Human Resources Legislative Update

Local Health System Integration Act Regulation Filed (Health Professional Advisory Committees)

Human Resources Legislative Update

Local Health System Integration Act Regulation Filed (Health Professional Advisory Committees)

Date: April 21, 2010

On April 12, 2010, the government filed O. Reg. 136/10, an amendment to Regulation 264/07 (Health Professionals Advisory Committees) setting out requirements for long-term care home licensees (defined to mean a health service provider that is a licensee within the meaning of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007, to submit a mandatory “reconciliation report” to the local health integration network for the geographic area where the home is located, under certain conditions. The Regulation comes into force on the July 1, 2010, which is the date section 1 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes into force.