and CORRECT Answers
CHA - CORRECT ANSWER - Canada Health Act; Canada's federal legislation for
publicly funded health care insurance.
Medicare: - CORRECT ANSWER - Canada's health care system; National health
insurance program.
Composed of: 13 interlocking provincial and territorial health insurance plans.
*framed by the CHA
TDGA: - CORRECT ANSWER - Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, 1992
Primary purpose of the TDGA is: - CORRECT ANSWER - To endure the safety of
everyone affected by the movement of dangerous goods and the preservation of our environment.
TDGA Schedule: Class 1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Explosives, including explosives
within the meaning of the Explosives Act.
TDGA Schedule: Class 2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Gases: compressed, deeply
refrigerated, liquefied or dissolved under pressure
TDGA Schedule: Class 3 - CORRECT ANSWER - Flammable and combustible liquids
TDGA Schedule: Class 4 - CORRECT ANSWER - Flammable solids: Substances liable to
spontaneous combustion; substances that on contact with water emit flammable gases.
TDGA Schedule: Class 5 - CORRECT ANSWER - Oxidizing substances; organic
peroxides
, TDGA Schedule: Class 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - Poisonous (toxic) and infectious
substances
TDGA Schedule: Class 7 - CORRECT ANSWER - Nuclear substances, within the
meaning of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that are radioactive
TDGA Schedule: Class 8 - CORRECT ANSWER - Corrosives
TDGA Schedule: Class 9 - CORRECT ANSWER - Miscellaneous products, substances or
organisms considered by the Governor in Council to be dangerous to life, health, property or the
environment when handled, offered for transport or transported and prescribed to be included in
this class.
CLIA' 88 - CORRECT ANSWER - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1988
*Regulation of all facilities that perform patient testing.
CLSI - CORRECT ANSWER - Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
* Non-profit organization formally known as National Committee for Clinical Laboratory
Standards (NCCLS)
CDC - CORRECT ANSWER - Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
CMLTO - CORRECT ANSWER - College of Medical Laboratory Technologists of
Ontario
*Responsible for the regulation of MLTs
CSMLS - CORRECT ANSWER - Canadian Society of Medical Laboratory Science
*Is also a regulatory body for Technologists and technicians