A-3, r. 5 - Regulation respecting the transportation of the body of a worker

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chapter A-3, r. 5
Regulation respecting the transportation of the body of a worker
Workers’ Compensation Act
(chapter A-3, s. 124, par. h).
Subject to the following paragraph, chapter A-3 is replaced by the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases (chapter A-3.001) (1985, c. 6, s. 476).
The Workers’ Compensation Act (chapter A-3), amended by sections 479 to 483 of the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases and the regulations made under chapter A-3, remain in force:
(1) for the purposes of the processing of claims made for industrial accidents and deaths that occurred before 19 August 1985 and for claims made before that date for occupational diseases, except in the case of a recurrence, relapse or aggravation contemplated in the first paragraph of section 555 of chapter A-3.001;
(2) for the purposes of every classification of industries and employers’ assessment carried out for a year prior to 1986, subject to sections 580 and 581 of chapter A-3.001;
(3) for the purposes of the application of the Act to promote good citizenship (chapter C-20) and the Crime Victims Compensation Act (chapter I-6).
1. The cost of transporting the body of a worker who died as a result of an accident is reimbursed upon submission of receipts.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14, s. 1.
2. The person claiming reimbursement for the cost of transporting the body must indicate the amount he paid, and declare whether, to his knowledge, he is the only person to have paid this cost.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14, s. 2.
3. If to his knowledge the cost of transporting the body was paid by other persons as well, the person claiming reimbursement must give the Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail the names of those other persons and the amounts they have already paid.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14, s. 3.
4. If more than one person paid the cost of transporting the body, repayment is made in proportion to the amounts paid by each of those persons.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14, s. 4.
5. Reimbursement costs are the costs of transporting the body from the place where the worker died, whether it was outside or in Québec, to the embalming laboratory or funeral home nearest the usual residence of the worker if he resided in Québec, or nearest any other place approved by the Commission.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14, s. 5.
6. Reimbursable costs include any expenses incurred in transporting the body that are considered reasonable by the Commission, up to $500.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14, s. 6.
REFERENCES
R.R.Q., 1981, c. A-3, r. 14
S.Q. 2015, c. 15, s. 237