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On April 15, 2012, several sections of the new Ontario
Retirement Homes Act 2010 ("RHA") came
into force, which require that all operators of retirement homes be
licenced by the newly created "Retirement Homes Regulatory
Authority" (the "Authority"). Applications for
licences must be submitted by July 3, 2012, after which an operator
who has not submitted an application will be found to be in
contravention of the RHA. The remaining sections of the
RHA will come into force on a "rolling" basis
between now and January, 2014.
The determination of whether a licence will be issued, whether
any conditions will be imposed upon licences, and the
Authority's inspection frequency will be based on the strength
of the application. As such, it behooves the retirement homes to
put their "best foot forward" in completing their
application so as to ensure that the least onerous terms/conditions
are attached to their licence. In preparing the licence
application, several of a retirement home's existing documents
and policies will need to be updated to be compliant with the
requirements of the new legislation. This includes resident
agreements, care home information packages, as well as several key
policies and guidelines.
We have prepared a "user friendly" compliance
checklist to assist retirement homes in getting their organization
"RHA ready". Feel free to access this checklist
by clicking here. Please do not hesitate to contact us for
assistance with the preparation of your licence application and
ensuring that your policies, procedures, resident agreement and
information package comply with the requirements of the new
legislation.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general
guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
about your specific circumstances.
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