Ranking within categories
 182. (1) Within a waiting list category set out in Column 1 of the Table to this section, applicants shall be ranked for admission in accordance with the rules set out opposite the category in Columns 2 and 3 of the Table.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 182 (1). (2) If, within six weeks after making his or her first application for authorization of admission to one or more long-term care homes as a long-stay resident, an applicant makes one or more additional applications for authorization of his or her admission to one or more long-term care homes as a long-stay resident, the additional applications made within the six-week period shall, for the purpose of the Table to this section, be deemed to have been made at the time that the first application was made.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 182 (2). (3) If an applicant who was determined by a placement co-ordinator to be ineligible for long-term care home admission as a long-stay resident is determined to be eligible for admission as a long-stay resident as a result of an application to the Appeal Board under subsection 43 (9) of the Act or an appeal to the Divisional Court under subsection 54 (1) of the Act, and if the applicant then makes an application for authorization of his or her admission to one or more long-term care homes as a long-stay resident, (a) that application for authorization shall, for the purposes of the Table to this section, be deemed to have been made at the time that the placement co-ordinator determined that the applicant was ineligible for admission; and (b) all additional applications for authorization of admission to one or more long-term care homes as a long-stay resident made by the applicant within six weeks after making the first application shall, for the purpose of the Table, be deemed to have been made at the time that the first application is deemed under clause (a) to have been made.  O. Reg. 79/10, s. 182 (3). TABLE   RULES FOR RANKING WITHIN CATEGORIES Item   Column 1   Category   Column 2   Rules   Column 3   Additional Rules 

  1.   Related temporary, re-opened and replacement long-term care home   Applicants shall be ranked according to the date of their admission to the original long-term care home. Applicants who were not residents of the original long-term care home and who are seeking admission to a re-opened home or replacement home from a related temporary home shall be ranked according to the date of their admission to the related temporary home.   If there are two or more applicants who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves they shall be ranked based on the earliest date on which they were determined eligible for admission to the original home or the related temporary home. 

  2.   Veteran   Related temporary, re-opened or replacement homes (a) Veterans applying for veterans’ priority access beds in a related temporary, re-opened or replacement long-term care home shall be ranked according to the date of their admission to a veterans’ priority access bed in the original long-term care home or the related temporary home.   If there are two or more veterans who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves they shall be ranked based on the earliest date on which they were determined eligible for admission to the original home or the related temporary home. 

          Crisis (b) Veterans who are not mentioned in rule (a) of this category who require immediate admission as a result of a crisis arising from their condition or circumstances shall rank ahead of all other veterans.   If there is more than one veteran in this situation at the same time, these veterans shall, among themselves, be ranked according to the urgency of their need for admission. 

          Continuum of Care (c) Veterans who are not mentioned in rules (a) and (b) of this category but are continuum of care applicants on the waiting list for the continuum of care long-term care home shall rank ahead of all other veterans who are not mentioned in rules (a) and (b).   If there is more than one veteran in this situation at the same time, these veterans shall, among themselves, be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home. 

          Other veterans (d) As among themselves, veterans who are not mentioned in rules (a), (b) and (c) of this category shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home.   If there are two or more veterans who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves, they shall be ranked based on the date on which they were determined eligible for admission. 

  3.   Exchange (but only applicants in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 176 (2))   Spousal/Partner Reunification (a) Applicants who are seeking admission to the long-term care home in which their spouse or partner is a long-stay resident and who meet the eligibility criteria set out in subsection 155 (1) shall rank ahead of all other applicants in the exchange category by virtue of subsection 176 (2).     If there is more than one applicant in this situation at the same time, these applicants shall, among themselves, be ranked according to the date on which their spouses or partners were admitted to the long-term care home. 

          Religion, Ethnic or Linguistic Origin (b) Applicants who are not mentioned in rule (a) of this category but who are of the religion, ethnic origin or linguistic origin primarily served by the long-term care home or a unit or area within the home shall rank ahead of all other applicants.   If there is more than one applicant in this situation at the same time, these applicants shall, among themselves, be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home or unit or area within the home. 

          Other exchange in this category (c) As among themselves, applicants in the exchange category under subsection 176 (2) who are not mentioned in rules (a) and (b) of this category shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home.     

  4.   Re-admission    Applicants shall be ranked according to the date of their original admission to the home.   If there are two or more applicants who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves, they shall be ranked based on the date on which they were determined eligible for admission. 

  5.   1 (Crisis)   Applicants shall be ranked according to the urgency of their need for admission.     

  6.   2 (Spousal/Partner Reunification)   Applicants shall be ranked according to the date on which their spouses or partners were admitted to the long-term care home.     

  6.1   2.1 Former specialized unit residents or former high acuity priority access bed residents   Applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home.   If there are two or more applicants who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves, they shall be ranked based on the date on which they were determined eligible for admission. 

  7.   3A, 3B (Religion, Ethnic or Linguistic Origin)    4A, 4B (Others)    Exchange category by virtue of  subsection 176 (1)   Continuum of Care (a) Applicants who are continuum of care applicants on the waiting list for the continuum of care long-term care home shall rank ahead of all other applicants in the same category.   If there is more than one applicant in this situation at the same time, these applicants shall, among themselves, be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home. 

          Applicants who are not continuum of care (b) As among themselves, applicants in the same category who are not continuum of care applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home.   If there are two or more applicants who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves, they shall be ranked based on the date on which they were determined eligible for admission. 

  8.   Short-stay in the respite care and convalescent care programs   Applicants shall be ranked according to the time at which they applied for authorization of their admission to the long-term care home.   If there are two or more applicants who are ranked in the same position, as between themselves, they shall be ranked based on the date on which they were determined eligible for admission. O. Reg. 79/10, s. 182, Table; O. Reg. 246/13, s. 17; O. Reg. 295/19, s. 4. Change of Category