O. Reg. 297/04: Definition of "Quality of Care Committee"
filed September 30, 2004 under Quality of Care Information Protection Act, 2004, S.O. 2004, c. 3, Sched. B
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made under the
quality of care information PROTECTION act, 2004
Made: September 28, 2004
Filed: September 30, 2004
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: October 16, 2004
Definition of “Quality of Care Committee”
Prescribed entity, health care provider
1. The following are prescribed as entities for the purposes of subclause (a) (ii) of the definition of “quality of care committee” in section 1 of the Act:
1. An approved charitable home for the aged within the meaning of the Charitable Institutions Act.
2. A home or joint home within the meaning of the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act.
3. A nursing home within the meaning of the Nursing Homes Act.
4. A laboratory or a specimen collection centre as defined in section 5 of the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act.
Prescribed entity, quality of care improver
2. The following are prescribed as entities for the purposes of subclause (a) (iii) of the definition of “quality of care committee” in section 1 of the Act:
1. The Ontario Medical Association, in respect of its activities under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act.
2. The Canadian Blood Services in respect of its laboratory and specimen collection centres and its other health care services.
Prescribed criteria
3. The following are prescribed as criteria for the purposes of clause (b) of the definition of “quality of care committee” in section 1 of the Act:
1. Before acting as a quality of care committee, it must be designated in writing, by the health facility or entity that established, appointed or approved it, as a quality of care committee for the purposes of the Act.
2. The terms of reference of the committee and its designation must be available on request to members of public.
Commencement
4. This Regulation comes into force on the later of November 1, 2004 and the day it is filed.
Made by:
Pris par :
Le ministre de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée,
George Smitherman
Minister of Health and Long-Term Care
Date made: September 28, 2004.
Pris le : 28 septembre 2004.