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”) “billing number” means the unique identifying number issued by the General Manager to a physician, practitioner or health facility that has been granted a billing number by the General Manager under section 16.2; (“numéro de facturation”) “Deputy Minister” means the Deputy Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; (“sous-ministre”) “future cost of insured services” means the estimated total cost of the future insured services made necessary as the result of an injury that will probably be required by a patient after the date of settlement or, where there is no settlement, the first day of trial; (“coût futur des services assurés”) “General Manager” means the General Manager appointed under section 4; (“directeur général”) “health card” means a document in a prescribed form issued by the General Manager; (“carte Santé”) “health facility” means an ambulance service, a medical laboratory and any other facility prescribed by the regulations as a health facility for the purposes of this Act; (“établissement de santé”) “insured person” means a person who is entitled to insured services under this Act and the regulations; (“assuré”) “insured services” means services that are determined under section 11.2 to be insured services; (“services assurés”) “integrated community health services centre” means an integrated community health services centre within the meaning of the Integrated Community Health Services Centres Act, 2023; (“centre de services de santé communautaire intégré”) “justice” has the same meaning as in the Provincial Offences Act; (“juge”) “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministère”) “past cost of insured services” means the total cost of the insured services made necessary as the result of an injury and provided to a patient up to and including the date of settlement or, where there is no settlement, the first day of trial; (“coût antérieur des services assurés”) “personal information” means personal information as defined in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and includes personal health information as defined in the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004; (“renseignements personnels”) “physician” means a legally qualified medical practitioner lawfully entitled to practise medicine in the place where medical services are rendered by the physician or another prescribed person; (“médecin”) “Plan” means the Ontario Health Insurance Plan referred to in section 10; (“Régime”) “practitioner” means a person other than a physician who is lawfully entitled to render insured services in the place where they are rendered; (“praticien”) “prescribed” means prescribed by the regulations; (“prescrit”) “provincial offences officer” has the same meaning as in the Provincial Offences Act; (“agent des infractions provinciales”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “resident” means a resident as defined in the regulations and the verb “reside” has a corresponding meaning; (“résident”) “reviewer” means a reviewer provided for under section 41; (“examinateur”) “schedule of benefits” means the schedule of benefits as defined by the regulations. (“liste des prestations”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.6, s. 1; 1993, c. 2, s. 12; 1993, c. 32, s. 2 (1); 1994, c. 17, s. 68; 1996, c. 1, Sched. H, s. 1 (2) - 1/05/1996; 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 54 (1); 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (2, 4); 2007, c. 10, Sched. G, s. 1; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, ss. 11 (1), 17 (2); 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 1; 2023, c. 4, Sched. 2, s. 5; 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 71 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1993, c. 2, s. 12 - 01/07/1993; 1993, c. 32, s. 2 (1) - 14/12/1993; 1994, c. 17, s. 68 - 01/04/1994; 1996, c. 1, Sched. H, s. 1 (1) - no effect; 1996, c. 1, Sched. H, s. 1 (2) - 01/05/1996; 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 54 (1) - 01/02/1999 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (2, 4) - 22/06/2006 2007, c. 10, Sched. G, s. 1 (1, 2) - 04/09/2007; 2007, c. 10, Sched. G, s. 1 (3) - 01/09/2009 2009, c. 26, s. 11 (1) - no effect - see Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 - 31/12/2019; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, ss. 11 (1), 17 (2) - 15/12/2009 2017, c. 25, Sched. 9, s. 97 (1) - no effect - see 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 67; 2017, c. 25, Sched. 9, s. 97 (2, 3) - no effect - see 2009, c. 26, s. 11 (1) - 31/12/2019 2019, c. 15, Sched. 15, s. 1 (1, 2) - 10/12/2019 2023, c. 4, Sched. 1, s. 71 (1) - 25/09/2023; 2023, c. 4, Sched. 2, s. 5 - 24/07/2023 Administration