ontario regulation 365/19

made under the

Health Insurance Act

Made: October 25, 2019
Filed: November 1, 2019
Published on e-Laws: November 1, 2019
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 16, 2019

Amending Reg. 552 of R.R.O. 1990

(GENERAL)

1. Subsection 15 (1) of Regulation 552 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding “Subject to section 15.1” at the beginning.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

15.1 (1) Ambulance services provided in accordance with the patient care standards described in clause 11 (c) of Ontario Regulation 257/00 (General) made under the Ambulance Act are insured services if,

(a) the ambulance services are provided to an insured person by an ambulance service operator that holds a certificate issued by the certifying authority in accordance with the Ambulance Act; and

(b) the insured person pays a co-payment of $45 to a hospital, as defined in the Public Hospitals Act, that is an associated hospital for these ambulance services.

(2) The co-payment prescribed in subsection (1) does not apply to a person listed in subsection 15 (6).

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of November 1, 2019 and the day it is filed.