Authorization of admission
 185. (1) The appropriate placement co-ordinator shall authorize the admission of an applicant to the long-term care home only if, (a) the applicant has applied for authorization of admission to the home’s long-stay program or short-stay program, as the case may be, and the requirements set out in subsection 44 (11) of the Act are met; (b) the licensee of the home has not withdrawn the approval of the applicant’s admission under section 184; (c) the home has available the class of accommodation for which the applicant is recorded to be waiting; (d) there is no one on the waiting list for the home who is recorded to be waiting for the class of accommodation that is available, who ranks ahead of the applicant, and whose admission may be authorized under this section; (e) within 24 hours of being informed by the placement co-ordinator of the availability of accommodation in the home, the applicant consents to being admitted to the home; and (f) in the case of an applicant who is applying for authorization of his or her admission to the home as a long-stay resident or an interim bed short-stay resident, the applicant agrees with the licensee of the home that, (i) the applicant will move into the home before noon of the fifth day following the day on which he or she is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home, unless the applicant and the licensee agree to the applicant moving in at a later time on the fifth day, (ii) the applicant will pay the accommodation charge that is required under subsections 91 (1) and (3) of the Act, for each of the five days provided for in subclause (i), whether or not the applicant moves into the home, and (iii) if the applicant moves into the home on the day the applicant is informed of the availability of accommodation, the applicant will pay the accommodation charge that is required under subsections 91 (1) and (3) of the Act for that day.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 185 (1). (2) For the purposes of clauses (1) (c) and (d), the following are the classes of accommodation for which an applicant may be recorded to be waiting: 1. Accommodation for a woman in a respite care or convalescent care program. 2. Accommodation for a man in a respite care or convalescent care program. 3. Basic accommodation for a woman in a long-stay program. 4. Basic accommodation for a man in a long-stay program. 5. Semi-private accommodation for a woman in a long-stay program. 6. Semi-private accommodation for a man in a long-stay program. 7. Private accommodation for a woman in a long-stay program. 8. Private accommodation for a man in a long-stay program. 9. Basic accommodation for a woman in the interim bed short-stay program. 10. Basic accommodation for a man in the interim bed short-stay program. 11. Semi-private accommodation for a woman in the interim bed short-stay program. 12. Semi-private accommodation for a man in the interim bed short-stay program. 13. Private accommodation for a woman in the interim bed short-stay program. 14. Private accommodation for a man in the interim bed short-stay program. 15. Private accommodation for a woman in a high acuity priority access bed. 16. Private accommodation for a man in a high acuity priority access bed. 17. Basic accommodation for a woman in a direct access bed. 18. Basic accommodation for a man in a direct access bed. 19. Semi-private accommodation for a woman in a direct access bed. 20. Semi-private accommodation for a man in a direct access bed. 21. Private accommodation for a woman in a direct access bed. 22. Private accommodation for a man in a direct access bed. O. Reg. 79/10, s. 185 (2); O. Reg. 295/19, s. 6; O. Reg. 361/20, s. 2. (3) A placement co-ordinator who authorizes an applicant’s admission to a long-term care home as a long-stay resident or an interim bed short-stay resident shall cancel the authorization if the applicant does not move into the home before noon of the fifth day following the day on which the applicant is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home or a later time on the fifth day as agreed to by the applicant and the licensee.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 185 (3). (4) A placement co-ordinator who authorizes an applicant’s admission to a long-term care home as a short-stay resident in the respite care or convalescent care program may cancel the authorization if the applicant does not move into the home on the day agreed to by the applicant.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 185 (4). (5) A placement co-ordinator is exempt from clauses 44 (11) (a) to (c) of the Act with respect to the authorization of an applicant’s admission if the applicant is a person mentioned in subsection 159 (1) of this Regulation.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 185 (5).