance <strong>of</strong> construction permits <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>WCB</strong>.2. It is suggested <strong>the</strong> <strong>WCB</strong> consider o<strong>the</strong>r means that would provide a check onemployer compliance with <strong>the</strong> <strong>Act</strong>s and give <strong>the</strong> <strong>WCB</strong> a “heads up” <strong>to</strong> promote safework practices on new projects.Recommendation: 3.14.3 Structure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Act</strong>s1. <strong>The</strong> legislation, in its entirety, should be changed <strong>to</strong> group like sections, reorder <strong>the</strong>parts, eliminate redundant or out-<strong>of</strong>-date provisions, and simplify <strong>the</strong> language used.<strong>WCB</strong> <strong>Legislative</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>Panel</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Page 122 <strong>of</strong> 128December, 2001