Public Hospitals Act

AuthorRichard D. Schneider; Caitlin Pakosh; Lora Patton
Pages270-319
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CHAPTER 4
Public Hospitals Act
Public Hospitals Act, R.S.O. , c. P., as amended by , c. , Sched. F, ss. -–; , c. ,
s.; , c. , Sched. G, s. ; , c. , s. ; , c. , Sched. F, Table; , c. , Sched.B,
s.; , c. , Sched. A, s. ; , c. , s. ; S.O. , c., Sched. C, s. () and Sched.L.,
s.() & (); Last amendment: , c. , Sched. , s. .
(updated Mar , )
CONTENTS
. Def‌initions
. Private hospitals, independent health facilities not af‌fected
. Community health facilities not af‌fected
. Community health facilities not af‌fected
. Administration and enforcement
. Approvals by Minister
. Payments to hospitals
. Directions
. Powers
. Investigators
. Directives by Minister
. Hospital supervisor
. Public interest
. Protection from personal liability
. Expropriation
. By-laws
. Protection from liability
. Records of personal health information
. Management committee
. No voting by proxy
. Notice of hospital meetings
. Inspectors
 [Repealed]
. Admission of patients
. Refusal of admission
. Community laborator y services
. Interns
. Burial expenses by municipality
. Statements of account to be rendered
Public Hospitals Act s 

. Municipal right of recourse against patient
. Municipal right of recourse against proper municipality
. Indians
. Of‌fence
. Regulations
. Classif‌ication of hospitals
. Notice to college of disciplinary action against physician
. Advice as to quality of professional work
. Medical advisory committee
. Powers of board re medical staf‌f
. Medical staf‌f appointment, hospital privileges, etc.
. Where no hearing required
. Hearings
. Reasons and appeal
. Service of notice
. Appeal from decision of Appeal Board
. Ceasing to operate or provide ser vices
Def‌initions
In this Act,
“administrator” means the person who has for the time being the direct and actual superintend-
ence and charge of a hospital; (“directeur général”)
“Appeal Board” means the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board under the Ministry of
Health Appeal and Review Boards Act, ; (“Commission d’appel”)
“board” means the board of directors, governors, trustees, commission or other governing body
or authority of a hospital; (“conseil”)
Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section  of the Act
is amended by adding the following def‌inition: (See: , c. , Sched. , s. )
“community laboratory services” means the services of a laboratory or specimen collection
centre under the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act that are provided
by a hospital designated under subsection  () of this Act to persons who are neither in-
patients nor out-patients; (“services de laboratoire communautaire”)
“dependant” means a patient the charges for whose treatment some other person is liable for
in law; (“personne à charge”)
“hospital” means any institution, building or other premises or place that is established for the
purposes of the treatment of patients and that is approved under this Act as a public hos-
pital; (“hôpital”)
“in-patient” means a person admitted to a hospital for the purpose of treatment; (“malade
hospitalisé”)
“inspector” means an ocer of the Ministry designated under this Act as an inspector;
(“inspecteur”)
“local health integration network” means a local health integration as def‌ined in section  of the
Local Health System Integration Act, ; (“réseau local d’intégration des services de santé”)
Public Hospitals Acts 
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Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, the def‌inition of “local
health integration network” in section  of the Act is repealed. (See: , c. , Sched. , s.  ())
“medical advisory committee” means a committee established under section ; (“comité médi-
cal consultatif”)
“medical department” means a division of the medical staf‌f of a hospital for the provision of a
specif‌ied type of medical diagnosis or treatment; (“service médical”)
“Minister” means the Minister of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministre”)
“Ministry” means the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; (“ministère”)
“municipality” does not include a lower-tier municipality; (“municipalité”)
“out-patient” means a person who is received in a hospital for examination or treatment or both,
but who is not admitted as a patient; (“malade externe”)
“patient” means an in-patient or an out-patient; (“malade”)
“personal health information” has the same meaning as in the Personal Health Information
Protection Act, ; (“renseignements personnels sur la santé”)
“physician” means a legally qualif‌ied medical practitioner; (“médecin”)
“regulations” means the regulations made under this Act; (“règlements”)
“resident” means actually resident in a municipality for a period of three months within the six
months next prior to admission to a hospital; (“résident”)
“treatment” means the maintenance, observation, medical care and supervision and skilled
nursing care of a patient and, if dental service is made available in a hospital by its board,
includes the dental care and supervision of the patient; (“traitement”)
“unorganized territory” means those parts of Ontario that are without municipal organiza-
tion, including Indian reservations and provincial parks, but not including property of the
Government of Canada used for the purposes of national defence installations, camps or
stations. (“territoire non érigé en municipalité”) R.S.O. , c. P., s. ; , c. , Sched. F,
s. ; , c. , Sched. G, s.  (); , c. , Sched. F, Table; , c. , Sched. A, s.  ();
, c. , s.  (, ).
Private hospitals, independent health facilities not af‌fected
Nothing in this Act in any way relates to or af‌fects a private hospital under the Private Hos-
pitals Act or an independent health facility under the Independent Health Facilities Act. R.S.O.
, c. P., s. ; , c. , Sched. F, s. .
Note: On a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor, section  of the Act
is repealed and the following substituted: (See: , c. , Sched. , s.  ())
Community health facilities not af‌fected
Nothing in this Act in any way relates to or af‌fects a community health facility within the
meaning of the Oversight of Health Facilities and Devices Act, . , c. , Sched. , s.  ().

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