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About Health Canada - Legislation and Guidelines

Acts and their related regulations for which the Minister of Health has total or partial responsibility for. The full text of many of the acts mentioned can be accessed through this site.
Source:     Health Canada

Genetic Testing for Late Onset Diseases: In-depth Thematic Analysis of Policy and Jurisdictional Issues

This paper is part of a series of articles commissioned by the Policy Division of Health Canada's Health Policy and Communications Branch to provide background information on genetic testing for late onset diseases.
Source:     Health Canada

Health of Animals Act ( 1990, c. 21 )

Justice Canada Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
Source:     Department of Justice Canada

Health Protection Legislation Renewal

Health Canada is conducting a comprehensive review of its health protection legislation with a view to replacing outdated statutes with a health protection legislative regime.
Source:     Health Canada

New Substances Assessment and Control Bureau

The New Substances provisions of the Act require that all new substances be notified prior to manufacture or import and assessed for potential adverse health and environmental impacts. New substances are those products not listed on the Domestic Substances List (DSL). New substances include both chemicals and biotechnology products.
Source:     Health Canada

Selected Legal Issues in Genetic Testing: Guidance from Human Rights

This paper argues that modern human rights standards provide important guidance on such issues.
Source:     Health Canada