Cancer Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1

• Jurisdiction: Ontario
• Year: 2000

Cancer Act

R.S.O. 1990, Chapter C.1

Historical version for the period April 18, 2019 to March 31, 2020.

Note: This Act is repealed on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor. (See: 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 3 (2, 3))

Last amendment: 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 3.

PART I
THE ONTARIO CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Foundation continued

1 The corporation known as The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation, referred to in this Act as the Foundation, is continued under the name The Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation in English and under the name Fondation ontarienne pour la recherche en cancérologie et le traitement du cancer in French. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1, s. 1.

Members

2 (1) The Foundation shall consist of the members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council who shall hold office during pleasure. 2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 3 (1).

Vacancies

(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may fill any vacancies that occur from time to time in the membership of the Foundation. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1, s. 2 (2).

Quorum

(3) Five of the members of the Foundation constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1, s. 2 (3).

Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y)

2019, c. 5, Sched. 3, s. 3 (1) - 18/04/2019

Chair, vice-chair

3 (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint one of the members to be chair of the Foundation and another of the members to be vice-chair of the Foundation. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1, s. 3 (1).

Presiding officer

(2) The chair shall preside at all meetings of the Foundation at which he or she is present and in his or her absence the vice-chair shall preside and in the absence of both the chair and the vice-chair the members present shall elect one of themselves to preside. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1, s. 3 (2).

Advisory medical board

4 Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Foundation may appoint an advisory medical board consisting of such persons representative of the medical faculties of the University of Toronto, Queen’s University, The University of Western Ontario and the University of Ottawa, and of radiotherapists, surgeons, pathologists, internists, physicists and the medical profession generally as the Foundation considers appropriate. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.1, s. 4.

Object

5 The object of the Foundation is to establish and conduct a program of research, diagnosis and treatment in cancer, including,

(a) the establishment, maintenance and operation of research, diagnostic and treatment centres in general hospitals or elsewhere;

(b) the transportation of patients and escorts to its treatment centres or to the hospital of the Institute for diagnosis, treatment or investigation;

(c) the establishment and operation of hostels in connection with its treatment centres or the hospital division operated by University Health Network known as Princess Margaret Hospital;

(d) the laboratory and clinical investigation of cancer problems;

(e) the co-ordination of facilities for treatment;

(f) the adequate reporting of cases and the recording and compilation of data;

(g) the education of the public in the importance of early recognition and treatment;

(h) the providing of facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate study;

(i) the training of technical personnel; and

(j) the...