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Policy and Practice Consultative Committee

Date and time: December 13, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.

Location: RC22A42 – Policy and Regulation Division Meeting Room

Agenda December 2012

No. Subject Type Time
1. Minutes from September 20, 2012
(Roberta Ellis – 5 mins)		 Written
Decision		 1:30 – 1:35 p.m.
2.

Resource Roads
(Roberta Ellis/Tom Brocklehurst – 15 mins)

 Reading Materials 1:35 – 1:50 p.m.
3.

Coroner’s Recommendations – Mr. Englebert
(Anne Burch – 10 mins)

 Verbal
 1:50 – 2:00 p.m.
4.

OHS Regulation and Policy Issues

  • Bullying and Harassment
  • Approved 2012 Regulatory Amendments
  • 2013/14 Workplan Additions


  • Quick Hitch Adaptors
  • SMEs for Pre-Consultation on 2013/14 Regulatory Amendments and OHS Policy

(Anne Burch – 30 mins)

Visual/Verbal/Reading Materials

 2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
  BREAK (15 mins)   2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
5.

Compensation and Assessment Policy

  • Occupational Exposure Registry
  • Film Industry Coverage
  • Classification Policy Review
  • Net Rate Transitioning
  • Housekeeping Amendment – Assessment Manual
  • Treatment of Principals
  • Application of S. 55 to Mental Disorder Claims
  • Permanent Disability Evaluation Schedule (“PDES”)

(Susan Hynes – 30 mins)

Verbal/Reading Materials

 2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
6.

Practice Directive – Mental Disorders
(Rachia van Lierop – 15 mins)

Reading Materials

 3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
7. Assessments Department Practice Directives
(Syrus Bacha – 10 mins)		 Reading Materials 3:30 – 3:40 p.m.
8. Other Business   3:40 – 3:45 p.m.
Guidelines    
9. G1.1(1) Resource Roads Reading Materials See item 2
10. G6.4 Inventory of asbestos-containing materials Reading Materials  
11. G12.124 Respiratory protection and provision of ventilation for welding, cutting, and allied processes Reading Materials  
12. G19.10(3) Working on energized lighting circuits operating at more than 250 volts-to-ground Reading Materials  
13. G24.97(1) Acceptable standards for immersion suits Reading Materials  
14. G26.1-2 Owners’ obligations Reading Materials  
15. G26.1.1-2 Prime contractor obligations Reading Materials  
16. G26.2-1 Planning and conducting a forestry operation Reading Materials  
17. G26.11 Wildlife danger tree Reading Materials  

Next Meeting: January 30, 2013