ontario regulation 201/03

made under the

public hospitals act

Made: May 12, 2003
Approved: May 14, 2003
Filed: May 16, 2003
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 31, 2003

Amending Reg. 965 of R.R.O. 1990

(Hospital Management)

Note: Since the end of 2002, Regulation 965 has been amended by Ontario Regulation 64/03.  Previous amendments are listed in the Table of Regulations published in The Ontario Gazette dated January 18, 2003.

1. Regulation 965 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following section:

23.2 (1) A hospital shall provide information from medical records to the following persons for the purposes of the diagnosis of persons who may have contracted SARS and the investigation, prevention, treatment and containment of SARS:

1. The Chief Medical Officer of Health within the meaning of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

2. A medical officer of health within the meaning of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.

3. A physician designated by the Chief Medical Officer of Health. 

(2) In subsection (1),

“SARS” means severe acute respiratory syndrome.

Tony Clement

Minister of Health and Long-Term Care

Dated on May 12, 2003.