Part 6 — General
51 Regulations
(a) prescribing accommodation goods and services, health
goods and services and other goods and services for the
purposes of section 1(h);
(b) prescribing health goods and services and other goods and
services for the purposes of section 1(i);
(c) prescribing the minimum number of adult residents who
must reside in supportive living accommodations for the
purposes of section 1(v)(ii);
(d) prescribing goods and services for the purposes of section
1(x) and respecting those goods and services;
(e) respecting payments for the purposes of sections 6 and 10;
(f) respecting the termination, suspension or variation of
payments or the repayment or reimbursement of payments
made under sections 6 and 10;
(g) respecting fees or costs required to be paid for other goods
and services by residents of continuing care homes;
(h) respecting the waiver of fees or costs required to be paid by
residents of continuing care homes for other goods and
services, including regulations respecting
(i) who may waive fees or costs,
(ii) the criteria to be consid ered and the circumstances in
which fees or costs may be waived, and
(iii) the process for applying for a waiver;
(i) respecting accommodation charges, including regulations
(i) respecting the payment of accommodation charges,
(ii) prescribing the goods and services that a continuing care
home operator may pay for or must not pay for with the
accommodation charge,
(iii) respecting different accom modation charges for different
types or classes of accommodations,
(iv) respecting methods of determining the maximum
amounts of accommodation charges, including different
methods for different types or classes of
accommodations, and
(v) respecting the exemption of residents from paying
accommodation charges in whole or in part and the
circumstances in which exemptions may be granted;
(j) establishing types or classes of home and community care
and prescribing the types or classes of home and community
care in respect of which payments may be made under
section 10;
(k) respecting fees or costs requ ired to be paid for home and
community care by eligible individuals;
(l) respecting the waiver of fees or costs required to be paid by
eligible individuals for home and community care, including
regulations respecting
(i) who may waive fees or costs,
(ii) the criteria to be consid ered and the circumstances in
which fees or costs may be waived, and
(iii) the process for applying for a waiver.
(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations
(a) respecting the application of standards, codes, guidelines,
schedules or bodies of rules to continuing care homes and
supportive living accommodations or types or classes of
continuing care homes and supportive living
accommodations, including regulations respecting
(i) the circumstances in which the application of standards,
codes, guidelines, schedules or bodies of rules may be
appropriate, and
(ii) whether standards, codes, guidelines, schedules or
bodies of rules apply temporarily or permanently;
(b) respecting the exemption from the application of this Act of
continuing care homes, supportive living accommodations,
continuing care home operators and supportive living
accommodation operators or types or classes of continuing
care homes, supportive living accommodations, continuing
care home operators and supportive living accommodation
operators, including regulations
(i) designating continuing care homes, supportive living
accommodations, continuing care home operators and
supportive living accommodation operators or types or
classes of continuing care homes, supportive living
accommodations, continuing care home operators and
supportive living accommodation operators as exempt,
(ii) specifying the extent to which continuing care homes,
supportive living accommodations, continuing care home
operators and supportive living accommodation operators
or types or classes of continuing care homes, supportive
living accommodations, continuing care home operators
and supportive living accommodation operators are
exempt, and
(iii) respecting the criteria and circumstances under which
continuing care homes, supportive living
accommodations, continuing care home operators and
supportive living accommodation operators or types or
classes of continuing care homes, supportive living
accommodations, continuing care home operators and
supportive living accommodation operators may be
designated as exempt;
(c) respecting the provision of facility-based care, supportive
living services and home and community care, including the
application of standards, codes, guidelines, schedules or
bodies of rules;
(d) respecting the operation of continuing care homes and
supportive living accommodations;
(e) limiting the amount of money that may be held in trust for
residents of continuing care homes and respecting trust
accounts maintained for residents and interest in respect of
money held in trust;
(f) respecting property of residents of continuing care homes
and the obligation of continuing care home operators in
respect of that property;
(g) respecting the staffing of continuing care homes, supportive
living accommodations and home and community care
providers, including staffing models and the requirements
and qualifications that must be met by staff;
(h) respecting agreements that continuing care home operators
and home and community care providers must enter into for
the purposes of section 5, including regulations
(i) respecting the form and content of agreements,
(ii) prescribing the party or parties with whom agreements
are to be entered into,
(iii) prescribing the types or classes of agreements requiring
approval by the Minister,
(iv) respecting the review and approval of agreements by the
Minister, and
(v) authorizing the Minister to revise agreements or impose
terms and conditions on agreements;
(i) respecting admissions, a ssessments, reassessments,
discharges and transfers in respect of continuing care homes
and home and community care;
(j) prescribing requirements and conditions for the purposes of
sections 7(1)(c) and 11(1)(c);
(k) respecting the exemption from the application of this Act of
home and community care providers or types or classes of
home and community care providers, including regulations
(i) designating home and community care providers or
types or classes of home and community care providers
as exempt,
(ii) specifying the extent to which home and community
care providers or types or classes of home and
community care providers are exempt, and
(iii) respecting the criteria and circumstances under which
home and community care providers or types or classes
of home and community care providers may be
designated as exempt;
(l) respecting licences and licensing of continuing care home
operators and supportive living accommodation operators,
including regulations respecting
(i) the types or classes of licences that may be issued,
(ii) applications for the issuance, amendment or renewal of
licences,
(iii) continuing care home operators or supportive living
accommodation operators required, eligible or ineligible
to apply for licences,
(iv) the conditions that may be imposed on licences,
(v) the issuance, amendment or renewal of licences and the
refusal to issue, amend or renew licences, including the
criteria that may or must be considered,
(vi) the information required to be included on licences, and
(vii) the cancellation of licences;
(m) respecting notices to the director for the purposes of section 16,
including regulations
(i) prescribing the information to be included in notices,
and
(ii) prescribing other even ts or circumstances for the
purposes of section 16(d);
(n) respecting complaints, including regulations respecting
(i) how complaints are to be made,
(ii) the review, referral, resolution and disposal of
complaints,
(iii) the powers and duties of inspectors and the director in
respect of complaints,
(iv) notification of decisions made in respect of complaints,
and
(v) the referral of complaints to appropriate authorities,
including the disclosure of information relating to
referred complaints;
(o) respecting the appointment of an official administrator and
the operation and administration of a continuing care home
by an official administrator, including regulations
(i) respecting access by the offi cial administrator to records,
supplies and equipment required to operate and
administer the continuing care home and provide
facility-based care,
(ii) respecting payments to or by the official administrator
for the purposes of operating and administering the
continuing care home, and
(iii) respecting the termination of the appointment of the
official administrator;
(p) respecting appeals to appeal panels under section 33,
including procedures for such appeals;
(q) respecting appeals of stop orders and licence cancellations
under sections 35 and 36;
(r) respecting resident and family councils for the purposes of
section 37, including regulations respecting
(i) the establishment, memb ership, purposes, powers and
duties of resident and family councils, and
(ii) the powers and duties of continuing care home operators
and supportive living accommodation operators with
respect to resident and family councils;
(s) respecting information to be published or made available
under section 42, including the types of information and the
methods by which information is to be published or made
available;
(t) respecting records that continuing care home operators,
supportive living accommodation operators or home and
community care providers are required to create and
maintain for the purposes of this Act;
(u) prescribing, for the purposes of section 43(2), other
purposes for which the Minister, the director, inspectors or
appeal panels may collect, use and disclose personal
information as defined in the Protection of Privacy Act or
individually identifying health information;
(v) prescribing, for the purposes of section 43(3), other
purposes for which
(i) public bodies may disclose personal information as
defined in the Protection of Privacy Act,
(ii) organizations may disclose personal information as
defined in the Personal Information Protection Act, and
(iii) custodians may disclose individually identifying health
information;
(w) respecting notifications for the purposes of section 44,
including events and circumstances in which continuing
care home operators, supportive living accommodation
operators or home and community care providers are
required to notify the director;
(x) prescribing information to be provided to the Minister for
the purposes of section 45(1);
(y) respecting administrative penalties, including regulations
(i) prescribing the information required to be included in
notices of administrative penalty, and
(ii) respecting the manner of determining the amounts of the
administrative penalties that may be imposed;
(z) defining, for the purposes of this Act, any term used but not
defined in this Act;
(aa) respecting any other matter that the Lieutenant Governor in
Council considers necessary or appropriate to carry out the
intent of this Act.
(3) A regulation made under subsection (1) or (2) may incorporate
or adopt a standard, code, guideline, schedule or body of rules,
including a standard, code, guideline, schedule or body of rules
developed by the Minister, relating to any matter in respect of
which a regulation may be made under subsection (1) or (2).
(4) Where a standard, code, guideline, schedule or body of rules is
incorporated or adopted by a regulation made under subsection (1)
or (2), the Minister shall ensure that a copy of the standard, code,
guideline, schedule or body of rules is readily available to the
public.
(5) A standard, code, guideline, schedule or body of rules may be
incorporated or adopted by a regulation made under subsection (1)
or (2)
(a) in whole, in part or with modifications, and
(b) as it reads on a specific day or as amended from time to
time.
2022 cC-26.7 s51;AR 141/2025