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| Presumptive Cancer |
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2023.4 National Presumptive Cancer Recognition (Adopted at the 2023 Annual General Meeting)
Preamble
2023.4.1 Cancer as a disease, evidence as a domain, and firefighters as individuals are consistent across jurisdictions.
2023.4.2 Each province/territory already conducts its due diligence to recognize presumptive cancers
Recommended
2023.4.3 That a presumptive cancer recognized in one province or territory be recognized in all provinces or territories. |
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