ONTARIO regulation 270/02

made under the

nursing homes act

Made: September 18, 2002
 Filed: September 20, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 5, 2002

Amending Reg. 832 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

Note: Since the end of 2001, Regulation 832 has been amended by Ontario Regulations 121/02, 173/02, 233/02 and 237/02.  Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations published in The Ontario Gazette dated January 19, 2002.

1. (1) The definitions of “private room”, “semi-private room” and “standard room” in subsection 1 (1) of Regulation 832 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are revoked and the following substituted:

“private room” means,

(a) in the case of a nursing home to which the design manual or the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option A” applies, a room with one bed that has a private ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated by a licensee as a standard room,

(b) in the case of a nursing home to which the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option B” applies, a room with one bed that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated by a licensee as a standard room, or

(c) in the case of all other nursing homes, a room with one bed, other than a room that is designated by a licensee as a standard room;

“semi-private room” means,

(a) in the case of a nursing home to which the design manual or the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option A” applies, a room with one bed that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by a licensee,

(b) in the case of a nursing home to which the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option B” applies, a room with two beds that affords privacy to each resident, and that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by a licensee, or

(c) in the case of all other nursing homes, a room with two beds, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by a licensee;

“standard room” means,

(a) in the case of a nursing home to which the design manual or the retrofit manual applies, a room with one or two beds that affords privacy to each resident, that has an ensuite washroom, and that is designated as a standard room by a licensee, or

(b) in the case of all other nursing homes,

(i) a room with three or more beds, or

(ii) a room with less than three beds that is designated by a licensee as a standard room;

(2) Subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following definitions:

“design manual” means the document entitled “Long-Term Care Facility Design Manual”, published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and dated May, 1999, and which is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care;

“retrofit manual” means the document entitled “Long-Term Care ‘D’ Facility Retrofit Design Manual”, published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and dated January, 2002, and which is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care;

2. This Regulation shall be deemed to have come into force on May 1, 2002.

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