S-4.2, r. 0.01 - Regulation respecting the certification of private seniors’ residences

Section 13.1 Disposition versions

2022-12-15

13.1. The operator of a private seniors’ residence may, with written consent from a person wishing to become a resident or, where applicable, that person’s representative, proceed with or request the identification of the person’s loss of autonomy. The identification must be conducted using the Prisma-7 tool for the identification of persons with decreasing autonomy.

The operator may also, in the same manner, proceed with or request an assessment of the person’s autonomy to allow the person or, where applicable, the person’s representative, first, to identify the care and services required by the person’s state of health based on the person’s needs and, second, to determine if the person’s state of health may require care or services that are not offered by the operator. The assessment must be conducted using the functional autonomy measurement system (système de mesure de l’autonomie fonctionnelle, or SMAF) by a professional authorized to do so.

Only the tools referred to in the first and second paragraphs may be used to identify the loss of autonomy of a person wishing to become a resident or assess that person’s autonomy. The operator cannot use such tools or any other tool designed to assess the person’s needs to require the person or, where applicable, the person’s representative, to select a service offered by the operator that is not Part of the services whose costs must be included in the rent, when entering into a lease.

O.C. 1574-2022, s. 12.