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MHHS Minimum Housing and Health Standards

MHHS · Continuing Care Act

Part 4 — Compliance and Enforcement

31 Official administrator

Current to 2025-12-18 · Official PDF

(1) The Minister may appoint an official administrator in
accordance with the regulations in respect of a continuing care
home if, in the Minister's opinion, the continuing care home
operator has done or omitted to do anything in respect of the
continuing care home that, because of the nature or gravity of the
thing, has prejudicially affected or is likely to prejudicially affect
the health, well-being or safety of the residents of the continuing
care home.
(2) While appointed under this section, an official administrator, to
the exclusion of the continuing care home operator,
(a) has all the powers and authority of the continuing care home
operator in respect of the operation and administration of the
continuing care home, and
(b) shall exercise all the powe rs and authority and perform all
the duties and functions of the continuing care home
operator in respect of the operation and administration of the
continuing care home.
(3) In addition to the powers and authority referred to in
subsection (2), the Minister may confer on an official administrator
any powers or authority that the Minister considers reasonably
necessary for the official administrator to operate and administer
the continuing care home.
(4) A continuing care home operator must comply with a request
by an official administrator to assist the official administrator in
operating and administering the continuing care home.