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Same, short-stay admission, respite care and convalescent care programs
 173. (1) A placement co-ordinator shall determine a person to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a short-stay resident in the respite care program only if, (a)  the person, (i)  has a caregiver who requires temporary relief from caregiving duties, or (ii)  requires temporary care in order to continue to reside in the community and is likely to benefit from a short stay in the home; (b)  it is anticipated that the person will be returning to their residence within 60 days after admission to the long-term care home; and (c)  the person meets the requirements of clauses 172 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (e). (2) A placement co-ordinator shall determine a person to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a short-stay resident in the convalescent care program only if, (a)  the person requires a period of time in which to recover strength, endurance or functioning and is likely to benefit from a short stay in a long-term care home; (b)  it is anticipated that the person will be returning to their residence within 90 days after admission to the long-term care home; and (c)  the person meets the requirements of clauses 172 (1) (a), (b), (c) and (e).
Same, spouse or partner
 174. (1) Despite clauses 172 (1) (c) and (d), a placement co-ordinator shall determine a person to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident if, (a)  the person’s spouse or partner is, (i)  a long-stay resident, or (ii)  a person who has been determined by a placement co-ordinator to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident; and (b)  the person meets the requirements of clauses 172 (1) (a), (b) and (e). (2) Despite anything else in this Regulation, (a)  a person described in subsection (1) may only be placed in a category set out in subsection 191 (3) or 192 (3); and (b)  a placement co-ordinator may not authorize the admission to a long-term care home of a person described in subsection (1) before the admission of their spouse or partner is authorized to that home.
Same, veterans
 175. Despite clauses 172 (1) (c) and (d), a placement co-ordinator shall determine a person to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident if the person is a veteran and an insured person under the Health Insurance Act.
Same, redevelopment transfers
 176. (1) Despite section 172, a placement co-ordinator shall determine a person to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident if the person is, (a)  a long-stay resident of a long-term care home immediately before the closure of their bed in the home who is requesting a transfer to a related temporary long-term care home; (b)  a long-stay resident who is requesting a transfer from a related temporary long-term care home to a replacement long-term care home or to a re-opened long-term care home operated by the same licensee as the related temporary long-term care home; or (c)  a long-stay resident of a long-term care home immediately before the closure of their bed in the home who is requesting a transfer to a replacement long-term care home. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 176 (1); O. Reg. 66/23, s. 33. (2) A placement co-ordinator acting under this section is exempt from complying with subsections 50 (4) and (6) and 51 (12) of the Act. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 176 (2). (3) For the purposes of this section, a resident of the interim bed short-stay program shall be considered to be a long-stay resident. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 176 (3). Application for Determination of Eligibility
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Application for determination of eligibility
 177. (1) To apply for a determination respecting eligibility for long-term care home admission, a person shall provide to a placement co-ordinator, (a)  a written request by the person for a determination of their eligibility, in the form provided by the placement co-ordinator; (b)  satisfactory evidence that the requirements in clauses 172 (1) (a) and (b) are met; (c)  an up-to-date assessment described in paragraph 1 of subsection 50 (4) of the Act; (d)  an up-to-date assessment described in paragraph 2 of subsection 50 (4) of the Act, made and signed by an employee or agent of the placement co-ordinator who is also, (i)  a registered nurse, (ii)  a social worker who is registered under the Social Work and Social Service Work Act, 1998, (iii)  a member of the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario, (iv)  a member of the College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, (v)  a speech-language pathologist who is a member of the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario, or (vi)  a registered dietitian; and (e)  any additional information and documentation necessary to establish whether the person meets the applicable eligibility criteria. (2) The form provided by the placement co-ordinator under clause (1) (a) must be a form provided by the Director. (3) Where a person who is a resident of a long-term care home seeks to transfer to another long-term care home, (a)  they shall submit a request for a determination of eligibility for long-term care home admission and provide the material referred to in subsection (1), unless there is an application pending for the authorization of admission of the person to any long-term care home; and (b)  the licensee of the person’s long-term care home shall assist the placement co-ordinator by providing information about the care that is being given to the person and information the licensee has that relates to the assessments mentioned in clauses (1) (c) and (d). (4) Despite subsections (1) and (3), a person referred to in subsection 176 (1) is not required to provide a request for a determination of eligibility in the form provided by the placement co-ordinator under clause (1) (a) or the material referred to in clauses (1) (b), (c) and (d). (5) A person who is in a jurisdiction outside of Ontario at the time of submitting their application is exempt from providing the assessments mentioned in clauses (1) (c) and (d) if the applicant submits substantially similar assessments, made by a person whose professional qualifications in that jurisdiction are equivalent to those of a person who could conduct such an assessment in Ontario, and if the placement co-ordinator is satisfied that those assessments are adequate under all the circumstances. (6) A placement co-ordinator acting under the circumstances set out in subsection (5) may make the eligibility determination under subsection 50 (4) of the Act based on the assessments provided. (7) The placement co-ordinator shall assist the person in obtaining anything that the person is required to provide to the placement co-ordinator under this section. Application for Authorization of Admission
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Application for authorization of admission
 178. (1) To apply for authorization of admission to a long-term care home under section 51 of the Act, an applicant shall provide to the placement co-ordinator, (a)  a written request by the applicant for authorization of their admission to the home, made in the form provided by the placement co-ordinator; (b)  such additional information and documentation as is necessary to enable the placement co-ordinator to determine the category in which to place the applicant under sections 187 to 198; (c)  such additional information and documentation as is relevant in the opinion of the placement co-ordinator for the licensee to determine whether to give or withhold approval of the person’s admission; and (d)  copies of the assessments and reassessments referred to in clause 51 (11) (a) of the Act. (2) Despite clause (1) (a), a person who is determined eligible for long-term care home admission under subsection 176 (1) is not required to provide a request for authorization of admission in writing. (3) The placement co-ordinator shall assist the applicant in obtaining anything that the applicant is required to provide to the placement co-ordinator under this section. Approval by Licensee
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Approval by licensee
 179. (1) Subject to sections 180 and 181, when an applicant who has been determined by a placement co-ordinator to be eligible for long-term care home admission applies for authorization of their admission to a particular long-term care home, the appropriate placement co-ordinator shall, (a)  give the licensee of the home, in addition to the material required under subsection 51 (7) of the Act, any other information possessed by the placement co-ordinator that in the placement co-ordinator’s opinion is relevant to the licensee’s determination of whether to give or withhold approval for the applicant’s admission to the home; and (b)  request the licensee to determine whether to give or withhold approval for the applicant’s admission to the home. (2) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall ensure that any assessment given to the licensee as part of the material mentioned in clause (1) (a) was made within the previous three months, and that if within the preceding three months there was a significant change in the applicant’s condition or circumstances, the assessment or reassessment that reflects those changes is included in the material. (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the licensee shall, within five business days after receiving the request mentioned in clause (1) (b), do one of the following: 1.  Give the appropriate placement co-ordinator the written notice required under subsection 51 (8) of the Act. 2.  If the licensee is withholding approval for the applicant’s admission, give the written notice required under subsection 51 (9) of the Act to the persons mentioned in subsection 51 (10) of the Act. (4) Where, within the five business days referred to in subsection (3), the licensee makes a request in writing to the appropriate placement co-ordinator for additional information that in the placement co-ordinator’s opinion is relevant to the licensee’s determination of whether to give or withhold approval for the applicant’s admission to the home, the placement co-ordinator shall provide the information to the licensee. (5) The licensee shall give the appropriate notice under paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection (3) within three business days of receiving the additional information provided under subsection (4).
Exceptions
 180. Subsections 51 (7), (8) and (14) of the Act and sections 179 and 202 of this Regulation do not apply with respect to an applicant who is eligible for long-term care home admission under subsection 176 (1), and the licensee of a related temporary long-term care home, a re-opened long-term care home or a replacement long-term care home is deemed to approve the admission to the home of such an applicant.
Limit on waiting lists
 181. (1) A placement co-ordinator shall not provide the information and request referred to in subsection 179 (1) to a licensee if the result would be, (a)  that there are more than five requests outstanding relating to admission as a long-stay resident; or (b)  that there are more than five requests outstanding relating to admission as a short-stay resident. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a request is outstanding if approval has been given or the licensee is still considering whether to give approval. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to a home that is not yet licensed or approved for the purposes of the Act and a request relating to such a home shall not be counted as a request that is outstanding. (4) This section does not apply to an applicant who will be placed in category 1 on the waiting list for the long-term care home if the licensee approves their admission to the home. Keeping of Waiting List
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Keeping of waiting lists
 182. (1) Each placement co-ordinator shall keep a waiting list for admission to each of the long-term care homes for which the placement co-ordinator is designated. (2) In addition to the waiting lists under subsection (1), the placement co-ordinator shall, if applicable, keep a separate waiting list for each unit or area within a home that is primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons of a particular religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin as referred to in clause 191 (1) (b). (3) Each placement co-ordinator shall also keep the waiting lists described in subsections (1) and (2) with respect to a long-term care home that is not yet licensed or approved, but that is, within 16 weeks of the creation of the list, expected to be licensed or approved and to be a long-term care home for which the placement co-ordinator is designated. (4) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall place on the relevant waiting list, rank for admission, and remove from the list, in accordance with sections 183 to 200, any person described in section 183, other than a person who is to be placed on the waiting list for interim beds under section 210 or on the waiting list for a specialized unit under section 219. (5) Despite subsection (4), sections 183 and 186 to 200 do not apply to the appropriate placement co-ordinator in respect of placing persons on a waiting list for admission to a reunification priority access bed and ranking persons for admission to that bed, which shall be done in accordance with sections 227 and 228. (6) Despite subsection (4), sections 183 and 186 to 200 do not apply to the appropriate placement co-ordinator in respect of placing persons on a waiting list for admission to a high acuity priority access bed and ranking persons for admission to that bed, which shall be done in accordance with sections 230 and 231. (7) Despite subsection (4), sections 186 to 200 do not apply to the appropriate placement co-ordinator in respect of placing persons on a waiting list for admission to a direct access bed and ranking persons for admission to that bed, which shall be done in accordance with sections 236 and 237.
Requirements to be placed on waiting list
 183. (1) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall place a person on a waiting list only if, (a)  the person is determined by a placement co-ordinator to be eligible for long-term care home admission; (b)  the person applies in accordance with this Regulation for authorization of their admission to the home; (c)  the licensee of the home approves the person’s admission to the home; and (d)  subject to subsection (4), placing the person on the waiting list will not result in the total number of long-stay program waiting lists on which the person is placed exceeding five and the total number of short-stay program waiting lists on which the person is placed exceeding five. (2) Clause (1) (d) does not apply to a person who will be placed in category 1 on the waiting list for admission to a long-stay program. (3) For the purposes of clause (1) (d), where a person will be placed in category 3A or 3B on the waiting list for a unit or area of a home that is primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons of a particular religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin under section 191, or for a specialized unit in the home under section 219, and will also be placed on the waiting list for the home other than in the unit or area or specialized unit, all of the waiting lists will be counted as one list. (4) A waiting list referred to in subsection 182 (3) shall not be counted in the total number of waiting lists for the purposes of clause (1) (d) until the home is licensed or approved.
Removal from waiting list, long-stay
 184. (1) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall remove an applicant from every waiting list the placement co-ordinator keeps for admission to a long-term care home as a long-stay resident, and make a record of the removal, if any placement co-ordinator offers to authorize the applicant’s admission to a long-term care home as a long-stay resident, and the applicant, (a)  refuses to consent to admission; (b)  refuses to enter into the agreement provided for in clause 203 (1) (f); or (c)  fails to move into the home on or before the fifth day following the day on which they are informed of the availability of accommodation. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply, (a)  if the applicant occupies a bed in, (i)  a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act or a private hospital licensed under the Private Hospitals Act, or (ii)  a facility that is a psychiatric facility within the meaning of the Mental Health Act and that is required to provide in-patient services in accordance with that Act; (b)  if the applicant declines to enter a specialized unit pursuant to a stipulation made under subsection 216 (7); (c)  if the reason the applicant acts in the manner described in clause (1) (a), (b) or (c) is that the applicant has a health condition, short-term illness or injury which, (i)  prevents the applicant from moving into the home at that time, or (ii)  would make moving into the home at that time detrimental to the applicant’s health; or (d)  if the reason the applicant acts in the manner described in clause (1) (a), (b) or (c) is that there is an emergency in the home or an outbreak of disease which prevents the applicant from moving into the home at that time. (3) If an applicant who is a long-stay resident of another long-term care home is removed from a waiting list under subsection (1), and subsequently wishes to seek admission to a long-term care home, the applicant must make a new application for a determination of eligibility for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident. (4) An applicant who is removed from a waiting list under subsection (1), other than an applicant referred to in subsection (3), and who subsequently wishes to seek admission to a long-term care home, must make a new application for a determination of eligibility for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident, but any such application shall not be made earlier than 12 weeks or more after the day the applicant was removed from the waiting list, unless there has been a deterioration in the applicant’s condition or circumstances.
Removal from waiting list, short-stay
 185. (1) The appropriate placement co-ordinator may remove an applicant from the waiting list for a long-term care home to which the applicant is awaiting admission as a short-stay resident if the appropriate placement co-ordinator offers to authorize the applicant’s admission to the home and the applicant, (a)  refuses to consent to admission; or (b)  fails to move into the home on the day agreed to by the applicant. (2) An applicant who is removed from the waiting list for a long-term care home under subsection (1) and who subsequently wishes to seek admission to a long-term care home must make a new application for a determination of eligibility for long-term care home admission as a short-stay resident. Placement into Categories on Waiting List
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Application — short-stay
 186. An applicant for authorization of admission to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the respite care or convalescent care program shall be placed in the short-stay category on the waiting list for the long-term care home if the applicant meets the requirements in subsection 183 (1).
Application — long-stay
 187. Sections 188 to 198 apply only to applicants who meet the requirements of section 183 and who apply for authorization of admission to a long-term care home as a long-stay resident.
Crisis category
 188. (1) An applicant shall be placed in category 1 on the waiting list for a long-term care home if the applicant requires immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from the applicant’s condition or circumstances. (2) An applicant shall be placed in category 1 on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the applicant occupies a bed in, (i)  a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act or a private hospital licensed under the Private Hospitals Act, or (ii)  a facility that is a psychiatric facility within the meaning of the Mental Health Act
and that is required to provide in-patient services in accordance with that Act; and (b)  there will be no bed for the applicant in the hospital or facility within 12 weeks as a result of, (i)  a permanent closure of all or some of the beds in the hospital or facility, or (ii)  a temporary closure of all or some of the beds in the hospital or facility due to an emergency or redevelopment. (3) An applicant shall be placed in category 1 on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the applicant is a long-stay resident of another long-term care home; and (b)  there will be no bed for the applicant in the home within 12 weeks as a result of a permanent or temporary closure of all or some of the beds in the home. (4) An applicant shall be placed in category 1 on the waiting list for a long-term care home if the applicant, (a)  occupies a bed in a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act, requires an alternate level of care and requires an immediate admission to a long-term care home; (b)  the hospital is experiencing severe capacity pressures; and (c)  the Agency has, taking into account consultation with the affected hospital and the appropriate placement co-ordinator, verified these pressures to the appropriate placement co-ordinator in writing and set out the time period for which the verification applies.
Spouse/partner reunification
 189. An applicant shall be placed in category 2 on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the applicant does not meet the requirements for placement in category 1; (b)  the applicant’s spouse or partner is a long-stay resident of the long-term care home; and (c)  the applicant meets the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 172 (1).
Former specialized unit and high acuity priority access bed residents
 190. (1) An applicant shall be placed in category 2.1 on the waiting list for a long-term care home if the applicant does not meet the requirements for placement in category 1 or 2 and, (a)  is a resident in a specialized unit other than a resident who was admitted to the unit pursuant to a stipulation under subsection 216 (7); (b)  was a resident in a specialized unit and, (i)  was transferred from the specialized unit to a bed in another area of the home pursuant to subsection 223 (1), and (ii)  applied for admission before being transferred or within six weeks after being transferred; (c)  is a resident occupying a high acuity priority access bed in a long-term care home who is applying for admission to a regular long-stay bed in another home; or (d)  was a resident in a high acuity priority access bed and, (i)  was transferred from the high acuity priority access bed to another bed in the home pursuant to subsection 232 (2), and (ii)  applied for admission before being transferred or within six weeks after being transferred. (2) For greater certainty, this section does not apply where clause 195 (1) (e) applies.
Religious, ethnic or linguistic origin
 191. (1) An applicant shall be placed in category 3A or 3B on the waiting list for a long-term care home or for a unit or area within a home if, (a)  the applicant does not meet the requirements for placement in category 1, 2 or 2.1; (b)  the home or a unit or area within the home is primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons of a particular religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin; and (c)  the applicant or the applicant’s spouse or partner is of the religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin primarily served by the home or a unit or area within the home and the applicant is seeking to be admitted to that unit or area. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 191 (1). (2) An applicant described in subsection (1) shall be placed in category 3A if, (a)  the applicant is not a resident of a long-term care home, and requires or is receiving high service levels of home and community care services under the Connecting Care Act, 2019; (b)  the applicant occupies a bed in a hospital under the
Public Hospitals Act and requires an alternate level of care; (c)  the applicant is a long-stay resident of a long-term care home who is seeking to transfer to the home as their first choice of home; or (d)  the applicant is a short-stay resident of a long-term care home in the interim bed short-stay program and is seeking to transfer to the home as a long-stay resident. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 191 (2), 390 (3). (3) An applicant described in subsection (1) who does not meet the criteria to be placed in category 3A shall be placed in category 3B. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 191 (3).
Others
 192. (1) An applicant shall be placed in category 4A or 4B on the waiting list for a long-term care home if the applicant does not meet the requirements for placement in category 1, 2, 2.1, 3A or 3B. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 192 (1). (2) An applicant described in subsection (1) shall be placed in category 4A if, (a)  the applicant is not a resident of a long-term care home, and requires or is receiving high service levels of home and community care services under the Connecting Care Act, 2019; (b)  the applicant occupies a bed in a hospital under the
Public Hospitals Act and requires an alternate level of care; (c)  the applicant is a long-stay resident of a long-term care home who is seeking to transfer to the home as their first choice of home; or (d)  the applicant is a short-stay resident of a long-term care home in the interim bed short-stay program and is seeking to transfer to the home as a long-stay resident. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 192 (2), 390 (4). (3) An applicant described in subsection (1) who does not meet the criteria to be placed in category 4A shall be placed in category 4B. O. Reg. 246/22, s. 192 (3).
Veteran category
 193. Despite sections 188 to 192, an applicant shall be placed in the veteran category on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the home contains veterans’ priority access beds, and the applicant is a veteran who has applied for authorization of their admission to a veterans’ priority access bed; or (b)  the home is or will be a related temporary long-term care home, re-opened long-term care home or a replacement long-term care home that contains veterans’ priority access beds and the applicant, (i)  is a long-stay resident occupying a veterans’ priority access bed in a long-term care home and has applied for authorization of their admission to a veterans’ priority access bed, and (ii)  otherwise meets the applicable requirements of section 196, 197 or 198, as the case may be, with respect to the veterans’ priority access bed.
Exchange category
 194. (1) Despite sections 188 to 192, an applicant shall be placed in the exchange category on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the applicant, (i)  occupies a bed in a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act or a private hospital licensed under the Private Hospitals Act, (ii)  occupies a bed in a facility that is a psychiatric facility within the meaning of the Mental Health Act and that is required to provide in-patient services in accordance with that Act, (iii)  occupies a bed in a supported group living residence, an intensive support residence or a supported independent living residence under the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008, (iv)  resides in a supportive housing program that is funded by the Ministry of Health or the Agency to provide personal support services and homemaking services to persons who require that such services be available on site 24 hours a day, or (v)  is a long-stay resident of another long-term care home; (b)  the applicant is the subject of an agreement between the long-term care home to which the applicant seeks admission, at least one hospital, facility, group home or program mentioned in subclauses (a) (i) to (iv) and possibly one or more other hospitals, facilities, group homes, programs or long-term care homes, to exchange identified residents or patients, in order to meet the specialized requirements of any of the exchanged residents or patients; and (c)  the result of the exchange will be that the applicant will become a resident of the long-term care home to which the applicant seeks admission and a resident of the long-term care home will be discharged. (2) Despite sections 188 to 192, if a placement co-ordinator becomes aware of the opportunity to exchange a resident of one long-term care home who seeks admission to a second long-term care home and a resident of the second long-term care home who seeks admission to the first, each resident shall be placed in the exchange category of the appropriate waiting list.
Re-admission category
 195. (1) Despite sections 188 to 192, an applicant shall be placed in the re-admission category on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  they formerly occupied a bed in the long-term care home as a long-stay resident, but no longer do so because they were absent on a medical or psychiatric absence for a longer time than permitted under section 150 and were discharged by the licensee; (b)  they formerly occupied a bed in the long-term care home as a long-stay resident, but no longer do so because of an emergency in the long-term care home and they were discharged by the licensee; (c)  they are a resident of a specialized unit who is applying for admission to the long-term care home where they were a resident immediately prior to their admission to the specialized unit; (d)  they were discharged from a specialized unit or a high acuity priority access bed because they were absent on a medical or psychiatric absence for a longer time than permitted under section 150, and are applying for admission to the long-term care home where they were a resident immediately prior to their admission to the specialized unit or high acuity priority access bed; or (e)  they were discharged from a specialized unit or a high acuity priority access bed in a long-term care home and transferred to a bed in another area of the home, and they, (i)  are applying for admission to the long-term care home where they were a resident immediately prior to their admission to the specialized unit or high acuity priority access bed, and (ii)  applied for the admission referred to in subclause (i) before being transferred, or within six weeks after being transferred. (2) An applicant to whom clause (1) (a) or (b) applies shall only be placed in the re-admission category on the waiting list for the home from which they were most recently discharged.
Related temporary long-term care home category
 196. Despite sections 188 to 192 and section 194 but subject to section 193, an applicant shall be placed in the related temporary long-term care home category on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the long-term care home is or will be a related temporary long-term care home; and (b)  the applicant is a long-stay resident of the original long-term care home or was a long-stay resident of the original long-term care home immediately before the closure of their bed in the home.
Re-opened long-term care home category
 197. Despite sections 188 to 192 and section 194 but subject to section 193, an applicant shall be placed in the re-opened long-term care home category on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the long-term care home is or will be a re-opened long-term care home; and (b)  the applicant, (i)  is a long-stay resident of the original long-term care home, (ii)  was a long-stay resident of the original long-term care home immediately before the temporary closure of their bed in the home, or (iii)  is a long-stay resident of the related temporary long-term care home.
Replacement long-term care home category
 198. Despite sections 188 to 192 and section 194 but subject to section 193, an applicant shall be placed in the replacement long-term care home category on the waiting list for a long-term care home if, (a)  the long-term care home is or will be a replacement long-term care home; and (b)  the applicant, (i)  is a long-stay resident of the original long-term care home, (ii)  was a long-stay resident of the original long-term care home immediately before the permanent closure of their bed in the home, or (iii)  is a long-stay resident of the related temporary long-term care home. Ranking of Categories
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Ranking of categories
 199. For each class of beds set out in a column of the Table to this section, the categories on the waiting list shall be ranked in the order set out in the rows below that class of beds, such that a category mentioned in a higher row ranks ahead of a category mentioned in a lower row. TABLE   RANKING OF WAITING LIST CATEGORIES (Long-Stay) Column 1   Class of Beds   Column 2   Class of Beds   Column 3   Class of Beds   Column 4   Class of Beds   Column 5   Class of Beds   Column 6   Class of Beds 

  Beds in a related temporary long-term care home, other than veterans’ priority access beds   Beds in a re-opened long-term care home, other than veterans’ priority access beds   Beds in a replacement long-term care home, other than veterans’ priority access beds   Veterans’ priority access beds in a long-term care home, other than a related temporary, re-opened or replacement long-term care home   Veterans’ priority access beds in a related temporary, re-opened or replacement long-term care home   All other long-stay beds in a long-term care home 

  Related temporary category   Re-opened category   Replacement category   Veteran category   Veteran under clause 193 (b) category   Exchange category 

  Exchange category   Exchange category   Exchange category   Exchange category   Veteran under clause 193 (a) category   Re-admission category 

  Re-admission category   Re-admission category   Re-admission category   Re-admission category   Exchange category   1 category 

  1 category   1 category   1 category   1 category   Re-admission category   2 category 

  2 category   2 category   2 category   2 category   1 category   2.1 category 

  2.1 category   2.1 category   2.1 category   2.1 category   2 category   3A category 

  3A category   3A category   3A category   3A category   2.1 category   3B category 

  3B category   3B category   3B category   3B category   3A category   4A category 

  4A category   4A category   4A category   4A category   3B category   4B category 

  4B category   4B category   4B category   4B category   4A category   Not applicable 

  Not applicable   Not applicable   Not applicable   Not applicable   4B category   Not applicable Ranking Within Categories
Ranking Within Categories
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Change of Category
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Change of category
 201. (1) If a placement co-ordinator knows of a change in the condition or circumstances of an applicant who is on a waiting list kept by the placement co-ordinator or knows of a change in a long-term care home for which the applicant is on the waiting list, and if the applicant should be placed in a different category on the waiting list under sections 187 to 198 as a result of the change in their condition or circumstances or as a result of the change in the home, the placement co-ordinator shall place the applicant in the different category. (2) If the placement co-ordinator becomes aware that an applicant on the waiting list should be placed in the exchange category referred to in subsection 194 (2), the placement co-ordinator shall place the applicant in the exchange category. Authorization of Admission
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Withdrawal of approval by licensee
 202. (1) Subject to section 180, this section applies where a licensee of a long-term care home has approved an applicant’s admission to the home under section 179 and the applicant’s admission has not yet been authorized by the placement co-ordinator. (2) If information provided to the licensee by the placement co-ordinator indicates that there has been a change in the applicant’s condition and, as a result, a ground for withholding approval mentioned in subsection 51 (7) of the Act exists, the licensee may withdraw the approval of the applicant’s admission to the long-term care home in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 3 of subsection 51 (14) of the Act. (3) Where the placement co-ordinator gives the licensee a copy of a reassessment in accordance with subsection 51 (14) of the Act, the placement co-ordinator shall request the licensee to determine whether to withdraw the approval for the admission in accordance with that subsection. (4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), the licensee shall, within one business day of receiving the request from the placement co-ordinator under subsection (3), review the material in accordance with subsection 51 (14) of the Act and do one of the following: 1.  If the licensee decides not to withdraw the approval for the applicant’s admission, give the appropriate placement co-ordinator the written notice required under paragraph 2 of subsection 51 (14) of the Act. 2.  If the licensee decides to withdraw the approval for the applicant’s admission, give the written notice referred to in paragraph 3 of subsection 51 (14) of the Act in accordance with the applicable requirements under that paragraph. (5) Where, within one business day of receiving the request from the placement co-ordinator under subsection (3), the licensee makes a request in writing to the appropriate placement co-ordinator for additional information that in the placement co-ordinator’s opinion is relevant to the determination of whether to withdraw approval for the applicant’s admission to the home, the placement co-ordinator shall provide the information to the licensee. (6) The licensee shall give the appropriate notice under paragraph 1 or 2 of subsection (4) within one business day of receiving the additional information requested under subsection (5).
Duty to inform placement co-ordinator of vacancies
 204. Every licensee of a long-term care home shall, within 24 hours after a bed in the home is no longer occupied, inform the appropriate placement co-ordinator of the following: 1.  That the bed is no longer occupied. 2.  The class of accommodation of the bed. 3.  Whether the bed is a class A bed. 4.  Whether the bed is subject to a design manual applicable under a development agreement to which the home was subject. 5.  The date on which the bed will be available for occupation.
Reserving ahead — short-stay respite care
 205. The appropriate placement co-ordinator may authorize the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the respite care program to be effective at a future time no more than one year from the date of the authorization.
Length of short-stay, respite care and convalescent care
 206. (1) When a placement co-ordinator authorizes the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the respite care or convalescent care program, the placement co-ordinator shall indicate the length of the stay being authorized and the first day and last day of the stay. (2) No placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the respite care program for a stay exceeding 60 continuous days. (3) No placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the convalescent care program for a stay exceeding 90 continuous days. (4) No placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the respite care program for a stay which, when added to the applicant’s other stays during the calendar year in the respite care program of a long-term care home, exceeds 90 days. (5) No placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the convalescent care program for a stay which, when added to the applicant’s other stays during the calendar year in the convalescent care program of a long-term care home, exceeds 90 days. Interim Bed Short-Stay Program
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Keeping of waiting list, interim beds
 207. The appropriate placement co-ordinator for a long-term care home that has interim beds shall keep a waiting list for admission to the interim beds that is in addition to and separate from any waiting list that is required to be kept under section 182.
Approval by licensee, interim beds
 208. The following modifications to section 179 apply with respect to an applicant for an interim bed: 1.  The licensee’s notice under subsection 179 (3) approving or withholding approval of the applicant’s admission must be given within three business days of receiving the request under subsection 179 (1), not five business days. 2.  Any request by the licensee under subsection 179 (4) for additional information shall be made within the three business days referred to in paragraph 1 and the licensee’s notice referred to in subsection 179 (5) shall be given within one business day of receiving the additional information provided.
Limit on waiting lists, interim beds
 209. For the purposes of section 181, a request relating to admission to the interim bed short-stay program shall be treated as a request for admission as a short-stay resident.
Requirements to be placed on waiting list, interim beds
 210. (1) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall place a person on the waiting list for admission to interim beds in a long-term care home if, (a)  the person occupies a bed in a hospital under the Public Hospitals Act and requires an alternate level of care; (b)  a physician has determined that the person does not require the acute care services provided by the hospital; (c)  the person is determined by a placement co-ordinator to be eligible for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident under section 172; (d)  the person is on at least one waiting list for admission to a bed in a long-stay program of a long-term care home; (e)  placing the person on the waiting list will not result in the total number of short-stay waiting lists on which the person is placed exceeding five; (f)  the person applies in accordance with this Regulation for authorization of their admission to an interim bed in the home; and (g)  the licensee of the home approves the person’s admission to an interim bed in the home. (2) Section 183 does not apply to placement on a waiting list for interim beds.
Ranking on waiting list, interim beds
 211. (1) Sections 186 to 199 and subsection 200 (1) do not apply with respect to an application for admission to a long-term care home as a resident in the interim bed short-stay program. (2) Applicants on a waiting list for interim beds for a long-term care home shall be ranked for admission according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to an interim bed in that home. (3) Subsections 200 (2) and (3) apply with the following modifications to the ranking of applicants on a waiting list for interim beds for a long-term care home: 1.  References to a “long-stay resident” shall be read as references to a short-stay interim bed resident. 2.  References to “the Table to this section” or “the Table” shall be read as references to subsection 211 (2).
Removal from waiting list, interim beds
 212. Section 184 rather than section 185 applies to the waiting list for interim beds.
Authorization of admission, interim beds
 213. (1) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an applicant to the interim bed short-stay program only if, (a)  the applicant’s admission may be authorized under section 203; (b)  the applicant applied for authorization of their admission to an interim bed in the home; and (c)  the applicant meets the requirements for placement on a waiting list for interim beds as set out in section 210. (2) If the class of accommodation available in the interim bed short-stay program is one of the classes referred to in paragraph 11, 12, 13 or 14 of subsection 203 (2) and there is no applicant recorded to be waiting for that class of accommodation, the licensee shall make the accommodation available as basic accommodation.
Length of interim bed stay and other rules
 214. The following rules apply when a placement co-ordinator authorizes the admission of an applicant to a long-term care home as a resident of an interim bed: 1.  The placement co-ordinator shall indicate the length of the stay being authorized and the first day and last day of the stay. 2.  The placement co-ordinator shall not authorize the admission for a period exceeding 120 consecutive days for the first period. 3.  After the initial admission, and whether or not the applicant has made a formal application for an extension, the placement co-ordinator may authorize the extension of the applicant’s admission for up to 60 consecutive days at a time, if the applicant, i.  remains on at least one waiting list for admission to a bed in a long-stay program of a long-term care home, and ii.  has not yet received an offer to authorize their admission as a long-stay resident of a long-term care home under section 203. 4.  If the placement co-ordinator is authorizing an extension of the admission, the extension shall only be authorized within seven days before the last day of the stay.
Removal from long-stay waiting list of interim bed resident
 215. Subsections 184 (1), (2) and (3) apply where a placement co-ordinator offers to authorize the admission of a resident of an interim bed to a long-term care home as a long-stay resident and the resident refuses to consent to the admission, refuses to enter into the agreement provided for in clause 203 (1) (f), or fails to move into the home on or before the fifth day following the day on which they are informed of the availability of accommodation. Specialized Units
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Designation of specialized units
 216. (1) This section applies to the designation of specialized units for the purposes of subsection 46 (3) of the Act. (2) The Director may designate a specified number of long-stay program beds as a specialized unit in a long-term care home, subject to any terms and conditions the Director may specify, (a)  upon the recommendation of the Agency; or (b)  upon the Director’s own initiative, after having considered the input of the Agency and the licensee of the home. (3) In making a recommendation or providing input to the Director, the Agency shall provide the Director with whatever information the Director stipulates with respect to the types of accommodation, care, services, programs and goods to be provided by the specialized unit. (4) The Director shall only designate a specialized unit in a home if, (a)  the licensee has agreed to the proposed designation; and (b)  the Director is satisfied with the licensee’s current compliance with requirements under the Act and with the licensee’s history of compliance as referred to in paragraph 3 of subsection 347 (1). (5) The Director shall advise a placement co-ordinator in writing when a specialized unit is designated within a long-term care home for which the placement co-ordinator is the appropriate placement co-ordinator. (6) The Director may amend the terms and conditions of a designation at any time. (7) In making or amending a designation, the Director may, after considering and having regard for the health and well-being of both the residents in the specialized unit and other persons who might be admitted as residents in the specialized unit, stipulate that persons who are on the waiting list for the home under section 182 may be admitted to the specialized unit when there is no one on the waiting list for the specialized unit under section 218. (8) The Director shall advise a placement co-ordinator in writing when making or withdrawing a stipulation pursuant to subsection (7) with respect to a long-term care home for which the placement co-ordinator is the appropriate placement co-ordinator.
Agreement with Agency
 217. (1) The operation by a licensee of a specialized unit shall be subject to the terms and conditions in an agreement between the licensee and the Agency. (2) The agreement between the licensee and the Agency shall also contain the terms and conditions, if any, specified by the Director under subsection 216 (2) or (6).
Keeping of waiting list, specialized unit
 218. The appropriate placement co-ordinator for a long-term care home shall keep a separate waiting list for admission to every specialized unit designated within the home in accordance with this Regulation that is in addition to and separate from any waiting list that is required to be kept under section 182.