20.2. For the purposes of sections 17 to 20.1, the operator of a private seniors’ residence may exclude form the number of rental units comprised in the residence rental units that are vacant in order to comply with the requirements applicable to a residence comprising a smaller number of rental units.
The operator that, because of that exclusion, intends to reduce the minimum number of persons to be present in the residence to ensure supervision must send to the integrated health and social services centre concerned a written notice of intention mentioning, in addition to the operator’s name, the contact information of the residence concerned and the number of the certificate of compliance,(1) the date on which the operator intends to reduce the number of persons;
(2) the number of vacant rental units; and
(3) the period during which the operator is of the opinion that the rental units will remain vacant.
The date on which the operator intends to reduce the number of persons to be present in the residence to ensure supervision may not be prior to the date that occurs 10 days after the date on which the notice is sent to the integrated center.
1574-2022O.C. 1574-2022, s. 191.