Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, pursuant to subsection 45.79(3) a of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act b, makes the annexed Regulations Prescribing Physical Injuries. S.C. 2013, c. 18, s. 35 R.S., c. R-10
For the purposes of the definition serious injury in subsection 45.79(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act, the following physical injuries — that are not transient or trifling in nature and for which medical attention was received from a person who is entitled to practice medicine or practice as a nurse under the laws of a province — are prescribed:
any physical injury that results in
a substantial loss or impairment of mobility of the body,
a loss of function, in whole or in part, of any limb, organ or other body member,
a loss of vision or hearing in whole or in part, or
a substantial disfigurement;
the fracture of a limb, a rib, a vertebra or the skull; or
any burns, cuts or lacerations to a major portion of the body.
These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.