68 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1.  prescribing additional duties, functions and powers of program supervisors; 2.  prescribing additional community support services for the purpose of paragraph 10 of subsection 2 (4), additional homemaking services for the purpose of paragraph 14 of subsection 2 (5), additional personal support services for the purpose of paragraph 6 of subsection 2 (6) and additional professional services for the purpose of paragraph 9 of subsection 2 (7); 3.  prescribing equipment, supplies and other goods for the purpose of paragraph 9 of subsection 2 (4); 4.  prescribing equipment, supplies and other goods for the purpose of paragraph 13 of subsection 2 (5); 5.  prescribing equipment, supplies and other goods for the purpose of paragraph 5 of subsection 2 (6); 6.  prescribing equipment, supplies and other goods for the purpose of paragraph 8 of subsection 2 (7); 7.  defining or clarifying any word or expression that is used in this Act but not defined in this Act; 8.  Repealed:  1997, c. 15, s. 10 (1). 9.  governing the manner of determining the amounts of payments that may be made to approved agencies under sections 5 and 6, prescribing the time, manner, terms and conditions of payment and providing for the suspension and withholding of payments and for the making of deductions from payments; 10.-12.  Repealed:  2011, c. 1, Sched. 6, s. 4 (20). 13.  governing transfers, assignments, leases and encumbrances of, and conveyances of an interest in, the assets of approved agencies for the purpose of section 19; 14.  prescribing by-law provisions for the purpose of section 20; 15.  governing applications for community services, including requiring applicants for community services to provide specified information or proof and requiring that the information be provided under oath; 16.  governing assessments by approved agencies of the requirements of applicants for community services; 17.  governing the determination of the eligibility of persons applying for community services, including prescribing eligibility criteria and other rules and procedures for determining eligibility and prescribing who may make determinations of eligibility; 18.  regulating the amounts of different classes of services that may be provided to applicants for community services; 19.  governing plans of service, including their development, evaluation and revision; 20.  governing waiting lists for community services, including prescribing rules for ranking applicants in terms of their priority for service provision; 21.  governing the termination of the provision of community services to a person; 22.  requiring or permitting approved agencies to charge fees to persons receiving community support services or homemaking services under specified circumstances and regulating the amounts of the fees required or permitted to be charged, including prescribing the manner of determining the amounts of the fees required or permitted to be charged; 23.  providing for the collection of information and the making of investigations regarding the financial and other circumstances of applicants for community services, for the purpose of assessing their requirements, determining their eligibility, developing their plans of service, determining the amounts of the fees to be paid by them and complying with federal-provincial cost-sharing requirements; 24.  governing the plan required to be developed and implemented under section 26; 25.  governing the notice required to be given under section 25, including prescribing alternative formats for the purpose of subsection 25 (4) and prescribing additional matters which must be set out in the notice; 26.  governing the quality management system required to be developed and implemented under section 27; 27.  requiring service providers to keep specified accounts and records and governing such accounts and records; 27.1  governing approvals, funding and related matters for the purposes of section 28.5; 27.2  prescribing the community services that may be funded for the purposes of section 28.5; 27.3  providing for additional provisions of this Act and the regulations that apply to the provision of funding under section 28.5, and clarifying the application of this Act and the regulations to such funding; 28.  prescribing the reports, documents and information to be provided under clause 30 (a) and the times at which they are to be provided; 29.  governing the posting of documents and information under section 31, including prescribing additional documents and information that must be posted; 30.  prescribing additional functions and duties of approved agencies and other service providers; 31.  prescribing rules, standards and procedures for the purpose of section 38; 32.  requiring that service providers have certain qualifications or meet certain requirements and prescribing the qualifications or requirements; 33.  prescribing the manner of determining a long-term care facility’s daily rate for the purpose of section 59; 34.  prescribing rules, obligations and procedures in relation to the enforcement of the right to which the Minister is subrogated under subsection 59 (2) or the recovery of a cost referred to in subsection 59 (2), including regulations, i.  governing the commencement, conduct and settlement of a proceeding to recover the cost of approved services, ii.  requiring that the injured person and his or her solicitor act on behalf of the Minister in the proceeding, iii.  prescribing the portion of the costs incurred by the injured person in the proceeding that shall be borne by the Minister, and iv.  requiring specified notices to be given; 35.  governing the location, management, operation, acquisition, construction, alteration and renovation of buildings in which community services are provided; 36.  governing the membership of approved agencies; 37.  governing the selection and composition of the board of directors of approved agencies; 38.  governing the management and operation of approved agencies; 39.  Repealed:  2011, c. 1, Sched. 6, s. 4 (20). 40.  governing the relationship and the contracts between an approved agency and any person from whom it purchases community services; 41.  providing for the recovery of payments made to service providers under this Act; 42.  relating to the security, retention or disposal of a record of personal health information within the meaning of the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004, but only to the extent that a regulation made under this paragraph is consistent with that Act and the regulations made under it; 42.1  Repealed:  2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 89 (21). 43.  governing the complaints review process required to be established by an approved agency under section 39; 43.1  governing the costs that may be recovered under section 59.1, including the determination of those costs, and the evidence that is admissible to prove those costs in an action under that section; 44.  exempting any person or thing from any provision of this Act or the regulations, with or without conditions; 45.  governing transitional matters that may arise due to the enactment of or any amendments, repeals or revocations made by the The People’s Health Care Act, 2019. 1994, c. 26, s. 68 (1); 1996, c. 2, s. 71 (20); 1997, c. 15, s. 10 (1); 1999, c. 10, s. 4; 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 89 (20, 21); 2011, c. 1, Sched. 6, s. 4 (20); 2016, c. 30, s. 40 (6); 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 10 (37). Application (2) A regulation may be general or specific in its application.  1994, c. 26, s. 68 (2). Classes (3) A class described in the regulations may be described according to any characteristic or combination of characteristics and may be described to include or exclude any specified member, whether or not with the same characteristics.  1994, c. 26, s. 68 (3). Retroactivity (4) A regulation is, if it so provides, effective with reference to a period before it is filed.  1994, c. 26, s. 68 (4). Conflict (5) If there is a conflict between a regulation made under paragraph 45 of subsection (1) and any Act or any other regulation, the regulation made under that paragraph prevails. 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 10 (38). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 2, s. 71 (20) - 29/03/1996; 1997, c. 15, s. 10 (1) - 10/10/1997; 1999, c. 10, s. 4 - 05/01/2000 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 89 (20, 21) - 01/11/2004 2011, c. 1, Sched. 6, s. 4 (20) - 30/03/2011 2016, c. 30, s. 40 (6)
- 08/12/2016 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 10 (37, 38) - 06/06/2019