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Dear Stakeholders:
As you know, on July 22, 2020, the Board of Directors approved amendments to Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act,to add a presumption for infections caused by communicable viral pathogens, which are the subject of a BC-specific emergency declaration or notice. The Schedule 1 amendments were scheduled to come into effect on October 26, 2020.
On August 14, 2020, the Workers Compensation Amendment Act, 2020 (Bill 23), received Royal Assent, eliminating the mandated 90-day waiting period before the Schedule 1 amendments approved by the Board of Directors came into effect.
As a result of Bill 23, on August 19, 2020 the Board of Directors approved amending the effective date of the Schedule 1 amendments to August 20, 2020.
The consequential amendments to Item C4-28.00, Contagious Diseases, and Appendix 2 of the Rehabilitation Services & Claims Manual, Volume II will also come into effect on August 20, 2020.
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Policy, Regulation and Research Division
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