Designation of beds, amendment and revocation
 206.4 (1) The Director may designate a specified number of private accommodation long-stay program beds in a long-term care home as high acuity priority access beds, subject to any terms and conditions as the Director may specify. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (2) A licensee shall comply with the terms and conditions of a designation. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (3) The Director may, at any time, (a) amend the terms and conditions of a designation; or (b) revoke the designation, subject to any terms or conditions the Director considers appropriate. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (4) The Director shall advise the licensee for the long-term care home in which one or more high acuity priority access beds are designated and the appropriate placement co-ordinator in writing of, (a) the designation and any terms and conditions to which it is subject; (b) if the Director amends the terms and conditions, the amended terms and conditions; and (c) if the Director revokes the designation, the revocation of the designation and any terms and conditions of the revocation. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (5) As soon as possible after being advised of a revocation under clause (4) (c), the licensee shall, (a) advise in writing each resident who will be affected and their substitute decision-maker, if any, of the revocation; (b) commence arranging for alternate arrangements with the resident and substitute decision-maker, if any; and (c) provide the Director with a plan for the accommodation of, and the provision of care and services to, each resident who will be affected who was admitted to the bed from the waiting list kept under section 206.5. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (6) Immediately after being advised of a revocation under clause (4) (c), the appropriate placement co-ordinator shall, (a) inform applicants on the waiting list for admission to the high acuity priority access bed that the designation is being revoked; (b) cease the authorization of admissions to the high acuity priority access bed; and (c) cease keeping a separate waiting list for the high acuity priority access bed in the long-term care home. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (7) Where the designation of a high acuity priority access bed is revoked and the bed is occupied by a resident who was admitted to the bed from the waiting list kept under section 206.5, (a) the licensee shall discharge the resident from the bed and if the resident requests, transfer the resident to another bed in the home in a class of accommodation chosen by the resident as soon as the bed becomes available; (b) the licensee shall continue to provide the resident with the same level of care the resident was being provided with until the resident is transferred to another bed in the home or is discharged from the home; and (c) the revocation becomes final once the resident is transferred to another bed in the home or discharged from the home. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (8) A resident who is transferred under clause (7) (a) shall be deemed to have been discharged from the high acuity priority access bed and admitted to the home. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (9) The licensee may transfer residents under clause (7) (a) despite the rules concerning transfer lists in section 207, subject to the first priority being given to residents described in clause 207 (1) (f) and despite subsection 207 (5). O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7. (10) The licensee shall notify the placement co-ordinator of every transfer under clause (7) (a) within 24 hours. O. Reg. 295/19, s. 7.