New Brunswick’s First Aid Regulation was recently amended to help harmonize with national standards for workplace first aid training.

New Brunswick was the first jurisdiction to proceed with steps to align its regulations, which included:

  •  Alignment with the CSA standards:
    • Z1210-17, First aid training for the workplace – curriculum and quality management for training agencies
    • 1220-17, First aid kits for the workplace
  • A new provision that workplace first aid trainers must be approved by WorkSafeNB.
  • An amendment that medical practitioners, nurses, and paramedics may be designated as first aid providers without completing the first aid training referred to in the regulation.
  • Amending the required contents of first aid kits to comply with the CSA standard.
  • Revisions to existing definitions and the addition of others.

We would like to remind all employers to review internal first aid policies to ensure they still comply with the amended regulations. For example, requirements for the type and number of first aid kits available may have changed depending on the hazard rating of your place of employment or the nature of work.

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