Breast Implant Registry Act

An Act to establish and maintain a national Breast Implant Registry

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Irene Mathyssen  NDP

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Outside the Order of Precedence (a private member's bill that hasn't yet won the draw that determines which private member's bills can be debated), as of Oct. 16, 2013
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment requires the Minister of Health to appoint a Registrar who must establish and maintain a national Breast Implant Registry. The Registry will contain information relating to persons who have undergone breast implant surgery, including surgery to explant a breast implant, along with a description of the implant and other prescribed information. The information in the Registry will be available only to the Registrar for the purpose of notifying those persons of a risk to their health.

Similar bills

C-255 (41st Parliament, 1st session) Breast Implant Registry Act
C-366 (40th Parliament, 3rd session) Breast Implant Registry Act
C-366 (40th Parliament, 2nd session) Breast Implant Registry Act
C-312 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) Breast Implant Registry Act
C-312 (39th Parliament, 1st session) Breast Implant Registry Act
C-419 (38th Parliament, 1st session) Breast Implant Registry Act
C-507 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) Breast Implant Registry Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-255s:

C-255 (2022) Post-Secondary Education Financial Assistance for Persons with Disabilities Act
C-255 (2020) Employing Persons with Disabilities Act
C-255 (2016) An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (appeal process for temporary resident visa applicants)
C-255 (2010) An Act to amend the Bank Act (automated banking machine charges)
C-255 (2009) An Act to amend the Bank Act (automated banking machine charges)

Breast Implant Registry ActRoutine Proceedings

June 23rd, 2011 / 10:05 a.m.


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NDP

Irene Mathyssen NDP London—Fanshawe, ON

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-255, An Act to establish and maintain a national Breast Implant Registry.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my former colleague, Ms. Judy Wasylycia-Leis, for introducing the bill in previous Parliaments. Like her, I believe the bill is very important for the health and safety of women. It is essential that there be a registry of breast implants and that it be maintained so that if there are health risks associated with any implants, the people involved can be identified and contacted.

Women have suffered dreadfully in the past. We do not want to see that happen in future.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)