S-2.1, r. 13 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety

Section 147 Disposition versions

2021-04-15

147. Control: In any establishment supplied with drinking water by a distribution system exempted from the application of Division I of Chapter III, “Quality control of drinking water”, of the Regulation respecting the quality of drinking water (chapter Q-2, r. 40), the employer must have a sample of that water analyzed for the control of total coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli bacteria before the water is put at the disposal of the workers for the first time and, subsequently, once a month.

The first and second paragraphs of section 30 of the Regulation respecting the quality of drinking water apply to that sample.

Upon receiving the analyses results, the employer must keep them posted in a visible location that is easily accessible to workers until the following results are received. In default of such a location, the employer must communicate each of the results to the workers by any appropriate means.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 147; I.N. 2020-01-01; O.C. 287-2021, s. 4.

2020-01-01

147. Analysis: In any establishment that is not supplied with water by an independant waterworks system, the results of a bacteriological analysis of a sample of the water provided to the workers for consumption purposes shall be sent to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks once a month.

This section does not apply to bottled water.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 147; I.N. 2020-01-01.

2012-09-01

147. Analysis: In any establishment that is not supplied with water by a municipal waterworks system or a waterworks system operated by a holder of the permit prescribed in section 32.1 of the Environment Quality Act (chapter Q-2), the results of a bacteriological analysis of a sample of the water provided to the workers for consumption purposes shall be sent to the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks once a month.

This section does not apply to bottled water.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 147.