ontario regulation 294/17

made under the

Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007

Made: July 26, 2017
Filed: July 28, 2017
Published on e-Laws: July 28, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: August 12, 2017

Amending O. Reg. 79/10

(GENERAL)

1. Section 18 of Ontario Regulation 79/10 is revoked and the following substituted:

Lighting

18. Every licensee of a long-term care home shall ensure that the lighting is maintained in accordance with the following requirements:

1. In homes to which the 2009 design manual or 2015 design manual applies,

i. all corridors and enclosed stairways shall have continuous consistent lighting throughout with minimum levels of 322.92 lux, and

ii. all other areas of the home, including resident bedrooms and vestibules, washrooms and tub and shower rooms, shall have lighting with minimum levels of 322.92 lux.

2. In all other homes,

i. all corridors shall have continuous consistent lighting throughout with minimum levels of 215.28 lux,

ii. all stairways shall have continuous consistent lighting throughout with minimum levels of 322.92 lux,

iii. the bed of each resident, when at the reading position, shall have lighting with minimum levels of 376.73 lux,

iv. each drug cabinet shall have lighting with minimum levels of 1,076.39 lux, and

v. all other areas of the home shall have lighting with minimum levels of 215.28 lux.

Commencement

2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.