Interpretation
1. (1) In this Regulation, “accommodation”, in relation to an approved charitable home for the aged, means basic accommodation in the home or preferred accommodation in the home; “architect” means an architect who is a member in good standing of the Ontario Association of Architects; “basic accommodation”, in relation to an approved charitable home for the aged, means lodging in a standard room in the home, housekeeping services, maintenance and use of the home, dietary services, laundry and linen services, administrative services and raw food; “board” means the board of directors of an approved corporation or a charitable institution; “continuum of care applicant”, in relation to a continuum of care approved charitable home for the aged, means a person who resides in a project set out opposite the approved charitable home for the aged in Column 2 of the Continuum of Care Facilities Table and has resided there as of a date earlier than July 1, 1994; “Continuum of Care Facilities Table” means the table published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care that is titled “Continuum of Care Facilities Table” and that is dated October 24, 1996; “continuum of care approved charitable home for the aged” means an approved charitable home for the aged set out in Column 1 of the Continuum of Care Facilities Table; “design manual” means the document entitled “Long-Term Care Facility Design Manual”, published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and dated May, 1999, and which is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; “dietitian” means a member of the College of Dietitians of Ontario who holds a general certificate of registration under the Dietetics Act, 1991; “interim bed” means a bed that exists in an approved charitable home for the aged for a temporary period of time under the terms of a service agreement for interim beds; “licensed public accountant” means a public accountant licensed under the Public Accountancy Act; “long-stay resident” means a resident of an approved charitable home for the aged who is not a short-stay resident; “physician” means a legally qualified medical practitioner; “preferred accommodation”, in relation to an approved charitable home for the aged, means private accommodation in the home or semi-private accommodation in the home; “private accommodation”, in relation to an approved charitable home for the aged, means lodging in a private room in the home, housekeeping services, maintenance and use of the home, dietary services, laundry and linen services, administrative services and raw food; “private room” means, (a) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the design manual or the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option A” applies, a room with one bed that has a private ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room, (b) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option B” applies, a room with one bed that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room, or (c) in the case of all other approved charitable homes for the aged, a room with one bed, other than a room that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room; “professional engineer” means a professional engineer who is a member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers of the Province of Ontario; “red-circled”, in relation to a year, means determined to be red-circled in accordance with the subsidy calculation worksheet for the year; “registered nurse” means a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who holds a certificate of registration as a registered nurse under the Nursing Act, 1991; “registered nurse in the extended class” means a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who is a registered nurse and who holds an extended certificate of registration under the Nursing Act, 1991; “registered nursing staff” means those members of the nursing staff who are registered nurses including registered nurses in the extended class or registered practical nurses; “registered practical nurse” means a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario who holds a certificate of registration as a registered practical nurse under the Nursing Act, 1991; “related temporary approved charitable home for the aged” means, where all or some of the beds in an approved charitable home for the aged are to be temporarily or permanently closed, another approved charitable home for the aged, if any, that is operated by the same approved corporation and is to provide beds to residents of the original approved charitable home for the aged on a temporary basis until beds in the re-opened approved charitable home for the aged or replacement approved charitable home for the aged are available for those residents; “related temporary home” has the same meaning as in Regulation 637 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 made under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act; “related temporary nursing home” has the same meaning as in Regulation 832 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 made under the Nursing Homes Act; “re-opened approved charitable home for the aged” means, where all or some of the beds in an approved charitable home for the aged are to be temporarily closed, the same approved charitable home for the aged once those beds are re-opened; “re-opened home” has the same meaning as in Regulation 637 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 made under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act; “re-opened nursing home” has the same meaning as in Regulation 832 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 made under the Nursing Homes Act; “replacement approved charitable home for the aged” means, where all or some of the beds in an approved charitable home for the aged are to be permanently closed, the new approved charitable home for the aged, if any, to be operated by the same approved corporation and to serve as a replacement for the beds being closed in the original approved charitable home for the aged; “replacement home” has the same meaning as in Regulation 637 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 made under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act; “replacement nursing home” has the same meaning as in Regulation 832 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 made under the Nursing Homes Act; “resident”, in relation to a charitable institution other than an approved charitable home for the aged, means a person admitted to and lodged in the institution; “resident classification form” means a form that contains questions designed to measure the functional abilities and care requirements of a resident of an approved charitable home for the aged and that is approved by the Minister for use in the classification process described in section 28; “retrofit manual” means the document entitled “Long-Term Care ‘D’ Facility Retrofit Design Manual”, published by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and dated January, 2002, and which is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; “semi-private accommodation”, in relation to an approved charitable home for the aged, means lodging in a semi-private room in the home, housekeeping services, maintenance and use of the home, dietary services, laundry and linen services, administrative services and raw food; “semi-private room” means, (a) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the design manual or the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option A” applies, a room with one bed that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation, (b) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the part of the retrofit manual concerning resident bedrooms and headed “Option B” applies, a room with two beds that affords privacy to each resident, and that has an ensuite washroom, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation, or (c) in the case of all other approved charitable homes for the aged, a room with two beds, other than a room that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation; “short-stay program” means a program in which a person is admitted to an approved charitable home for the aged for a definite number of days; “short-stay resident” means a resident of an approved charitable home for the aged who has been admitted to a short-stay program; “spouse” means a person, (a) to whom the person is married, or (b) with whom the person is living, or was living immediately before one of them was admitted to an approved charitable home for the aged, in a conjugal relationship outside marriage, if the two persons, (i) have cohabited for at least one year, (ii) are together the parents of a child, or (iii) have together entered into a cohabitation agreement under section 53 of the Family Law Act; “standard room” means, (a) in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged to which the design manual or the retrofit manual applies, a room with one or two beds that affords privacy to each resident, that has an ensuite washroom, and that is designated as a standard room by an approved corporation, or (b) in the case of all other approved charitable homes for the aged, (i) a room with three or more beds, or (ii) a room with less than three beds that is designated by an approved corporation as a standard room; “subsidy calculation worksheet” means, (a) for the years 1993 to 1998, the documents published by the Ministry of Health that are set out opposite the year in Table 2, and (b) for the years 1999 and following years, the forms approved by the Minister that are set out opposite the year in Table 2; “veterans’ priority access bed” means a bed that has been designated as a veteran’s priority access bed under section 9.8 of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 69, s. 1; O. Reg. 368/93, s. 1; O. Reg. 371/94, s. 1 (1, 2); O. Reg. 535/94, s. 1; O. Reg. 341/96, s. 1; O. Reg. 63/00, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 181/01, s. 1; O. Reg. 119/02, s. 1 (1-5); O. Reg. 269/02, s. 1; O. Reg. 63/03, s. 1; O. Reg. 337/04, s. 1; O. Reg. 327/05, s. 1 (1, 2). (2) Two persons are partners for the purpose of this Regulation if they have lived together for at least one year and have a close personal relationship that is of primary importance in both persons’ lives. O. Reg. 371/94, s. 1 (3). (3) Revoked: O. Reg. 327/05, s. 1 (3).