Interpretation
1. (1) In this Regulation, “analyst” means a medical laboratory technologist at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Central Public Health Laboratory; “applicant” means a person who submits an application to a medical officer of health for an order pursuant to section 22.1 of the Act; “Applicant Report” means an Applicant Report made in the form approved by the Minister; “applicant’s disclosure” means all information contained in sections “C” (Details of Occurrence) and “D” (Additional Information) of the Applicant Report and all information contained in section “C” (History of Exposure) of the Physician Report; “application” means a completed Applicant Report together with a completed Physician Report submitted to the medical officer of health of the board of health of the appropriate health unit; “appropriate health unit” for the purposes of submitting an application to a medical officer of health pursuant to section 22.1 of the Act, means the health unit for the area where the respondent resides; “Central Public Health Laboratory” means the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Central Public Health Laboratory; “crime” means an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada) committed in Ontario which results in physical injury to a victim and as a result of which the victim may have come into contact with a bodily substance of a respondent; “day” means Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. local time, but does not include Saturdays, Sundays or statutory holidays; “laboratory requisition” means a laboratory requisition made in the form approved by the Minister; “occurrence” means the events alleged by an applicant which cause him or her to come into contact with a bodily substance of a respondent; “Physician Report” means a Physician Report made in the form approved by the Minister and including the information specified in this Regulation; “prescribed communicable disease” means a disease prescribed under section 2; “report to police” means a report of the facts alleging a crime in Ontario made to local police authorities by a victim; “reporting physician” means a physician who is qualified to make a Physician Report pursuant to section 22.1 of the Act; “respondent” means a person who has been identified by an applicant as a person whose bodily substances the applicant may have come into contact with; “respondent blood analysis report” means a report on the results of the analysis of a blood sample taken from a respondent in accordance with an order made pursuant to section 22.1 of the Act; “Respondent Report” means a Respondent Report made in the form approved by the Minister; “respondent’s disclosure” means all information contained in sections “B” (Details of Occurrence) and “D” (Additional Information) of the Respondent Report; “victim” means a person who may have come into contact with a bodily substance of a respondent as a result of sustaining physical injury from any act or omission in Ontario of a respondent occurring in or resulting from the commission of a crime. O. Reg. 166/03, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 375/03, s. 1. (2) A reference in this Regulation to a form is a reference to the form of that name that is approved by the Minister for the purposes of this Regulation, and that is available from the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care or on a website of that Ministry, or both. O. Reg. 166/03, s. 1 (2). (3) For the purpose of calculating time under this Regulation, where there is a reference to a number of days between two events, they shall be counted by excluding the day on which the first event happens and including the day on which the second event happens. O. Reg. 166/03, s. 1 (3).