O. Reg. 98/08: Service Provider Organizations - ServiceOntario

 

ontario regulation 98/08

made under the

Ministry of Government SErvices Act

Made: April 16, 2008
Filed: April 18, 2008
Published on e-Laws: April 21, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 3, 2008

Amending O. Reg. 475/07

(Service Provider Organizations — ServiceOntario)

1. Ontario Regulation 475/07 is amended by adding the following sections:

Designated Services — Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Health cards and organ donor registration

1.1 The following actions are designated as services that ServiceOntario may provide to the public on behalf of the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and, where applicable, the General Manager for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan:

1. Health cards: accepting and processing applications for the issuance, replacement or renewal of a health card, changing information on a health card and accepting the return or surrender of a health card in accordance with the Health Insurance Act and the regulations made under it.

2. Organ donor registration: registering the organ donation preferences for clients with a health card in accordance with the Trillium Gift of Life Network Act and the regulations made under it.

Administrative services

1.2 The following administrative services otherwise provided by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care are designated as services which ServiceOntario may provide to the public on behalf of that Ministry and, where applicable, the General Manager for the Ontario Health Insurance Plan:

1. Providing information and responding to queries in relation to actions listed in section 1.1 and services listed in this section.

2. Accepting applications for programs related to the provision of insured services under the Health Insurance Act and the regulations made under it.

3. Updating databases that the Ministry maintains of personal information of health card holders.

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.