1 In this Act, “administrator” means the person who has for the time being the direct and actual superintendence and charge of a hospital; (“directeur général”) “Appeal Board” means the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board under the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Appeal and Review Boards Act, 1998; (“Commission d’appel”) “board” means the board of directors, governors, trustees, commission or other governing body or authority of a hospital; (“conseil”) Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section 1 of the Act is amended by adding the following definition: (See: 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 12) “community laboratory services” means the services of a laboratory or specimen collection centre under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act that are provided by a hospital designated under subsection 22 (1) of this Act to persons who are neither in-patients nor out-patients; (“services de laboratoire communautaire”) “dependant” means a patient the charges for whose treatment some other person is liable for in law; (“personne à charge”) “hospital” means any institution, building or other premises or place that is established for the purposes of the treatment of patients and that is approved under this Act as a public hospital; (“hôpital”) “in-patient” means a person admitted to a hospital for the purpose of treatment; (“malade hospitalisé”) “inspector” means a person appointed under this Act as an inspector; (“inspecteur”) “medical advisory committee” means a committee established under section 35; (“comité médical consultatif”) “medical department” means a division of the medical staff of a hospital for the provision of a specified type of medical diagnosis or treatment; (“service médical”) “Minister” means the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministre”) “Ministry” means the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministère”) “municipality” does not include a lower-tier municipality; (“municipalité”) “out-patient” means a person who is received in a hospital for examination or treatment or both, but who is not admitted as a patient; (“malade externe”) “patient” means an in-patient or an out-patient; (“malade”) “personal health information” has the same meaning as in the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004; (“renseignements personnels sur la santé”) “physician” means a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or another prescribed person; (“médecin”) “regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”) “resident” means actually resident in a municipality for a period of three months within the six months next prior to admission to a hospital; (“résident”) “treatment” means the maintenance, observation, medical care and supervision and skilled nursing care of a patient and, if dental service is made available in a hospital by its board, includes the dental care and supervision of the patient; (“traitement”) “unorganized territory” means those parts of Ontario that are without municipal organization, including Indian reservations and provincial parks, but not including property of the Government of Canada used for the purposes of national defence installations, camps or stations. (“territoire non érigé en municipalité”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.40, s. 1; 1996, c. 1, Sched. F, s. 3; 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 70 (1); 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table; 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 96 (1); 2006, c. 4, s. 52 (1, 2); 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (2, 3); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, s. 17 (2); 2010, c. 25, s. 27 (1); 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 19 (1); 2023, c. 4, Sched. 2, s. 12 (1). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 1996, c. 1, Sched. F, s. 3 - 01/03/1996; 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 70 (1) - 01/02/1999 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table - 01/01/2003 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 96 (1) - 01/11/2004 2006, c. 4, s. 52 (1, 2)
- 28/03/2006; 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (2, 3) - 22/06/2006 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, s. 17 (2) - 15/12/2009 2010, c. 25, s. 27 (1)
- 01/01/2011 2017, c. 11, Sched. 3, s. 12 - not in force 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 19 (1) - 01/04/2021 2023, c. 4, Sched. 2, s. 12 (1) - 24/07/2023