O. Reg. 217/11: GENERAL, Filed June 3, 2011 under Health Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.6
ontario regulation 217/11
made under the
Health Insurance act
Made: June 1, 2011
Filed: June 3, 2011
Published on e-Laws: June 7, 2011
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: June 18, 2011
Amending Reg. 552 of R.R.O. 1990
(General)
1. (1) The definition of “extended class nursing staff” in subsection 1 (1) of Regulation 552 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:
“extended class nursing staff” means those registered nurses in the extended class in a hospital,
(a) who are employed by the hospital and are authorized to diagnose, prescribe for or treat in-patients or out-patients in the hospital, and
(b) who are not employed by the hospital and to whom the governing body or authority of the hospital has granted privileges to diagnose, prescribe for or treat in-patients or out-patients in the hospital;
(2) The definition of “schedule of benefits” in subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:
18. Amendments dated July 1, 2011;
2. Paragraph 4 of section 7 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “surgeon or midwife” and substituting “surgeon, midwife or registered nurse in the extended class”.
3. Subsections 8 (1.1) and (1.2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
(1.1) Despite paragraph 1 of subsection (1), a radiological or other diagnostic procedure ordered by a registered nurse in the extended class is not an out-patient service to which an insured person is entitled without charge unless it is a radiological or diagnostic procedure described in subsection (1.2).
(1.2) For the purposes of subsection (1.1), the following radiological and diagnostic procedures are, when ordered by a registered nurse in the extended class who is on the extended nursing staff of a hospital, out-patient services to which an insured person is entitled without charge:
1. A mammogram.
2. An X-ray of a chest, ribs, arm, wrist, hand, leg, ankle or foot.
3. A diagnostic ultrasound of the abdomen, pelvis or breast.
4. Clause 11 (1) (a) of the Regulation is amended by adding at the end “or a registered nurse in the extended class”.
5. Clause 22 (1) (a) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(a) the test is specifically authorized, on a form approved by the Minister, by a physician, midwife or registered nurse in the extended class who has clinically assessed the patient to whom the test relates; and
6. Paragraph 6 of subsection 38.4 (2) of the Regulation is amended by adding at the end “or registered nurse in the extended class”.
7. Schedule 22 to the Regulation is revoked.
Commencement
8. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on July 1, 2011.
(2) Section 4 comes into force on July 1, 2012.