O. Reg. 485/22: HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
filed September 14, 2022 under Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.40
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made under the
Public Hospitals Act
Made: September 2, 2022
Approved: September 14, 2022
Filed: September 14, 2022
Published on e-Laws: September 14, 2022
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 1, 2022
Amending Reg. 965 of R.R.O. 1990
(HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT)
1. Section 16 of Regulation 965 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following subsections:
(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a patient is no longer in need of treatment in the hospital for the purposes of that subsection if,
(a) the patient is designated as an alternate level of care patient in accordance with subsection (5); and
(b) the patient’s admission to a long-term care home has been authorized in accordance with section 60.1 of the Fixing Long-term Care Act, 2021 and any applicable regulations made under that Act.
(5) An attending clinician may designate a patient of the attending clinician as an alternate level of care patient if, in the clinician’s opinion, the patient does not require the intensity of resources or services provided in the hospital care setting.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5),
“attending clinician” means a person entitled to make an order under subsection (1).
Commencement
2. This Regulation comes into force on the later of the day section 2 of the More Beds, Better Care Act, 2022 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.
Made by:
Pris par :
La ministre de la Santé,
Sylvia Jones
Minister of Health
Date made: September 2, 2022
Pris le : 2 septembre 2022