Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

16.3 (1) At every workplace at which six or more employees are working at any time, the employer shall ensure that there is a first aid attendant.

(2) At every remote workplace at which two or more employees are working at any time, the employer shall ensure that there is a first aid attendant.

(3) At every workplace at which an employee is working on live high voltage electrical equipment, the employer shall ensure that

• (a) a first aid attendant is readily available; or

• (b) at least one of the employees has the training necessary to provide resuscitation by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or an equivalent direct method.

(4) At every workplace that is required to have a first aid attendant, the employer shall ensure that the first aid attendant at the workplace is qualified by having at least

• (a) if the workplace is an office workplace for which the ambulance response time is

  • (i) up to two hours, a basic first aid certificate, or

  • (ii) more than two hours, a standard first aid certificate;

• (b) if the workplace is any other workplace, other than a workplace in a wilderness area, and the ambulance response time for the workplace is

  • (i) less than twenty minutes, a basic first aid certificate, or

  • (ii) twenty minutes or more but not more than two hours, a standard first aid certificate; and

• (c) if the workplace is in a wilderness area, a standard first aid certificate and wilderness first aid training that is specially designed to meet the first aid needs of persons who work, live or travel in such an area.

16.4 (1) A first aid attendant referred to in section 16.3 or paragraph 16.10(1)(a)

• (a) shall be assigned to a first aid station or first aid room;

• (b) shall be readily available and accessible to employees during working hours;

• (c) shall render first aid to employees who are injured or ill at the workplace;

• (d) shall, if required, accompany an injured or ill employee to a health unit or a medical treatment facility and render first aid in transit;

• (e) shall, in providing care to an injured or ill employee, not be overruled by anyone not trained in first aid; and

• (f) shall be in charge of providing care for the injured or ill employee until the treatment is complete or the employee is under the care of an equally or more qualified caregiver.

(2) The first aid attendant referred to in subsection (1)

• (a) shall work close to the first aid station or first aid room to which the first aid attendant is assigned; and

• (b) shall not be assigned duties that will interfere with the prompt and adequate rendering of first aid.