Nutrition manager
 75. (1) Every licensee of a long-term care home shall ensure that there is at least one nutrition manager for the home, one of whom shall lead the nutrition care and dietary services program for the home.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75 (1). (2) A person hired as a nutrition manager after the coming into force of this section must be an active member of the Canadian Society of Nutrition Management or a registered dietitian.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75 (2); O. Reg. 246/13, s. 5 (1). (2.1) Despite subsection (2), a person who was working or employed as a nutrition manager in a long-term care home immediately before July 1, 2010 may be hired as the nutrition manager in a different long-term care home if the person worked or was employed as a nutrition manager in a long-term care home, (a) on a full-time basis for at least three years during the five years immediately before being hired in the different home; or (b) on a part-time basis for the equivalent of at least three full-time years during the seven years immediately before being hired in the different home. O. Reg. 246/13, s. 5 (2). (3) The licensee shall ensure that a nutrition manager is on site at the home working in the capacity of nutrition manager for the minimum number of hours per week calculated under subsection (4), without including any hours spent fulfilling other responsibilities.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75 (3). (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), but subject to subsection (5), the minimum number of hours per week shall be calculated as follows: M = A × 8 ÷ 25 where, “M” is the minimum number of hours per week, and “A” is, (a) if the occupancy of the home is 97 per cent or more, the licensed bed capacity of the home for the week, or (b) if the occupancy of the home is less than 97 per cent, the number of residents residing in the home for the week, including absent residents. O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75 (4). (5) The Director may take into consideration the hours in a week, if any, devoted to producing meals and other food and beverages for non-residents for the sole purpose of determining, (a) whether the licensee is in compliance with subsection (3); and (b) whether any of the minimum staffing hours under subsection (3) are being devoted to producing meals and other food and beverages for non-residents.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75 (5). (6) A licensee of a long-term care home that was operated under the Nursing Homes Act, the Charitable Institutions Act or the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act immediately before the coming into force of this section is not required to comply with subsection (3) until six months after the day this section comes into force, but until the licensee is in compliance, the licensee is required to continue to comply with the applicable requirements under, (a) sections 61 and 61.1 of Regulation 832 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General) made under the Nursing Homes Act; (b) sections 3.1 and 3.2 of Regulation 637 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General) made under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act; or (c) sections 17.1 and 17.2 of Regulation 69 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General) made under the Charitable Institutions Act.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 75 (6).