O. Reg. 367/08: GENERAL, Filed October 24, 2008 under Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.13
ontario regulation 367/08
made under the
homes for the aged and rest homes act
Made: September 24, 2008
Filed: October 24, 2008
Published on e-Laws: October 27, 2008
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 8, 2008
Amending Reg. 637 of R.R.O. 1990
(General)
1. Section 12.13 of Regulation 637 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following subsections:
(2) Despite sections 12.9 to 12.11, if a placement co-ordinator becomes aware of the opportunity to exchange a resident of one long-term care home who seeks admission to a second long-term care home and a resident of the second long-term care home who seeks admission to the first, and at least one of those homes is a home to which this Regulation applies, each resident shall be placed in the exchange category of the appropriate waiting list.
(3) In subsection (2),
“long-term care home” means,
(a) a home;
(b) an approved charitable home for the aged under the Charitable Institutions Act; or
(c) a nursing home under the Nursing Homes Act.
2. Section 12.20 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:
(3) If the placement co-ordinator becomes aware that a person on the waiting list should be placed in the exchange category referred to in subsection 12.13 (2), the placement co-ordinator shall place the person in the exchange category, if that is the highest ranked waiting list category that applies to the person in accordance with Table 4.
3. (1) Table 5 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following item:
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Exchange (but only persons in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 12.13 (2)) |
(a) Persons who are seeking admission to the home in which their spouse or partner is a long-stay resident and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 8 (1) shall rank ahead of all other persons in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 12.13 (2). |
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(b) As among themselves, persons in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 12.13 (2) who are seeking admission to the home in which their spouse or partner is a long-stay resident and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 8 (1) shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the home. |
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(c) Persons who are not seeking admission to the home in which their spouse or partner is a long-stay resident and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 8 (1) but who are of the religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin primarily served by the home shall rank ahead of all other persons in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 12.13 (2). |
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(d) As among themselves, persons in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 12.13 (2) who are of the religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin primarily served by the home shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the home. |
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(e) As among themselves, persons who are in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 12.13 (2) who are not seeking admission to the home in which their spouse or partner is a long-stay resident and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 8 (1) and who are not of the religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin primarily served by the home shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the home. |
(2) Column 1 of item 4 of Table 5 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “1, 2, 3, 3.1” and substituting “1, 2, 2.1, 3, 3.1”.
4. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
