ontario regulation 333/04

made under the

Nursing Homes Act

Made: October 20, 2004
Filed: October 21, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 6, 2004

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

(General)

1. Section 54.1 of Regulation 832 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked.

2. Section 88 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

88. Every administrator of a nursing home shall create and maintain a written record and file for each resident that shall be contained in the resident’s personal file and that shall include, 

(a) particulars of admission, transfer, notification of admission to a hospital, discharge, accident or death; 

(b) a resident’s records of personal health information, including the medical and drug records of the resident; and

(c) a written record of all other matters that are relevant to the resident, including a copy of any incident report relating to the resident. 

3. Clause 91 (a) of the Regulation is revoked.

4. Section 95 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

95. (1) The following persons may inspect and receive information from a resident’s medical or drug record and may reproduce such information and retain copies:

1. A person appointed by the Director to collect information to determine the consistency and accuracy of information collected by collectors.

2. A person appointed by the Director to train persons described in paragraph 1.

(2) In subsection (1),

“collectors” means persons appointed by the Director to collect information for one or both of the following:

1. To assess and classify residents to determine the level of care required by them.

2. To determine and plan for the care that may be required, in the future, by residents of nursing homes.

5. This Regulation comes into force on November 1, 2004.