O. Reg. 269/02: GENERAL

 

ONTARIO regulation 269/02

made under the

charitable institutions act

Made: September 18, 2002
 Filed: September 20, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 5, 2002

Amending Reg. 69 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

Note: Since the end of 2001, Regulation 69 has been amended by Ontario Regulations 119/02, 174/02, 231/02 and 235/02.  Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations published in The Ontario Gazette dated January 19, 2002.

1. (1) The definitions of “private room”, “semi-private room” and “standard room” in subsection 1 (1) of Regulation 69 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are revoked and the following substituted:

“private room” means,

(a) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the design manual or the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option A” applies, a room with one bed that has a private ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room,

(b) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option B” applies, a room with one bed that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room, or

(c) in the case of all other approved charitable homes for the aged, a room with one bed, other than a room that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room;

“semi-private room” means,

(a) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the design manual or the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option A” applies, a room with one bed that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation,

(b) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option B” applies, a room with two beds that affords privacy to each resident, and that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation, or

(c) in the case of all other approved charitable homes for the aged, a room with two beds, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation;

“standard room” means,

(a) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the design manual or the retrofit manual applies, a room with one or two beds that affords privacy to each resident, that has an ensuite washroom, and that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation, or

(b) in the case of all other approved charitable homes for the aged,

(i) a room with three or more beds, or

(ii) a room with less than three beds that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room;

(2) Subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definitions:

“design manual” means the document entitled “Long-Term Care Facility Design Manual”, published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and dated May, 1999, and which is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care;

“retrofit manual” means the document entitled “Long-Term Care ‘D’ Facility Retrofit Design Manual”, published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and dated January, 2002, and which is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care;

2. This Regulation shall be deemed to have come into force on May 1, 2002.

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