ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE ACTRegulations Prescribing Physical InjuriesP.C.2019-93020196
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Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, pursuant to subsection 45.79(3)a of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Actb, makes the annexed Regulations Prescribing Physical Injuries.S.C. 2013, c. 18, s. 35R.S., c. R-10Physical injuriesFor the purposes of the definition serious injury in subsection 45.79(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, the following physical injuries — that are not transient or trifling in nature and for which medical attention was received from a person who is entitled to practice medicine or practice as a nurse under the laws of a province — are prescribed:any physical injury that results ina substantial loss or impairment of mobility of the body,a loss of function, in whole or in part, of any limb, organ or other body member,a loss of vision or hearing in whole or in part, ora substantial disfigurement;the fracture of a limb, a rib, a vertebra or the skull; orany burns, cuts or lacerations to a major portion of the body.Coming into forceThese Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.