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ontario regulation 263/18

made under the

Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007

Made: April 18, 2018
Filed: April 20, 2018
Published on e-Laws: April 20, 2018
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: May 5, 2018

Amending O. Reg. 79/10

(GENERAL)

1. Paragraphs 1 to 4 of subsection 215 (4) of Ontario Regulation 79/10 are revoked and the following substituted:

1. Every offence with which the person has been charged under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or any applicable federal law related to cannabis and the outcome of the charge.

2. Every order of a judge or justice of the peace made against the person in respect of an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or any applicable federal law related to cannabis, including a peace bond, probation order, prohibition order or warrant.

3. Every restraining order made against the person under the Family Law Act or the Children’s Law Reform Act.

4. Every offence of which the person has been convicted under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or any applicable federal law related to cannabis.

2. Paragraph 5 of subsection 225 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “the name and contact information” and substituting “the contact information”.

3. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

Re-inspection fees

299.1 Where an inspector conducts an inspection to determine compliance with an order made under section 153 or 154 of the Act,

(a) the fee for the first inspection is nil; and

(b) the fee for each subsequent inspection to determine compliance with that order or with a subsequent order under one of those sections is $500.

Administrative monetary penalties

299.2 (1) This section applies where there has been an initial failure by a licensee to comply with a requirement under the Act, resulting in an order under section 153 or 154 of the Act, followed by a second or subsequent failure by the licensee to comply with the same requirement that also results in an order under section 153 or 154 of the Act.

(2) The administrative penalty for a second failure to comply with a requirement under the Act set out in Column 1 of the Table to this section is the amount set out for that item in Column 3 of the Table.

(3) If a subsequent failure occurs, the administrative penalty is,

(a) for the third failure, twice the amount set out for that item in Column 3 of the Table;

(b) for the fourth failure, three times the amount set out for that item in Column 3 of the Table;

(c) for the fifth failure, four times the amount set out for that item in Column 3 of the Table; and

(d) for each subsequent failure, five times the amount set out for that item in Column 3 of the Table.

Table

Item

Column 1

Requirement under the Act

Column 2

Description of Failure to Comply

Column 3

Amount of Administrative Penalty, in dollars

1.

Act, s. 3 (1)

Residents’ Bill of Rights

5,000

2.

Act, s. 8 (1)

Nursing and personal support services

5,000

3.

Act, s. 8 (3)

24-hour nursing care

5,000

4.

Act, s. 11

Dietary services and hydration

5,000

5.

Act, s. 19

Duty to protect

5,000

6.

Act, s. 20

Policy to promote zero tolerance

5,000

7.

Act, s. 23

Licensee must investigate, respond and act

5,000

8.

Act, s. 24

Reporting certain matters to Director

5,000

9.

Act, s. 29

Policy to minimize restraining of residents, etc.

5,000

10.

Act, s. 30 (1)

Protection from certain restraining

5,000

11.

Act, s. 31

Restraining by physical devices

5,000

12.

Act, s. 70

Administrator

10,000

13.

Act, s. 71

Director of Nursing and Personal Care

10,000

14.

Act, s. 72

Medical Director

10,000

15.

Act, s. 86

Infection prevention and control program

5,000

16.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 9

Doors in a home

5,000

17.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 15

Bed rails

5,000

18.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 16

Windows

5,000

19.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 31 (2)

Nursing and personal support services

5,000

20.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 31 (3)

Nursing and personal support services, staffing plan

5,000

21.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 48

Required programs

5,000

22.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 49

Falls prevention and management

5,000

23.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 50

Skin and wound care

5,000

24.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 51

Continence care and bowel management

5,000

25.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 52

Pain management

5,000

26.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 53

Responsive behaviours

5,000

27.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 68

Nutrition care and hydration programs

5,000

28.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 69

Weight changes

5,000

29.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 74

Registered dietitian

5,000

30.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75

Nutrition manager

5,000

31.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 91

Hazardous substances

5,000

32.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 98

Police notification

5,000

33.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 107

Reports re critical incidents

5,000

34.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 110

Requirements relating to restraining by a physical device

5,000

35.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 112

Prohibited devices that limit movement

5,000

36.

O. Reg. 79/10, s.129 (1)

Safe storage of drugs

5,000

37.

O. Reg. 79/10, s.131

Administration of drugs

5,000

38.

O. Reg. 79/10, s.135

Medication incidents and adverse drug reactions

5,000

39.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 212 (1)

Administrator

10,000

40.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 212 (4)

Administrator, qualifications

10,000

41.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 212 (5)

Administrator, qualifications exception

10,000

42.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 212 (6)

Administrator, program enrolment

10,000

43.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 213 (1)

Director of Nursing and Personal Care

10,000

44.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 213 (4)

Director of Nursing and Personal Care, qualifications

10,000

45.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 213 (5)

Director of Nursing and Personal Care, qualifications exception

10,000

46.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 229

Infection prevention and control program

5,000

47.

O. Reg. 79/10, s. 230

Emergency plans

5,000

48.

Any requirement under the Act not otherwise provided for in this Table.

Failure to comply with any other requirement under the Act

1,000

Commencement

4. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2018 and the day it is filed.

(2) Section 3 comes into force on January 1, 2019.

 

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