61 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Part. 2021, c. 39, Sched. 1, s. 61 (1). Specific inclusions (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations, (a) governing determinations of eligibility for long-term care home admission; (b) governing authorizations of admission to long-term care homes, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) providing for priorities for persons in circumstances specified in the regulations or for classes of persons specified in the regulations, (ii) governing the notices to be given by licensees under subsections 51 (8) and (9); (c) governing placement co-ordinators, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) providing for classes of persons or entities that are ineligible to be designated as placement co-ordinators, (ii) providing for how placement co-ordinators shall co-ordinate with each other, (iii) governing the transfer of responsibility for applications between placement co-ordinators under section 54; (d) requiring placement co-ordinators to ensure that persons seeking admission to long-term care homes receive information about their rights and assistance in exercising their rights; (e) providing for exemptions from provisions of this Part, subject to any conditions that may be set out in the regulations; (f) modifying the application of this Part for emergencies or other special circumstances specified in the regulations; (g) providing for applications under section 51 for admission to a long-term care home to be made before the home is licensed or approved; (h) defining “veteran” for the purposes of section 57; (h.1) governing the actions that may be performed under section 60.1 with respect to ALC patients, including, (i) prescribing and governing any procedures that must be followed in performing the actions, (ii) specifying any requirements, criteria, restrictions or conditions that apply to the actions, (iii) modifying the application of any provision of this Act or the regulations to the actions, subject to any requirements, restrictions or conditions that may be set out, (iv) providing exemptions from any provisions of this Act or the regulations in relation to the actions, subject to any requirements, restrictions or conditions that may be set out, (v) governing the collection, use and disclosure of personal health information as described in paragraph 5 of subsection 60.1 (3), which may include prescribing additional persons who can collect, use or disclose personal health information in accordance with that paragraph; (h.2) modifying the application of any provision of sections 49 to 54 or the regulations, or providing exemptions from them, with respect to ALC patients who have consented to the application process as described in subsection 60.1 (6); (i) providing for anything that under this Part may or must be provided for in regulations, or that is to be done in compliance with or in accordance with the regulations. 2021, c. 39, Sched. 1, s. 61 (2); 2022, c. 16, s. 3. Different requirements for programs, groups (3) The regulations may provide for different requirements for programs or groups specified in the regulations. 2021, c. 39, Sched. 1, s. 61 (3). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2022, c. 16, s. 3
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