Authorization of Admission
155. (1) Subject to section 156, the placement co-ordinator designated for a nursing home under subsection 20.1 (3) of the Act shall authorize the admission of a person to the home if, and only if, (a) the requirements set out in subsection 20.1 (13) of the Act are met; (b) the licensee of the home has not withdrawn the approval of the person’s admission under section 138; (c) the home has available the class of accommodation for which the person is recorded to be waiting;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 person, and whose admission may be authorized under this section; and (e) in the case of a person who is applying for authorization of his or her admission to the home as a long-stay resident, the person agrees in writing with the licensee of the home that, (i) the person 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, (ii) if the person moves 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, the person will pay, (A) for each day following the day on which the person is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home and preceding the day on which the person moves into the home, the amount that the licensee would have charged him or her for accommodation for that day had he or she been a long-stay resident lodged in the available accommodation on that day, and (B) if the person moves into the home on or after the third day following the day on which he or she is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home, the daily bed-holding amount as determined under section 47 for each day from and including the second day following the day on which the person is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home and preceding the day on which the person moves into the home, and (iii) if the person does not 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, the person will pay, (A) for each of the five days following the day on which the person is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home, the amount that the licensee would have charged him or her for accommodation for that day had he or she been a long-stay resident lodged in the available accommodation on that day, and (B) for each of the second, third, fourth and fifth days following the day on which the person is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home, the daily bed-holding amount as determined under section 47. (f) Revoked: O. Reg. 121/02, s. 18 (2). O. Reg. 373/94, s. 23; O. Reg. 181/95, s. 12 (1); O. Reg. 121/02, s. 18 (1, 2). (2) For the purposes of clauses (1) (c) and (d), the following are the classes of accommodation for which a person may be recorded to be waiting: 1. Accommodation for a woman in a respite care or supportive care program. 2. Accommodation for a man in a respite care or supportive care program. 3. Basic accommodation for a woman other than in a respite care or supportive care program. 4. Basic accommodation for a man other than in a respite care or supportive care program. 5. Semi-private accommodation for a woman other than in a respite care or supportive care program. 6. Semi-private accommodation for a man other than in a respite care or supportive care program. 7. Private accommodation for a woman other than in a respite care or supportive care program. 8. Private accommodation for a man other than in a respite care or supportive care program. O. Reg. 121/02, s. 18 (3). (2.1) Despite subsection (1), a placement co-ordinator designated under subsection 20.1 (3) of the Act for a nursing home that has entered into a service agreement for interim beds shall not authorize the admission of a person to an interim bed unless the person meets the requirements for placement on a waiting list for interim beds set out in subsection 153 (4). O. Reg. 639/98, s. 11. (2.2) Revoked: O. Reg. 121/02, s. 18 (4). (3) A placement co-ordinator who authorizes a person’s admission to a nursing home as a long-stay resident shall cancel the authorization if the person does not move into the home before noon of the fifth day following the day on which the person is informed of the availability of accommodation in the home. O. Reg. 373/94, s. 23; O. Reg. 181/95, s. 12 (2); O. Reg. 121/02, s. 18 (5). (4) A placement co-ordinator who authorizes a person’s admission to a nursing home as a short-stay resident may cancel the authorization if the person does not move into the home on the day agreed to by the person. O. Reg. 373/94, s. 23. (5) A licensee of a nursing home shall inform the placement co-ordinator designated for the home under subsection 20.1 (3) of the Act of available accommodation in the home within 24 hours after the accommodation becomes available. O. Reg. 121/02, s. 18 (6).