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4. '( A wor*er who has been proided with a sa$et%-engineered needle $or wor*

des+ribed in subse+tion '( shall use the sa$et%-engineered needle $or the wor*

'2( espite subse+tion '(, the wor*er ma% use a hollow-bore needle that is not a

sa$et%-engineered needle i$ he or she beliees on reasonable grounds that, in the

parti+ular +ir+umstan+es, the use o$ a sa$et%-engineered needle would pose a greater ris*

o$ harm than the use o$ the hollow-bore needle

'( !n subse+tion '2(, #ris* o$ harm& re$ers to either or both o$ the $ollowing ris*s:

A ris* o$ harm to the wor*er or to another wor*er

2 !$ the wor* inoles the use o$ a needle on a person, a ris* o$ harm to him or

her

'4( 1he emplo%er shall deelop, establish and proide training $or wor*ers to assist

them in appl%ing subse+tion '2(

E,!eption&- ee$)en!ie& "n* $i&& to e"t

. '( Subse+tion '( does not appl% i$ all o$ the $ollowing +onditions are

satis$ied:

1he $a+ilit% is lo+ated in a part o$ 8ntario in whi+h,

i a de+laration o$ emergen+% made under theEmergency Management and

Civil Protection Act is in e$$e+t, or

ii a situation e9ists that +onstitutes or ma% +onstitute a serious ris* to publi+

health, whether the /hie$ Medi+al 8$$i+er o$ .ealth has ta*en a+tion

under se+tion 77 o$ theHealth Protection and Promotion Actor not

2 1he emplo%ers supplies o$ sa$et%-engineered needles appropriate $or the wor*

hae been e9hausted

1he ris* o$ harm $rom postponing the wor* until a sa$et%-engineered needle

appropriate $or the wor* be+omes aailable is greater than the ris* o$ harm

$rom using a hollow-bore needle that is not a sa$et%-engineered needle

'2( !n paragraph o$ subse+tion '(, #ris* o$ harm& re$ers to an% or all o$ the

$ollowing ris*s:

A ris* o$ harm to the wor*er or to another wor*er

2 !$ the wor* inoles the use o$ a needle on a person, a ris* o$ harm to him orher

An immediate or potential ris* to the publi+ or to the publi+ interest

Coen!eent

2. Ti& Re)3"tion !oe& into fo$!e on Septee$ 1- #005.

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