ONTARIO REGULATION 494/00
made under the
long-Term care ACT, 1994
Made: August 23, 2000
Filed: August 28, 2000
Amending O. Reg. 386/99
(Provision of Community Services)
1. Section 4 of Ontario Regulation 386/99 is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) In determining the maximum amount of nursing services that may be provided to a person under this section, a community care access centre shall not include any nursing services that are provided as school services under sections 5 and 6.
2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:
Eligibility for School Services
5. (1) In this section,
“school” means a school as defined in subsection 1 (1) of the Education Act and includes a private school as defined in subsection 1 (1) of that Act;
“school services” means the following professional services that are provided to a person who is enrolled as a pupil at a school on the school premises or while the pupil is being transported to or from the school on a school bus or other school vehicle or participating in a school trip or activity outside the school premises or that are provided to a person who is receiving satisfactory instruction at home in accordance with clause 21 (2) (a) of the Education Act and are necessary in order for the person to be able to receive instruction:
1. Nursing services.
2. Occupational therapy services.
3. Physiotherapy services.
4. Speech-language pathology services.
5. Dietetics services.
6. Training of school personnel to provide the services referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 to persons enrolled as a pupil at the school.
7. The provision of medical supplies, dressings and treatment equipment necessary to the provision of the services referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5.
(2) A community care access centre shall not provide school services to a person unless the person meets the following eligibility criteria:
1. The person must be enrolled as a pupil at a school or be receiving satisfactory instruction at home in accordance with clause 21 (2) (a) of the Education Act.
2. The person must require the services,
i. in order to be able to attend school, participate in school routines and receive instruction, or
ii. in order to be able to receive satisfactory instruction at home in accordance with clause 21 (2) (a) of the Education Act.
3. The person must be an insured person under the Health Insurance Act.
4. The school or home in which the service is to be provided must have the physical features necessary to enable the service to be provided.
5. The risk that a service provider who provides the school service to the person who requires the service will suffer serious physical harm while providing the service,
i. must not be significant, or
ii. if it is significant, the service provider must be able to take reasonable steps to reduce the risk so that it is no longer significant.
Maximum Amount of School Services
6. A community care access centre that provides school services to a person who is receiving satisfactory instruction at home in accordance with clause 21 (2) (a) of the Education Act shall not provide more than six hours of school services a day to that person, five days a week.