ontario regulation 120/22

made under the

Regulated Health Professions Act, 1991

Made: February 10, 2022
Filed: February 28, 2022
Published on e-Laws: February 28, 2022
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 19, 2022

Amending O. Reg. 107/96

(CONTROLLED ACTS)

1. Section 3.1 of Ontario Regulation 107/96 is amended by striking out the portion before clause (a) and substituting the following:

3.1 A member of the College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of applying electromagnetism if the application is ordered by a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, a member of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario who holds a specialty certificate of registration authorizing the practice of the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who is a registered nurse in the extended class and,

. . . . .

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following section:

7.4 A member of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario who holds a specialty certificate of registration authorizing the practice of the specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery or a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who is a registered nurse in the extended class is exempt from subsection 27 (1) of the Act for the purpose of ordering the application of electromagnetism if,

(a)  the electromagnetism is applied for magnetic resonance imaging using equipment that is,

(i)  installed in a site of a public hospital where the public hospital is approved as a public hospital under the Public Hospitals Act and the site of the public hospital is graded under that Act as a Group N site of a hospital, and

(ii)  operated by the public hospital mentioned in subclause (i);

(b)  the electromagnetism is applied for magnetic resonance imaging using equipment that is installed in, and operated by, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute;

(c)  the electromagnetism is applied for magnetic resonance imaging and all of the following conditions are met:

(i)  the electromagnetism is used to support, assist and be a necessary adjunct, or any of them, to an insured service within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act,

(ii)  the magnetic resonance imaging is provided to persons who are insured persons within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act,

(iii)  the electromagnetism is applied in an independent health facility licensed under the Independent Health Facilities Act in respect of magnetic resonance imaging; or

(d)  the electromagnetism is applied for magnetic resonance imaging and all of the following conditions are met:

(i)  the electromagnetism is not used to support, assist and be a necessary adjunct, or any of them, to an insured service within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act, or the magnetic resonance imaging is not provided to persons who are insured persons within the meaning of that Act, or both,

(ii)  the electromagnetism is applied in a facility that is operated by an operator that holds a licence under the Independent Health Facilities Act in respect of magnetic resonance imaging,

(iii)  the electromagnetism is applied in a facility that is operated on the same premises as the independent health facility licensed under the Independent Health Facilities Act in respect of magnetic resonance imaging that is operated by the operator mentioned in subclause (ii),

(iv)  the electromagnetism is applied using the same equipment that is used to provide magnetic resonance imaging in the independent health facility licensed under the Independent Health Facilities Act in respect of magnetic resonance imaging that is operated by the operator mentioned in subclause (ii),

(v)  the operator of the facility in which the electromagnetism is applied is a party to a valid and subsisting agreement with the Minister concerning the provision of magnetic resonance imaging.

Commencement

3. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2022 and the day this Regulation is filed.

Made by:
Pris par :

La ministre de la Santé,

Christine Elliott

Minister of Health

Date made: February 10, 2022
Pris le : 10 février 2022