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Vol. 141, No. 26 — December 26, 2007

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SOR/2007-289 December 13, 2007

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT

Regulations Amending Schedule A to the Food and Drugs Act and the Medical Devices Regulations (Project 1539)

P.C. 2007-1917 December 13, 2007

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Health, pursuant to subsection 30(1) (see footnote a) of the Food and Drugs Act, hereby makes the annexed Regulations Amending Schedule A to the Food and Drugs Act and the Medical Devices Regulations (Project 1539).

REGULATIONS AMENDING SCHEDULE A TO THE
FOOD AND DRUGS ACT AND THE MEDICAL
DEVICES REGULATIONS (PROJECT 1539)

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT

1. The references to

Alcoholism

Alcoolisme

Alopecia (except hereditary androgenetic alopecia)

Alopécie (sauf l'alopécie androgénogénétique)

Anxiety state

États d'angoisse

Arthritis

Arthrite

Bladder disease

Vessie (maladies)

Disease of the prostate

Prostate (maladies)

Disorder of menstrual flow

Troubles du flot menstruel

Dysentery

Dysenterie

Edematous state

Odème

Epilepsy

Épilepsie

Gall bladder disease

Vésicule biliaire (maladies)

Gout

Goutte

Heart disease

Cour (maladies)

Hernia

Hernie

Hypotension

Hypotension

Impetigo

Impétigo

Kidney disease

Reins (maladies)

Leukemia

Leucémie

Liver disease (except hepatitis)

Foie (maladies sauf l'hépatite)

Pleurisy

Pleurésie

Sexual impotence

Impuissance sexuelle

Tumor

Tumeurs

Venereal disease

Maladies vénériennes

in Schedule A to the Food and Drugs Act (see footnote 1) are repealed.

2. Schedule A to the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

Acute alcoholism

Alcoolisme aigu

Acute anxiety state

État anxieux aigu

Acute infectious respiratory syndromes

Syndromes respiratoires infectieux aigus

Acute, inflammatory and debilitating arthritis

Arthrite aiguë, inflammatoire et débilitante

Acute psychotic conditions

Troubles psychotiques aigus

Addiction (except nicotine addiction)

Dépendance (sauf la dépendance à la nicotine)

Congestive heart failure

Insuffisance cardiaque congestive

Dementia

Démence

Haematologic bleeding disorders

Affections hématologiques hémorragiques

Hepatitis

Hépatite

Sexually transmitted diseases

Maladies transmises sexuellement

Strangulated hernia

Hernie étranglée

MEDICAL DEVICES REGULATIONS

3. Subsection 24(1) of the Medical Devices Regulations (see footnote 2) is replaced by the following:

24. (1) For the purposes of subsections 3(1) and (2) of the Act and subject to section 27, a condom may be advertised and sold to the general public for the purpose of preventing the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases if the advertisement and the label of the condom claim only that the condom reduces the risk of transmitting sexually transmitted diseases.

COMING INTO FORCE

4. These Regulations come into force on June 1, 2008.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for these Regulations appears following SOR/2007-288, Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made under the Food and Drugs Act (Project 1539).

Footnote a

S.C. 1999, c. 33, s. 347

Footnote 1

R.S., c. F-27

Footnote 2

SOR/98-282


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