193 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. 2021, c. 39, Sched. 1, s. 193 (1). Specific inclusions (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1. respecting the management and operation of long-term care homes; 2. defining physical, sexual, emotional, verbal and financial abuse for the purposes of the definition of “abuse” in subsection 2 (1); 3. defining “caregiver” for the purposes of any provision of this Act; 4. defining and governing what constitutes having a “controlling interest” in a licensee for the purposes of this Act; 5. providing for exceptions to the definition of “staff” in subsection 2 (1); 6. providing that provisions of this Act specified in the regulation do not apply with respect to, i. all persons falling within the definition of “staff” in subsection 2 (1), ii. specified persons or classes of persons falling within that definition; 7. defining “accommodation”, “basic accommodation” and “preferred accommodation” for the purposes of any provision of this Act; 8. defining “neglect” for the purposes of any provision of this Act; 8.1 prescribing persons who are “physicians”, “registered nurses”, “registered nurses in the extended class” or “registered practical nurses” for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of specified provisions of this Act; 8.2 establishing and governing limitations, terms or conditions on the manner in which persons referred to in paragraph 8.1 may carry out their duties and responsibilities under this Act and the duties of licensees with respect to those persons; 9. defining any word or expression used in this Act but not defined in this Act; 10. governing the manner of responding to complaints and reports; 11. defining “drug” for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of any provision of this Act; 12. designating rights advisers or providing for the designation of rights advisers; 13. clarifying the meaning of “non-profit” and “for-profit” for the purposes of any provision of this Act; 14. requiring licensees to provide or offer certain types of accommodation, care, services, programs and goods to residents, and governing the accommodation, care, services, programs and goods that must be provided or offered, including establishing standards or outcomes to be met; 15. governing the records, including health records, kept by licensees with respect to residents, including requiring specified records to be kept; 16. requiring that parts of the licensed bed capacity of long-term care homes be set aside for various classes of accommodation, and regulating the amount of bed capacity that must be set aside for each class; 17. governing the construction, establishment, location, safety, equipment, maintenance and repair of and additions or alterations to long-term care homes, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, i. requiring the approval of the Director before work is begun or at specified stages of the work, ii. requiring the approval of the Director before beginning to use a newly constructed home or the parts of a home that have been repaired, added or altered, and iii. requiring information, plans and other material to be furnished to the Director; 18. requiring licensees to establish trust accounts for residents, and governing the administration of the trust accounts, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, setting limits on the amount that may be held in a trust account; 19. for the purposes of protecting the privacy of any individual, limiting, i. the requirement to post an inspection report or order under clause 85 (3) (l), ii. the obligation to give an inspection report to the Residents’ Council or Family Council under section 152, and iii. the requirement to publish an inspection report or order under section 180; 20. requiring licensees to file financial statements with the Director, and governing the content of those statements; 21. governing methods of service for the purposes of section 190, and providing for when anything is deemed to have been served; 22. requiring any report required under this Act to be provided in the form and manner provided for in the regulations, including requiring any report to be made under oath; 23. requiring the payment of a fee for the following, and governing the amount of a fee or how the amount of a fee is determined, including providing for costs incurred in the course of deciding the matter: i. the issuance of a licence or the transfer of a licence or beds under a licence, ii. any approval of the Director, or any decision of the Director as to whether or not to give an approval, or any inspection of a home conducted because the Director considers an inspection desirable in deciding whether or not to give an approval, unless this Act specifically provides that no fee is payable, iii. an audit or financial review, including an audit or financial review done as part of an inspection; 24. requiring licensees of long-term care homes to pay annual or other periodic licence fees, and governing the amounts of those fees, or how the amounts of those fees are determined; 25. governing the closing of a long-term care home, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, imposing requirements that must be satisfied before the surrender of a licence or approval; 26. providing for exemptions from this Act or any provision of this Act, subject to any conditions that may be set out in the regulation; 27. providing for any transitional matters the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable in connection with the implementation of this Act; 28. providing for anything that under this Act may or must be provided for or designated in regulations, or that is to be done in compliance with or in accordance with the regulations. 2021, c. 39, Sched. 1, s. 193 (2); 2023, c. 4, Sched. 2, s. 2 (6). Transitional regulations (3) A regulation under paragraph 27 of subsection (2) may provide that it applies despite this or any other general or special Act. 2021, c. 39, Sched. 1, s. 193 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2023, c. 4, Sched. 2, s. 2 (6) - 24/07/2023