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Appendix A — Proposed policies
| Item # | Title |
| C3-12.00 | Definition of Personal Injury This policy defines “personal injury”, distinguishing it from occupational disease. |
| C3-12.10 | Federal Government Employees This policy outlines the test for entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death of federal government employees working in British Columbia. |
| C3-12.20 | Commencement and Termination of the Employment Relationship This policy provides guidance as to when the employment relationship commences and terminates for the purposes of determining whether a personal injury or death arises out of and in the course of the employment. |
| C3-13.00 | Mental Stress This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for mental stress. |
| C3-14.00 | Arising Out of and In the Course of the Employment This is the principal policy of this Chapter and sets out the decision-making principles for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death under the Act. |
| C3-14.10 | Serious and Wilful Misconduct This policy provides guidance for determining compensability for an injury or death due to the serious and wilful misconduct of a worker. |
| C3-14.20 | Accident – Section 5(4) Presumption This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury caused by accident. |
| C3-14.30 | Hazards Arising From Nature This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death that is caused by a hazard arising from nature. |
| C3-15.00 | Injuries Following Natural Body Motions at Work This policy sets out the principles to consider when determining the compensability of an injury following a natural body motion at work. |
| C3-16.00 | Pre-Existing Conditions or Diseases This policy provides guidance on distinguishing between injuries or death that arise out of and in the course of the employment, and injuries or death that result from pre-existing conditions or diseases. |
| C3-16.10 | Pre-Existing Conditions – Specific Injuries This policy provides guidance on the adjudication of claims for certain specific injuries that may originate from pre-existing conditions and be aggravated by something in the employment relationship. |
| C3-16.20 | Firefighters and Heart Injury This policy provides guidance for determining a firefighter’s entitlement to compensation for heart injury. |
| C3-17.00 | Deviations from Employment This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation where a worker’s participation in an unauthorized activity may have had causative significance in the worker’s personal injury or death. |
| C3-18.00 | Personal Acts This policy provides guidance for differentiating between a worker’s employment functions and a worker’s personal actions, when determining whether a personal injury or death arises out of and in the course of the employment. |
| C3-18.10 | Clothing and Footwear This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death sustained by a worker resulting from clothing or footwear. |
| C3-19.00 | Work-Related Travel This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death when engaged in work-related travel. |
| C3-19.10 | Worker-Owned Tools and Equipment This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death sustained by a worker who brings his or her own tools or equipment to and from work. |
| C3-20.00 | Employer-Provided Facilities This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death resulting from the use of employer-provided facilities. |
| C3-21.00 | Extra-Employment Activities This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for personal injury or death when engaged in extra-employment activities. |
| C3-22.00 | Compensable Consequences This policy provides general guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for a further injury, increased disablement, disease, or death that is a consequence of a compensable injury. |
| C3-22.10 | Compensable Consequences – Travel This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for a further injury, increased disablement or death that occurs during travel undertaken as a consequence of a compensable injury. |
| C3-22.20 | Compensable Consequences – Pain and Chronic Pain This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for pain or chronic pain as a compensable consequence of a worker’s personal injury. |
| C3-22.30 | Compensable Consequences – Psychological Impairment This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for psychological impairment as a compensable consequence of a worker’s personal injury. |
| C3-22.40 | Compensable Consequences – Certain Diseases and Conditions This policy provides guidance for determining a worker’s entitlement to compensation for certain specific diseases or conditions that may be considered a compensable consequence of a worker’s personal injury. |
| C3-23.00 | Replacement and Repair of Personal Possessions – Section 21(8) This policy provides an introduction to the compensation available for the replacement and repair of artificial appliances, eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids. This policy also explains the compensation available for other personal possessions of a worker that are damaged or broken at work and the application of section 21(8) to federal government employees. |
| C3-23.10 | Section 21(8)(a) – Artificial Appliances This policy sets out the criteria that must be met for a worker to be entitled to compensation for the replacement or repair of artificial appliances. |
| C3-23.20 | Section 21(8)(b) – Eyeglasses, Dentures and Hearing Aids This policy sets out the criteria that must be met for a worker to be entitled to compensation for the replacement or repair of eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids. |
| C3-23.30 | Section 21(8) – Wage Loss Benefits During the Replacement or Repair Period This policy provides guidance with respect to wage-loss benefits for a worker awaiting the repair or replacement of an artificial appliance, eyeglasses, dentures and hearing aids. |
| #34.55 for Chapter 5 | Subsequent Non-Compensable Incidents |
| Deleted Material |