ontario regulation 324/07

made under the

Laboratory and specimen collection centre licensing act

Made: June 27, 2007
Filed: July 5, 2007
Published on e-Laws: July 6, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 21, 2007

Amending Reg. 682 of R.R.O. 1990

(Laboratories)

1. The definition of “simple procedures” in section 1 of Regulation 682 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked.

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

14. Molecular Genetics.

15. Genetics.

3. (1) Clause 9 (1) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or” at the end of subclause (iii), by adding “or” at the end of subclause (iv) and by adding the following subclause:

(v) at the request of a person who is a participant in the provincial colorectal cancer screening program, in respect of a test or tests for the purposes of the program;

(2) Subsection 9 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(a.1) report the results of tests performed as part of the provincial colorectal cancer screening program to Cancer Care Ontario for the purposes of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Registry;

(3) Clause 9 (1) (b) of the Regulation is amended by adding “except in the case of a person described under subclause (a) (v)” at the beginning.

(4) Subsection 9 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following clause:

(b.1) in the case of a person described under subclause (a) (v), report the results to Cancer Care Ontario for the purposes of the Colorectal Cancer Screening Registry but not to the person;

4. Section 14 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

14. The Ontario Medical Association is designated as an agency to carry out a quality management program.

5. Appendix A to the Regulation is revoked.

6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Section 3 comes into force on April 1, 2008.