45. The operator of a private seniors’ residence must ensure the health and safety of residents by offering and maintaining a living environment that complies with the provisions of any Act or regulation, including a municipal by-law, that are applicable to the operator or to the operator’s residence, in particular any standards in matters of hygiene, sanitation, construction, building, food products or safety, including fire safety.
An operator that offers services through subcontractors must ensure that they comply with the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions.
The operator must keep in the residence, for at least 5 years, the orders, remedial notices or other documents issued to the operator by any authority in charge of applying any applicable legislative or regulatory provisions, as well as proof showing that the operator has complied with them by taking the appropriate remedial action, where applicable.
259-2018O.C. 259-2018, s. 45.