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Volume 44, No. 25

B.C. Reg. 294/2001

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 31, 2001

B.C. Reg. 294/2001, deposited December 12, 2001, pursuant to the COMMUNITY CARE FACILITY ACT [Sections 1 and 20]. Order in Council 1069/2001, approved and ordered December 12, 2001.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that B.C. Reg. 536/80, the Adult Care Regulations, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. — C. HANSEN, Minister of Health Services; G. HOGG, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

1 The following

section is added:

Facility exempted from the Act

2.1

(1) Supportive recovery residences constitute a class of facility designated not to be a community care facility for the purposes of the Act and this regulation.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a "supportive

recovery residence" is a residence that

(

a) provides a safe and drug-free environment for persons recovering from drug or alcohol addictions, and

(

b) does not provide most or all of the services described in

section 6.10 (2).

Section 6.10 (2) is repealed and replaced with the following:

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) "care and supervision" includes

(

a) regular assistance with activities of daily living such as eating, mobility, dressing, grooming, bathing or other personal hygiene,

(

b) administering and monitoring the taking of medication,

(

c) central storing or distribution of medications,

(

d) maintenance or management of resident cash resources or property, and

(

e) monitoring of food intake or therapeutic diets.

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