121 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, 1. specifying anything that this Act describes as prescribed, specified, described or defined in the regulations or done by or in accordance with the regulations; 2. defining physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse and financial abuse for the purposes of the definition of “abuse” in subsection 2 (1); 3. defining any of the terms used in the definition of “care service” or “retirement home” in subsection 2 (1) or used in subsection 2 (2); 4. governing the designation of rights advisors; 5. specifying classes of licence that may be issued under this Act, the care services authorized for each class of licence and the obligations, terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions relating to each class of licence; 6. governing applications for a licence or a class of licence; 7. governing the issuance of licences to operate retirement homes, including specifying the requirements for the issuance of a licence or a class of licence and the grounds of ineligibility for a licence or a class of licence; 8. providing for transitional matters that the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary or advisable for the effective implementation of this Act and the regulations in connection with, i. the issuance of licences to operators of retirement homes, or ii. the application of prescribed provisions of this Act or the regulations to licensees or other prescribed persons; 9. exempting any licensee or class or classes of licensees or any person from any provision of this Act or the regulations for the time period or on the conditions specified in the regulations; 10. governing the termination of a licence, including prescribing times at which or events upon which a licence terminates; 11. governing how licensees shall respect and promote the rights set out in the Residents’ Bill of Rights; 12. defining “non-arm’s length relationship” for the purposes of clause 54 (2) (o) or “night time” for the purposes of clause 54 (2) (t); 12.1 governing the provision of information under subsection 55 (3); 13. governing the process for establishing a Residents’ Council; 14. requiring the licensee of a retirement home to assist in the establishment of a Residents’ Council for the home and governing the assistance, financial or otherwise, that the licensee is required to provide to the Council; 15. governing plans of care, including governing their form, content, development, implementation and review, and specifying matters that must be set out in them; 16. governing the documentation required by subsection 62 (11), including specifying criteria for determining the effectiveness of a plan of care; 17. governing the assessment of residents for the purpose of section 62, including determining the type of assessment to use, establishing criteria for the assessment and determining whether residents meet the criteria; 18. governing screening measures for the purposes of section 64; 19. requiring a licensee of a retirement home to obtain regular declarations about criminal convictions and other regular declarations that are prescribed from the staff and volunteers of the home and persons who apply to be staff members or volunteers of the home; 20. governing training for the purposes of subsection 65 (2), (4) or (5), section 66 or clause 90 (3) (b); 20.1 governing the training of external care providers and information to be provided to external care providers by licensees; 21. specifying the provisions of the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 that are to apply with respect to retirement homes and residents of retirement homes if those provisions do not so apply under the terms of that Act and specifying any modifications or variations with which those provisions are to apply, including additions to or substitutions for those provisions; 21.1 governing the confinement of residents, including setting requirements for confinement in addition to those set out in this Act; 22. governing all matters relating to a review mentioned in subsection 70 (6), including, i. conferring on the prescribed person or entity conducting the review the authority to conduct the review, ii. governing the requirements that a person must fulfil in order to have the right to apply for the review, iii. specifying the matters that may be reviewed, iv. governing the conduct of the review, including the procedures to be followed, and v. governing the decisions that the prescribed person or entity conducting the review may make and the powers that the person or entity may exercise upon completing the review; 23. governing the information that must be included in the written and verbal notices required by subsection 70 (8); 24. governing a resident’s right to consult a rights adviser for the purposes of section 70 and the process for doing so and governing the information that a rights advisor must include in the explanation mentioned in clause 70 (11) (a); 25. specifying rules for the proper use of restraints by a physical device or by the administration of a drug when used pursuant to the common law duty mentioned in subsection 71 (1); 26. governing the types of records that a licensee must keep when restraining a resident or confining a resident pursuant to the common law duty mentioned in subsection 71 (1), including governing the form and content of the records and specifying matters that must be set out in them; 27. requiring a licensee of a retirement home to keep records, including health records, with respect to residents of the home, specifying the records that the licensee must keep and governing those records and the keeping of them; 28. requiring a licensee of a retirement home to establish a trust account for the purpose of section 72 and governing the administration of the account, including setting limits on the amount that may be held in the account; 28.1 governing or prohibiting borrowing money or other property from a resident or receiving or holding a resident’s money or property; 29. governing the administration and maintenance of the Fund; 30. specifying the terms of the trust for the holding of the Fund in trust; 31. requiring licensees to make payments into the Fund and otherwise participate in the Fund and governing the participation of licensees in the Fund; 32. respecting the payment out of the Fund of claims and respecting the procedures and rules to be followed in respect of claims, including, i. specifying maximum amounts that may be paid out of the Fund in different circumstances, ii. permitting the Registrar, with the approval of the board of the Authority to authorize the payment out of the Fund of amounts exceeding the prescribed maximum amount in specified circumstances, iii. specifying rules that apply to payment out of the Fund of claims arising out of a major event, including the right to defer payment, to pay in instalments or to partially reimburse, and iv. permitting the Registrar to designate one or more events as a major event and specifying the matters the Registrar shall consider in designating a major event; 33. requiring the Authority to make decisions in respect of claims made against the Fund available to the public, specifying the manner required for making the decisions available to the public, including requiring their publication, and governing the information contained in the decision that the Authority shall not disclose to the public; 34. permitting the Registrar, in specified circumstances, to direct that payments be made from the Fund in order to enable or assist a resident to find, move to and pay for alternate available accommodation or to access external care providers in prescribed circumstances, and specifying matters that the Registrar may consider in deciding whether to make the direction; 35. respecting the payment out of the Fund for matters relating to the administration and operation of the Fund; 36. permitting the Registrar, in specified circumstances, to direct that payments be made from the Fund to the Authority for matters relating to the Authority’s carrying out its duties or powers or to direct the Authority to reduce the fees payable by applicants for a licence or by licensees under section 21 or 38; 37. governing the process for appealing a decision made relating to payments out of the Fund and the rights of parties affected by the appeal; 38. specifying the circumstances under which a licensee is required to reimburse the Fund for the payment of claims to residents of the licensee’s retirement home and specifying rules respecting the time and manner for the reimbursement and the imposition of penalties and interest; 39. governing the reimbursement by a licensee to the Fund for money paid out of the Fund to reimburse a resident of the licensee’s retirement home; 40. governing procedures and obligations if a licensee is in default in making a prescribed payment to the Fund; 41. respecting the borrowing of money to supplement the Fund; 42. specifying requirements that the written complaints procedure of a licensee mentioned in subsection 73 (1) must satisfy; 43. specifying the frequency with which retirement homes shall be inspected under this Act; 44. specifying additional duties and powers of inspectors; 45. governing the orders that the Registrar may make under section 89, 90, 91, 92.1, 93 or 95, including specifying factors that the Registrar is required to take into account in determining whether to issue such an order and specifying how the Registrar is required to take the factors into account in making the determination; 45.1 specifying extraordinary circumstances for the purpose of subsection 92.1 (1); 46. governing administrative penalties that the Registrar may order and all matters necessary and incidental to the administration of a system of administrative penalties, including, i. specifying the amount of an administrative penalty or providing for the determination of the amount of an administrative penalty by specifying the method of calculating the amount and the criteria to be considered in determining the amount, ii. providing for different amounts to be paid, or different calculations or criteria to be used, depending on the circumstances that gave rise to the administrative penalty or the time at which the penalty is paid, iii. specifying information that must be included in an order for payment of an administrative penalty, and iv. governing the review by the Tribunal of an order for payment of an administrative penalty; 47. governing procedures for hearings held by the Tribunal under this Act, including specifying which provisions of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act apply to the hearings and which provisions of that Act do not apply to the hearings; 48. specifying the rules that apply to the information that is contained in a register mentioned in subsection 106 (1), including rules for the length of time that the information must remain in a register and for the removal of information from a register; 49.  Repealed: 2021, c. 39, Sched. 3, s. 15 (6). 2010, c. 11, s. 121 (1); 2017, c. 25, Sched. 10, s. 27 (1-4); 2021, c. 39, Sched. 3, s. 15. Scope (2) A regulation may be general or specific in its application to any person, place or thing or any class of them, may impose different requirements, conditions or restrictions on or in respect of any class and may be limited as to time and place.  2010, c. 11, s. 121 (2). Classes (3) A class described in a regulation 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.  2010, c. 11, s. 121 (3). Classes of retirement homes (4) Subject to subsection (3), a class of retirement homes described in a regulation may be described with respect to any of the following characteristics: 1. The number of residents of the home. 2. The size of the home’s buildings, structures or premises. 3. The type of care services available directly or indirectly to the residents of the home. 4. The location of the home.  2010, c. 11, s. 121 (4). Rolling incorporation by reference (5) If a regulation adopts by reference any code, standard, guideline or similar document that is made by a body that is not part of the Government of Ontario, the regulation may require compliance with the code, standard or guideline, as amended from time to time, whether the amendment was made before or after the regulation was made. 2017, c. 25, Sched. 10, s. 27 (5). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2017, c. 25, Sched. 10, s. 27 (1-5) - 12/12/2017 2021, c. 39, Sched. 3, s. 15 (1, 4, 5) - 16/03/2022; 2021, c. 39, Sched. 3, s. 15 (2, 3, 6) - 09/12/2021 122 Repealed: 2023, c. 20, Sched. 16, s. 1. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2023, c. 20, Sched. 16, s. 1 - 04/12/2023 123-126 Omitted
(provides for amendments to this Act).  2010, c. 11, ss. 123-126. Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2020 part IX (OMITTED) 127, 128 Omitted (amends, repeals or revokes other legislation).  2010, c. 11, ss. 127, 128. part X (OMITTED) 129 Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Act).  2010, c. 11, s. 129. 130 Omitted (enacts short title of this Act).  2010, c. 11, s. 130. ______________  Français