Waiting lists and admission, ALC patients
 240.3 (1) If the ALC patient or their substitute decision-maker, if any, refuses to make an application for authorization of admission to the long-term care home selected by the placement co-ordinator, no application is required to authorize admission under section 60.1 of the Act. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2.  (2) If the ALC patient or their substitute decision-maker, if any, has made an application for authorization of admission under section 51 of the Act to a home or homes or agrees to the application for authorization of admission to a home or homes selected by the placement co-ordinator under section 60.1 of the Act, the placement co-ordinator shall place the patient in category 1 of the waiting list referred to in section 188 of this Regulation in respect of every waiting list on which they are placed unless the patient would otherwise be placed in a higher ranking category. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (3) If the ALC patient or their substitute decision-maker, if any, refuses to make an application for authorization of admission to the long-term care home selected by the placement co-ordinator under section 60.1 of the Act, the placement co-ordinator shall place the patient in category 1 of the waiting list referred to in section 188 of this Regulation in respect of every waiting list on which they are placed, unless the patient would otherwise be placed in a higher ranking category. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (4) If the ALC patient was admitted to a home chosen by the placement co-ordinator under section 60.1 of the Act or consents to admission to a home chosen by the placement co-ordinator and, immediately prior to the admission to the home, they met the criteria set out in subsection 227 (2) of this Regulation, the placement co-ordinator shall maintain their place on the applicable waiting list for a reunification priority access bed. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (5) The placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an ALC patient to a long-term care home selected by the placement co-ordinator only if, (a)  the licensee of the home has not withdrawn the approval of the applicant’s admission under section 202; (b)  the information provided to the licensee under subsection 240.2 (10) was obtained by the placement co-ordinator within three months preceding the authorization or if, within the preceding three months, there was a significant change in the ALC patient’s condition or circumstances and a reassessment was made at that time; and (c)  there is no one who ranks ahead of the ALC patient on the waiting list for the home. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (6) In cases where only basic accommodation has been requested by the ALC patient or their substitute decision-maker, if any, or where basic accommodation has been selected by the placement co-ordinator under subsection 240.2 (6), the appropriate placement co-ordinator may authorize the ALC patient’s admission to preferred accommodation in the home and, in such a case, the licensee shall make the accommodation available as basic accommodation. O. Reg. 66/23, s. 34 (1). (7) If the placement co-ordinator authorizes placement in preferred accommodation under subsection (6) and the ALC patient moves into the home, the licensee shall place them on the internal transfer list in accordance with clause 239 (1) (a) on the date of the patient’s admission even if the patient has not explicitly requested the transfer. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (8) If the ALC patient is admitted as a resident to preferred accommodation under subsection (6), the licensee is eligible to charge the resident for preferred accommodation in accordance with the Act and this Regulation, including the agreement referred to in paragraph 2 of subsection 94 (1) of the Act, where, (a)  the resident or their substitute decision-maker, if any, refuses an offer to transfer to basic accommodation; or (b)  the resident or their substitute decision-maker, if any, chooses that the resident stay in preferred accommodation. O. Reg. 66/23, s. 34 (2). (9) If the ALC patient does not move into the home before noon of the fifth day following the day on which they are informed of the availability of accommodation in the home, the placement co-ordinator may offer the bed to the next applicant on the waiting list, unless the licensee agrees to the patient moving in at a later time on the fifth day. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (10) If the ALC patient is admitted as a resident to a long-term care home that is not one of their preferred homes, and the resident or their substitute decision-maker, if any, later refuses an offer of admission to one of those homes, the placement co-ordinator shall remove the resident from all waiting lists. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (11) If the ALC patient is admitted as a resident to a long-term care home that is not one of their preferred homes, the placement co-ordinator shall limit the number of waiting lists the resident is on to five. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2. (12) If the ALC patient is admitted as a resident to a long-term care home that is not their preferred home and the patient or their substitute decision-maker, if any, does not apply within six months to a preferred home or homes, the placement co-ordinator shall follow the applicable requirements related to waiting list categories and ranking within categories in sections 187 to 201 for admission to any new long-stay bed. O. Reg. 484/22, s. 2.