ontario regulation 337/04

made under the

charitable institutions act

Made: October 20, 2004
Filed: October 22, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 6, 2004

Amending Reg. 69 of R.R.O. 1990

(General)

1. Subsection 1 (1) of Regulation 69 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following definition:

“dietitian” means a member of the College of Dietitians of Ontario who holds a general certificate of registration under the Dietetics Act, 1991;

2. Section 8.1 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(2) Without restricting the generality of any of the requirements of subsection (1) or of clause 8 (c), the nursing staff of each approved charitable home for the aged shall ensure that each resident receives at least two baths or showers a week, unless there is a medical reason for the resident not to receive the baths or showers.

(3) In subsection (2),

“bath” means a tub bath or full body sponge bath.

3. Section 17 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(3) Despite subsections (1) and (2), an approved corporation maintaining and operating an approved charitable home for the aged shall ensure that at least one registered nurse who is a member of the regular staff of the home is on duty and present in the home at all times.

4. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

Nutritional Care

58.1 An approved corporation maintaining and operating an approved charitable home for the aged shall ensure that the following are reviewed and approved in writing at least once a year by the home’s dietitian:

1. The home’s planned menu for all diets, including regular, therapeutic and special diets, texture modification and snacks.

2. The home’s menu cycle.

5. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

74.1 A person shall be placed in category 1A1 on the waiting list for an approved charitable home for the aged if,

(a) the person does not meet the requirements for placement in category 1A;

(b) the person’s spouse or partner is a long-stay resident of the approved charitable home for the aged or neither the person nor his or her spouse or partner is a long-stay resident of the approved charitable home for the aged but both wish to reside in the approved charitable home for the aged; and

(c) the person meets the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 61 (1).

6. Clause 75 (a) of the Regulation is amended by adding “or 1A1” after “1A” at the end.

7. (1) Clause 76 (1) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “1A or 1B” and substituting “1A, 1A1 or 1B”.

(2) Clause 76 (2) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “1A or 1B” at the end and substituting “1A, 1A1 or 1B”.

(3) Clause 76 (3) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “1A or 1B” at the end and substituting “1A, 1A1 or 1B”.

(4) Clause 76 (4) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “1A or 1B” and substituting “1A, 1A1 or 1B”.

(5) Subsection 76 (5) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(5) A person shall be placed in category 2 on the waiting list for an approved charitable home for the aged if,

(a) the person does not meet the requirements for placement in category 1A, 1A1 or 1B;

(b) the person’s spouse or partner is a long-stay resident of the approved charitable home for the aged or neither the person nor his or her spouse or partner is a long-stay resident of the approved charitable home for the aged but both wish to reside in the approved charitable home for the aged; and

(c) the person meets the eligibility criteria set out in section 63.

8. Subsection 85 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) If a person who is on the waiting list for an approved charitable home for the aged should be placed in a different category on the waiting list as a result of amendments made to this Regulation by Ontario Regulation 119/02 or 337/04, the placement co-ordinator keeping the waiting list shall place the person in the different category.

9. Tables 5 and 6 of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

TABLE 5
RANKING OF WAITING LIST CATEGORIES

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Class of Beds	Beds in a related temporary approved charitable home for the aged, other than veterans’ priority access beds	Beds in a re‑opened approved charitable home for the aged, other than veterans’ priority access beds	Beds in a replacement approved charitable home for the aged, other than veterans’ priority access beds	Veterans’ priority access beds in an approved charitable home for the aged, other than a related temporary, re‑opened or replacement approved charitable home for the aged	Veterans’ priority access beds in a related temporary, re‑opened or replacement approved charitable home for the aged	All other beds in an approved charitable home for the aged
Waiting List Categories	Related temporary	Re-opened	Replacement	Veteran	Veteran	Exchange
	Exchange	Exchange	Exchange	Exchange	Related temporary, re‑opened or replacement, as applicable	1A
	1A	1A	1A	1A	Exchange	1A1
	1A1	1A1	1A1	1A1	1A	1B
	1B	1B	1B	1B	1A1	2
	2	2	2	2	1B	3
	3	3	3	3	2
					3

 

TABLE 6
RULES FOR RANKING WITHIN CATEGORIES

Item	Column 1	Column 2
	Category	Rules
1.	Related temporary, re-opened and replacement approved charitable home for the aged	Persons shall be ranked according to the date of their admission to the original approved charitable home for the aged.
2.	Veteran	(a) Veterans who require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances shall rank ahead of all other veterans.
		(b) As among themselves, veterans who require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances shall be ranked according to the urgency of their need for admission.
		(c) Veterans who do not require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances but are continuum of care applicants on the waiting list for the continuum of care approved charitable home for the aged shall rank ahead of all other veterans who do not require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances.
		(d) As among themselves, veterans who do not require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances but are continuum of care applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the approved charitable home for the aged.
		(e) As among themselves, veterans who do not require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances and are not continuum of care applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the approved charitable home for the aged.
3.	1A	Persons shall be ranked according to the urgency of their need for admission.
3.1	1A1	Persons shall be ranked according to the time at which their spouses or partners applied for authorization of their admission to the approved charitable home for the aged.
4.	All categories, other than those in items 1, 2, 3, 3.1 and 5	(a) Persons who are continuum of care applicants on the waiting list for the continuum of care approved charitable home for the aged shall rank ahead of all other persons in the same category.
		(b) As among themselves, persons in the same category who are continuum of care applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the approved charitable home for the aged.
		(c) As among themselves, persons in the same category who are not continuum of care applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the approved charitable home for the aged.
5.	Short-stay	Persons shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the approved charitable home for the aged.

10. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Sections 1, 2 and 4 come into force on January 1, 2005.

(3) Section 3 comes into force on February 1, 2005.