Definitions
1. In this Act, “Appeal Board” means the Health Services Appeal and Review Board under the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Appeal and Review Boards Act, 1998; (“Commission d’appel”) “approved charitable home for the aged” means a building, the buildings or the parts of a building or buildings approved under section 3 as a home for the aged; (“foyer de bienfaisance pour personnes âgées agréé”) “approved charitable institution” means a charitable institution approved under section 3; (“établissement de bienfaisance agréé”) “approved corporation” means a corporation approved under section 2; (“personne morale agréée”) “charitable institution” means all or any part of a building or buildings maintained and operated by an approved corporation for persons requiring residential, sheltered, specialized or group care, but does not include, (a) a children’s residence under Part IX (Licensing) of the Child and Family Services Act, or premises approved under subsection 9 (1) of that Act, (b) a home or joint home under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act, (c) Repealed: 2001, c. 13, s. 4. (d) Repealed: 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, s. 2. (e) a private hospital under the Private Hospitals Act, (f) a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act; (“établissement de bienfaisance”) “Director” means a Director appointed for the purposes of this Act; (“directeur”) “hostel” means a charitable institution for the temporary care of transient or homeless persons; (“centre d’accueil”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section 1 is amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 2006, chapter 4, subsection 43 (1) by adding the following definition: “local health integration network” means a local health integration network as defined in section 2 of the Local Health System Integration Act, 2006; (“réseau local d’intégration des services de santé”) See: 2006, c. 4, ss. 43 (1), 55 (2). “mentally incapable” means unable to understand the information that is relevant to making a decision concerning the subject-matter or unable to appreciate the reasonably foreseeable consequences of a decision or lack of decision; (“mentalement incapable”) “Minister” means, (a) the Minister of Health in relation to matters concerning approved charitable homes for the aged, and (b) the Minister of Community and Social Services in relation to matters concerning any other class of charitable institutions; (“ministre”) “provincial supervisor” means a child welfare supervisor, a welfare institutions supervisor or a Director and includes any other employee of the Ministry of Community and Social Services who is designated by the Minister as a provincial supervisor for the purposes of this Act; (“superviseur provincial”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “resident” means, in the case of an approved charitable home for the aged, a person admitted to and lodged in that home; (“pensionnaire”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section 1 is amended by the Statutes of Ontario, 2006, chapter 4, subsection 43 (1) by adding the following definition: “service accountability agreement” means a service accountability agreement as defined in section 21 of the Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act, 2004; (“entente de responsabilisation en matière de services”) See: 2006, c. 4, ss. 43 (1), 55 (2). “substitute decision-maker”, in relation to a resident of an approved charitable home for the aged, means, (a) the person who would be authorized under the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 to give or refuse consent to a treatment on behalf of the resident if the resident were incapable with respect to the treatment under that Act, or (b) the person who would be authorized under the Health Care Consent Act, 1996 to make a decision concerning a personal assistance service on behalf of the resident if the resident were incapable with respect to the personal assistance service under that Act. (“mandataire spécial”) R.S.O. 1990, c. C.9, s. 1; 1993, c. 2, s. 1; 1994, c. 26, s. 70 (1); 1996, c. 2, s. 61 (1); 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 46 (1); 2001, c. 13, s. 4; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, ss. 2, 17 (2).