Acts and Regulations

85-187 - General

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Alternative level of care patients
2021-86
9.04(1)A prospective resident who has been discharged from a hospital facility operated by a regional health authority as defined in the Regional Health Authorities Act but who remains in the hospital facility as an alternative level of care patient shall accept the first offer of a placement at a nursing home that offers services in the official language of choice of the prospective resident, if the nursing home
(a) was selected by the prospective resident in the request, as a regular placement, or
(b) is 100 km or less from the residence of the prospective resident, as an interim placement.
9.04(2)Despite subsection (1), a prospective resident referred to in subsection (1) who must be admitted to a specialized unit shall accept the first offer of a placement at a nursing home that offers services in the official language of choice of the prospective resident and that has the type of specialized unit required to care for the prospective resident.
2021-86