GENERAL

Classes of facility 1. The following are prescribed as classes of facilities for the purposes of the Act: 1. Class A (Hospitals). 2. Class B (Hospitals). 3. Class C (Hospitals). 4. Class D (Tissue Banks). 5. Class E (Transplant Service). 6. Class F (Laboratory Service). O. Reg. 179/05, s. 1. Designations as members of a class 2. Entities are designated as members of prescribed classes of facilities as follows: 1. Any hospital that provides neuro-surgical or trauma services is a member of Class A (Hospitals). 2. Any hospital that does not meet the requirements set out in paragraph 1 and that is able to make a neurological determination of death (“NDD”) in accordance with the medically accepted standards for NDD in Ontario is a member of Class B (Hospitals). 3. Any hospital that does not meet the requirements set out in paragraph 1 or 2 is a member of Class C (Hospitals). 4. Any hospital, health facility or university that participates in the collection, screening, processing, storage or distribution of tissue for transplantation is a member of Class D (Tissue Banks). 5. Any hospital that transplants organs for the direct clinical benefit of patients is a member of Class E (Transplant Service). 6. Any laboratory as defined in section 5 of the Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act is a member of Class F (Laboratory Service) if it performs at least one of the following tests, and is licensed to do so: i. tests required to complete standardized screening of potential organ or tissue donors for infectious diseases, ii. histocompatibility testing of potential organ donors. O. Reg. 179/05, s. 2. Exemption 3. Members of Class C (Hospitals) are exempt from the application of section 8.1 of the Act. O. Reg. 179/05, s. 3. 4. Omitted (provides for coming into force of provisions of this Regulation). O. Reg. 179/05, s. 4.