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O. Reg. 213/22: RULES FOR AREAS AT STEP 3 AND AT THE ROADMAP EXIT STEP

filed March 11, 2022 under Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020, S.O. 2020, c. 17

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ontario regulation 213/22

made under the

Reopening Ontario (A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020

Made: March 11, 2022
Filed: March 11, 2022
Published on e-Laws: March 14, 2022
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 26, 2022

Amending O. Reg. 364/20

(RULES FOR AREAS AT STEP 3 AND AT THE ROADMAP EXIT STEP)

1. Section 1 of Ontario Regulation 364/20 is amended by striking out “1 to 5” at the end and substituting “1 and 4”.

2. (1) Subsection 3 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsections (2) and (3)” and substituting “subsection (3)”.

(2) Subsection 3 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

(3) Subsection 3 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Schedules 4 and 5 apply” and substituting “Schedule 4 applies”.

3. Section 3.1 of the Regulation is revoked.

4. Section 3.3 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

References to this Order

3.3 In Schedule 4, a reference to “this Order” is a reference to Schedule 4.

5. Section 4 of the Regulation is revoked.

6. (1) Sections 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are revoked.

(2) Section 2.1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Fully vaccinated

2.1 A person is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 if,

(a)  they have received,

(i)  the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine authorized by Health Canada, or any combination of such vaccines,

(ii)  one or two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine not authorized by Health Canada, followed by one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine authorized by Health Canada, or

(iii)  three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine not authorized by Health Canada; and

(b)  they received their final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days before providing the proof of being fully vaccinated.

(3) Sections 2.2 to 7 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation are revoked.

7. Schedules 2 and 3 to the Regulation are revoked.

8. (1) Subsection 2 (2) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding “or” at the end of clause (b), by striking out “or” at the end of clause (c) and by revoking clause (d).

(2) Subsection 2 (4) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(4) The person responsible for a business or organization described in subsection (4.1) that is open shall ensure that any person in the indoor area of the premises of the business or organization, or in a vehicle that is operating as part of the business or organization, wears a mask or face covering in a manner that covers their mouth, nose and chin during any period when they are in the indoor area unless subsection (5) applies to the person in the indoor area.

(4.1) The businesses and organizations mentioned in subsection (4) are the following:

1.  Businesses, organizations, municipalities or local boards that operate a public transit service, but only in respect of the indoor premises and vehicles used for the operation of the public transit service.

2.  Businesses or organizations that provide bus passenger transportation service within or between municipalities for compensation, but only in respect of the indoor premises and vehicles used for the operation of the bus passenger transportation service. This paragraph does not apply to businesses or organizations that provide sightseeing or touring services.

3.  Hospitals within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act, private hospitals within the meaning of the Private Hospitals Act, psychiatric facilities within the meaning of the Mental Health Act and independent health facilities within the meaning of the Independent Health Facilities Act.

4.  Long-term care homes within the meaning of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007.

5.  Retirement homes within the meaning of the Retirement Homes Act, 2010.

6.  Clinics that provide health care services.

7.  Service agencies as defined under the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008 that provide,

i.  residential services and supports to adults with developmental disabilities who reside in supported group living residences or intensive support residences, as defined in that Act, or

ii.  specialized residential accommodation pursuant to an agreement with the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, other than specialized accommodation services that support residential living outside of group living arrangements operated by the service agency.

8.  Transfer payment recipients funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services that provide residential or emergency residential services under the Violence Against Women Support Services program or the Anti-Human Trafficking Community Supports program.

9.  Transfer payment recipients funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services that provide intervenor services for persons who are deafblind in a residential setting.

10.  Licensees operating a children’s residence within the meaning of Part IX of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017.

11.  Licensees to which section 117 of Ontario Regulation 156/18 (General Matters Under the Authority of the Minister) made under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 applies.

12.  Businesses or organizations that provide residential care, within the meaning of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017, and that are not required to be licensed under Part IX of that Act, during any period when a child is placed with the business or organization by a service provider within the meaning of that Act.

13.  Transfer payment recipients that receive funding from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services to provide residential services under the Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy.

14.  Children’s treatment centres that receive funding under the Child Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 to deliver rehabilitation services for children and youth with special needs.

15.  Laboratories and specimen collection centres as defined in section 5 of the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act.

16.  Businesses or organizations that operate a shelter for persons experiencing homelessness, in respect of the premises used for the operation of the shelter.

17.  Congregate care supportive housing residences where the residents share facilities for living, dining, sleeping or bathing and that receive funding from,

i.  the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing,

ii.  the Ministry of Health,

iii.  Ontario Health,

iv.  a service manager designated under the Housing Services Act, 2011,

v.  the Ontario Aboriginal Housing Support Services Corporation, or

vi.  the Miziwe Biik Development Corporation.

(4.2) Service providers within the meaning of the Home Care and Community Services Act, 1994 and local health integration networks within the meaning of the Local Health System Integration Act, 2006 shall ensure that any employee or other person providing a service to an individual in an indoor area or a vehicle wears a mask or face covering in a manner that covers their mouth, nose and chin while they are providing the service, unless subsection (5) applies to the person in the indoor area.

(3) Paragraph 4 of subsection 2 (4.1) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation, as made by subsection (2), is amended by striking out “Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007” at the end and substituting “Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021”.

(4) Clauses 2 (5) (b), (c), (d) and (g) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation are revoked.

(5) Subsection 2 (5) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by adding “or” at the end of clause (l), by striking out “or” at the end of clause (m) and by revoking clause (n).

(6) Subsection 3 (1) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “a business or organization that is open” and substituting “a business or organization described in subsection 2 (4.1)”.

(7) Section 4 of Schedule 4 to the Regulation is revoked.

9. Schedule 5 to the Regulation is revoked.

Commencement

10. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Sections 1 to 7, subsections 8 (1) and (2) and (4) to (7) and section 9 come into force on the later of March 21, 2022 and the day this Regulation is filed.

(3) Subsection 8 (3) comes into force on the later of March 21, 2022 and the day section 204 of Schedule 1 (Fixing Long-Term Care Act, 2021) to the Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021 comes into force.

 

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