Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and Controlled Products Regulations

1996

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Table of Contents

[ NOTE: also see Index at end of manual ]

Hazardous Products Act

• Introduction updated July 12, 2001
• 1. Short Title
• 2. Interpretation

Part I : Prohibited And Restricted Products

• 3. Application
• 4. Prohibitions
• 5-7. Regulations and amendments to Schedule I updated May 6, 2004
• 8-9. Board of Review
• 10. Disclosure

Part II :Controlled Products

• 11. Interpretation
• 12. Application updated October 25, 2002
• 13-14. Prohibitions updated October 25, 2002
• 15. Regulations
• 16. Disclosure of Generic Chemical Identity
• 16.1.Interim Orders amended May 6, 2004
• 17. Ingredient Disclosure List
• 18. Amendments to Schedule II
• 19. Consultation
• 20. Disclosure

Part III : Administration And Enforcement

• 21. Inspectors and Analysts updated May 15, 2002
• 22-24. Search, Seizure and Forfeiture
• 25-26. Restoration
• 27. Regulations
• 28. Offence, Punishment and Procedure
• 29. Exception, etc., Need not be mentioned and Burden of Proof
• 30. Certificate of Analyst
• 31. Trial of Offence

HPA Schedules

1. Part I - Prohibited products amended October 1, 2001
   Part II - Restricted products amended October 1, 2001
2. Controlled products

Controlled Products Regulations

• 1. Short Title
• 2. Interpretation updated February 16, 2004
• 3. Concentration expressed as a percentage

Part I :Material Safety Data Sheet (msds)

• 4. Concentration cut-off updated October 25, 2002
• 5. Complex mixtures
• 5.1. Flavours & Fragrances
• 6. Controlled products with same product identifier updated June 26, 2002
• 7. Generic MSDS
• 8. Employer exemptions
• 8.1. Secondary supplier exemptions (for a mixture)
• 8.2. Secondary supplier exemptions (for an ingredient)
• 9. Laboratory sample
• 10. Laboratory supply house
• 10.1. Radioactive nuclides and non-radioactive carrier materials updated June 15, 2002
• 11. Range of concentration of ingredients updated June 26, 2002
• 12. Information to be disclosed on a MSDS updated January 23, 2007
• 13. Information to be disclosed on a MSDS: conflicting information

Part II: Labels

• 14. Inner containers updated November 25, 2002
• 15. Bulk shipments
• 15.1. Secondary supplier exemptions
• 16. Laboratory samples
• 17. Laboratory supply houses
• 17.1. Radioactive nuclides and non-radioactive carrier materials updated June 15, 2002
• 18. Labels of bulk shipments
• 19. Information to be disclosed on labels corrected October 31, 2005
• 20. Label design updated February 2, 2004
• 21. Legibility of labels updated October 25, 2002
• 22. Reproduction of hazard symbols

Part III : General

• 23. Notification in respect of importation, etc.
• 24. Manner of disclosing information updated March 24, 2003
• 25. Manner of disclosing information: contradictions
• 26. Information in respect of (filing of) exemptions amended December 14, 2004
• 27. Information in respect of (descision regarding) exemptions
• 28. Identical product identifiers
• 29. Revisions to MSDSs and Labels updated June 6, 2003
  
• 30. Provision of information (to medical personnel)
• 31. Provision of information (to inspectors, purchasers, etc.)

Part IV : Classes Of Controlled Products

• 32. Interpretation amended July 12, 2001
• 33. Manner of establishing classification
• 34. CLASS A - COMPRESSED GAS
• 35. Class B - Flammable And Combustible Material
• 36. Division 1: Flammable gases
• 37. Division 2: Flammable liquids updated September 16, 2002
• 38. Division 3: Combustible liquids updated September 16, 2002
• 39. Division 4: Flammable solids
• 40. Division 5: Flammable aerosols
• 41. Division 6: Reactive flammable materials
• 42. CLASS C - Oxidizing Material
  
• 43. General updated April 30, 2003
• 44. Formulae for equivalent LC₅₀
• 45. Toxicological evaluation of mixtures: LD₅₀ and LC₅₀ data
  Division 1: Materials causing immediate and serious toxic effects
  Subdivision A: Very toxic material
• 46. Acute lethality
• 47. Poisonous substances as defined by the TDGR updated January 31, 2003
• 48. Untested mixtures
  Subdivision B: Toxic Material
• 49. Acute lethality
• 50. Poisonous substances as defined by the TDGRs updated January 31, 2003
• 51. Untested mixtures
  Division 2: Materials causing other toxic effects
  Subdivision A: Very Toxic Material
• 52. Chronic toxic effects updated February 16, 2001
• 53. Teratogenicity and embryotoxicity
• 54. Carcinogenicity updated March 15, 2007
• 55. Reproductive toxicity updated February 16, 2001
• 56. Respiratory tract sensitization updated March 22, 2001
• 57. Mutagenicity updated December 31, 2004
• 58. Untested mixtures
  Subdivision B: Toxic Material
• 59. Chronic toxic effects
• 60. Skin or eye irritation updated November 30, 2001
• 61. Skin sensitization updated April 21, 2003
• 62. Mutagenicity
• 63. Untested mixtures
• 64. Division 3: Biohazardous infectious material updated August 15, 2001
• 65. CLASS E - Corrosive Material updated October 31, 2001
• 66. CLASS F - Dangerously Reactive material

CPR Schedules

1. Information to be Disclosed on a Material Safety Data Sheet updated February 16, 2004
   I.I. Physical Containment Requirements for Low Individual or Community Risk Agents amended December 14, 2004
2. Hazard Symbols
3. Label Border
4. Methods of Testing for Flash Point
5. Method of Testing for Determining Flammable Solids that Ignite Readily
6. Test for Determining the Flashback and the Length of the Flame Projection of Products, Materials and Substances Packaged in Aerosol Containers

Appendix (To The Reference Manual)

• Appendix A - Use of Professional Judgement in Classification
• Appendix A - Figure 1, Decision Tree for other than Class D corrected March 23, 2001
• Appendix A - Figure 2, Decision Tree for Class D corrected March 23, 2001

Index