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payments such as income tax or payroll when the corporation is unable to make suchpayments.The concern is that if a company is abandoned by its directors, and a new companyestablished to essentially continue operations under a new name, there is no way for theWCB to recover the debt from the corporate directors.Other jurisdictions provide for the personal liability of directors, should a company beabandoned and unable to make good on the debt.Recommendation: 3.12.2 Liability of Corporate Directors1. The legislation should be changed to impose personal liability for debts owing to theWCB on those corporate directors of a debtor company who resume operations underanother name.3.12.3 Initial Costs of Transporting an Injured WorkerThe Panel was asked to consider the burden placed on an employer under Subsection54(9) of transporting an injured worker to a physician or a hospital. For those employersin communities or work sites without a hospital or resident physician, this effectivelymeans paying for a medevac that could cost thousands of dollars. This section alsoenables the WCB to designate other appropriate places for the initial care of the injuredworker.It is understood that the WCB has changed its interpretation of this section to includecommunity health centres staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners. The Panel believesthis change in administration addresses the issue that was raised by stakeholders. It does,however, raise another issue related to the currency of terminology used in the Acts thatthe Panel discusses in Section 3.13.1, Health Care Definitions.WCB Legislative Review Panel Report Page 78 of 128December, 2001