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B.C. Reg. 71/99
Workers' Compensation Board
Deposited March 25, 1999
effective May 6, 1999
This consolidation is current to September 26, 2023.
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Workers Compensation Act

Occupational Disease Recognition Regulation

[Last amended April 6, 2020 by B.C. Reg. 279/2019]

Occupational diseases

1   Pursuant to section 138 (2) of the Workers Compensation Act, the Workers' Compensation Board recognizes the following diseases as occupational diseases:

Bronchitis
Bursitis (other than the forms of bursitis mentioned in Item 13 of Schedule 1 of that Act)
Campylobacteriosis (diarrhea caused by Campylobacter)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Chicken Pox
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Disablement from vibrations
Emphysema
Food poisoning
Giardia Lamblia infestation
Head lice (Pediculosis Capitis)
Heart Disease
Hepatitis A
Herpes Simplex
Hypothenar Hammer Syndrome
Legionellosis
Lyme Disease
Meningitis
Mononucleosis
Mumps
Plantar Fasciitis
Radial Tunnel Syndrome
Red Measles (Rubeola)
Ringworm
Rubella
Scabies
Shigellosis
Staphylococci infections
Streptococci infections
Tendinopathy (other than the forms of tendinopathy mentioned in Item 14 of Schedule 1 of that Act), including Epicondylopathy (lateral and medial) and Stenosing Tenovaginitis (Trigger Finger)
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Toxoplasmosis
Typhoid
Vinyl Chloride induced Raynaud's Phenomenon
Whooping Cough
Yersiniosis

[am. B.C. Regs. 188/2000, s. 2; 499/2003; 120/2007; 224/2014, App. C; 279/2019, App. C.]

Effective date

2   This regulation is effective 30 days after first published in the Gazette.

This regulation was published in the B.C. Gazette Part II for April 6, 1999.

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Workers Compensation Act, R.S.B.C. 2019, c. 1, s. 138.]