Mandating Sprinklers in All Ontario Retirement Homes Act, 2010 Miller, Paul — Bill 92 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session)

Bill 92, 39-2

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Bill 92, Mandating Sprinklers in All Ontario Retirement Homes Act, 2010

Miller, Paul

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Bill 92 2010

An Act to require automatic sprinklers in all Ontario retirement homes

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

1. In

this Act,

"care

service" means,

(

a) a

prescribed health care service provided by a member of a College as defined in

the Regulated Health

Professions Act, 1991 ,

(

b) administration

of a drug, as defined in the Drug

and Pharmacies Regulation Act , or another substance,

(

c) assistance

with feeding,

(

d) assistance

with bathing,

(

e) continence

care,

(

f) assistance

with dressing,

(

g) assistance

with personal hygiene,

(

h) assistance

with ambulation,

(

i) provision

of a meal, or

(

j) any

other service prescribed as a care service,

but does not include any service that is prescribed as not being a care

service; ("service en matière de soins")

"Minister" means the Minister Responsible for Seniors or any other

member of the Executive Council to whom responsibility for the administration

of this Act is assigned or transferred under the Executive Council Act ; ("ministre")

"operator", in relation to a retirement home, means a person who owns or

controls the business of operating the home; ("exploitant")

"prescribed" means prescribed by the regulations made under this Act;

("prescrit")

"resident" means a person residing in a retirement home; (" résident ")

"retirement home" means a residential complex or the part of a

residential complex,

(

a) that

is occupied primarily by persons who are 65 years of age or older,

(

b) that

is occupied or intended to be occupied by at least the prescribed number of

persons who are not related to the operator of the home, and

(

c) where

the operator of the home makes at least two care services available, directly

or indirectly, to the residents,

but does not include,

(

d) premises

or parts of premises that are governed by or funded under,

(

i) the Charitable

Institutions Act ,

(ii) the Developmental

Services Act ,

(iii) the Homes

for Special Care Act ,

(iv) the Homes

for the Aged and Rest Homes Act ,

(

v) the Long-Term

Care Homes Act, 2007 ,

(vi) the Ministry

of Community and Social Services Act ,

(vii) the Nursing

Homes Act ,

(viii) the Private

Hospitals Act ,

(ix) the Public

Hospitals Act , or

(

x) the Services

and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental

Disabilities Act, 2008 ,

(

e) premises

at which emergency hostel services are provided under the Ontario Works Act, 1997 , or

(

f) the

other premises that are prescribed. ("maison de retraite")

Sprinklers

(1) An

operator of a retirement home shall ensure that the home is equipped with

automatic sprinklers that comply with the prescribed requirements, if any.

Conflict with other legislation

(2) If there is a conflict between any requirement

prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1) and any other Act or regulation,

the requirement that provides residents of a retirement home with the greater

protection prevails.

Regulations

3. The

Minister may make regulations prescribing anything that this Act refers to as

being prescribed.

Amendment

4. On the later of the day this Act comes

into force and the day

section 194 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes

into force, subclauses (d) (i), (iv) and (vii) of the definition of "retirement

home" in

section 1 of this Act are repealed.

Commencement

5. This Act comes into force on the day it

receives Royal Assent.

Short title

6. The

short title of this Act is the Mandating Sprinklers in All

Ontario Retirement Homes Act, 2010 .

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The

Bill requires retirement home operators to ensure that the home is equipped

with automatic sprinklers. The sprinklers must comply with any requirements

that the Minister may prescribe.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

October 21, 2010

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

October 21, 2010

Second Reading

Carried

October 21, 2010

Second Reading

Debate

June 2, 2010

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

June 2, 2010

Committee

Second Reading

October 21, 2010

Mr. Paul Miller, Mr. Rick Johnson, Mr. Garfield Dunlop, Mr. Peter Kormos, Mrs. Donna H. Cansfield, Mrs. Elizabeth Witmer, Mr. Michael Prue, Mr. Mario Sergio, M me France Gélinas

October 21, 2010

Declared carried. Referred to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills.

Committee

Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills

Third Reading

Royal Assent

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Citation	Bill 92, 39-2
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Language	en
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