Adult and Youth Group Homes Regulations, H-13 Reg 1

1 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES H-13 REG 1 The Adult and Youth Group Homes Regulations being Chapter H-13 Reg 1 (effective February 11, 1983) as amended by Saskatchewan Regulations 130/2005 and 25/2011. NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation. 2 H-13 REG 1 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES Table of Contents TITLE STANDARDS FOR GROUP HOMES 1 Title 12 Location INTERPRETATION AND 13 Required designated areas in group home APPLICATION 14 Sleeping accommodation 2 Interpretation 15 Washing facilities 3 Repealed 16 Repealed 4 Repealed 17 Fire alarm system LICENCES 18 Exits 5 Repealed DUTIES OF GROUP HOMES 6 Repealed 19 Group homes funded by government 7 Repealed 20 Repealed 8 Repealed 21 Quality of meals 9 Repealed 22 Personal records of residents 10 Repealed 23 Medical treatment 11 Repealed 24 Medication GENERAL 25 Inspection of group homes 26 Notice of discontinuance of operation 27 Exemptions 28 Coming into force 3 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES H-13 REG 1 CHAPTER H-13 REG 1 The Housing and Special-care Homes Act TITLE Title 1 These regulations may be cited as The Adult and Youth Group Homes Regulations. INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION Interpretation 2 In these regulations: (a) “Act” means The Housing and Special-care Homes Act; (b) “approved home” means any building, premises or place in respect of which there is a subsisting certificate issued pursuant to section 43 of The Mental Health Act; (c) “boarding home” means a building or structure or any part of a building or structure kept, used or advertised as or held out to be a place where sleeping accommodation is furnished to people as regular roomers for a period of one week or more, and which has sleeping accommodation for five or more roomers; (d) “day care centre” means a building or part of a building operated for the purpose of providing, at the request of parents, care for four or more children who do not reside on the premises and the provision of that care is not within the jurisdiction of any ministry or agency of the Government of Saskatchewan other than the ministry over which the minister responsible for the administration of The Saskatchewan Assistance Act presides; (e) “group home” means a special-care home operated by the board of any organization incorporated under The Non-profit Corporations Act or The Co-operative Associations Act, but does not include an approved home, boarding home, day care centre or institution; (f) “group home services” means non-parental, supervisory, personal care and programming for youths and adults provided in a residential facility; (g) “institution” means a building or part of a building, other than a private dwelling or a correctional institution, and includes a home or a centre for 10 or more children set apart for their care, custody or treatment, a day care centre, a boarding school and the management of any such institution; (h) Repealed. 3 Jne 2011 SR 25/2011 s3. (h.1) “ministry” means the ministry over which the minister presides. 4 H-13 REG 1 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES (i) “operator” means any representative of an organization incorporated under The Non-profit Corporations Act or The Co-operative Associations Act that has control or management of a group home; (j) “program” means a plan of treatment appropriate to the residents of the group home; (k) “program branch” means the administrative unit designated by the minister; (l) “resident” means a person who resides in a group home for the purpose of receiving group home services; (m) “residential facility” means a facility providing accommodation, meals and care; (n) “youth” means a person who is 16 or 17 years of age. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s2; 3 Jne 2011 SR 25/2011 s3. 3 Repealed. 3 Jne 2011 SR 25/2011 s4. 4 Repealed. 3 Jne 2011 SR 25/2011 s5. LICENCES 5 to 11 Repealed. 23 Dec 2005 SR 130/2005 s3. STANDARDS FOR GROUP HOMES Location 12 Every group home shall be located in a residential section of the community and conveniently accessible to public transporation, parks, churches, shopping centres and other community resources. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s12. Required designated areas in group home 13 The operator shall designate specific areas of the group home for informal living, dining, indoor recreation, sleeping, bathing, food preparation and storage. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s13. 5 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES H-13 REG 1 Sleeping accommodation 14 Sleeping accommodation for residents shall meet the following conditions: (a) each bedroom shall have a window; (b) no basement shall be used for sleeping accommodation unless, in the opinion of the local fire and health departments, it constitutes no fire or health hazard; (c) each bedroom shall have a minimum of 6.5 square meters per resident or, where more than one resident is accommodated in the bedroom, 4.2 square meters per resident; (d) each resident shall have his own bed appropriate to his age, a clean mattress and bedding appropriate to weather conditions and climate; (e) not more than two residents shall be accommodated in one bedroom; and (f) no resident who has serious difficulty negotiating stairways shall be placed in a bedroom above or below the ground floor level of the group home. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s14. Washing facilities 15 Every group home shall have at least: (a) one wash basin with hot and cold water and one flush toilet for every five residents or fraction thereof; and (b) one bath tub, or shower, with hot and cold water for every 10 residents or fraction thereof. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s15. 16 Repealed. 3 Jne 2011 SR 25/2011 s6. Fire alarm system 17 An electric or battery operated fire alarm signal system shall be provided in the group home and shall be of the type approved by the Fire Commissioner. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s17. Exits 18 All exit doors in group homes shall be equipped with hardware which does not require the use of a key to unlock the door from the inside. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s18. 6 H-13 REG 1 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES DUTIES OF GROUP HOMES Group homes funded by government 19 Every group home that is in receipt of or applying for funds from the provincial government shall: (a) keep complete records of and account for receipt of funding from all sources and expenditures for all purposes; (b) permit any authorized representative of the ministry, the ministry over which the minister responsible for the administration of The Saskatchewan Assistance Act presides, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development or the Provincial Auditor or any other auditor appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, as the case requires, to have access to the records described in clause (a) and any other documents that may be necessary for an accurate audit; and (c) at the request of the ministry over which the minister responsible for the administration of The Saskatchewan Assistance Act presides, deliver the records described in clause (a) and any other documents that may be necessary for an accurate audit to an authorized representative of the ministry, the ministry over which the minister responsible for the administration of The Saskatchewan Assistance Act presides, the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development or the Provincial Auditor or any other auditor appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, as the case requires. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s19; 3 Jne 2011 SR 25/2011 s7. 20 Repealed. 23 Dec 2005 SR 130/2005 s4. Quality of meals 21 The operator shall provide residents with nutritionally adequate meals as set out in the Canada Food Guide. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s21. Personal records of residents 22 All personal records of any resident shall be kept in locked containers, and only persons authorized by the department responsible for the program in which the resident is participating shall have access to those records. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s22. Medical treatment 23(1) With respect to the treatment of an injury to any resident, the group home staff may only provide emergency first aid. (2) In all cases of serious illness or injury to any resident, the operator shall cause a physician to be called and the parent, guardian or next of kin of the resident shall be notified as soon as possible. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s23. 7 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES H-13 REG 1 Medication 24(1) All medications and medical treatment shall be given to residents only on the order of a physician. (2) All medications shall be kept in a lockable cabinet. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s24. GENERAL Inspection of group homes 25 Every operator shall ensure that his group home is open at all reasonable times for inspection and examination by: (a) the minister or any person he may designate; (b) any public health official; (c) any representative of the Fire Commissioner; and (d) any representative of the program branch. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s25. Notice of discontinuance of operation 26 Any operator of a group home who wishes to discontinue operation of the group home shall provide the minister with written notice three months prior to the effective date of the discontinuance of the operation. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s26. Exemptions 27 Where the minister considers it to be in the best public interest, he may exempt any group home from compliance with any provision of these regulations. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s27. Coming into force 28 These regulations come into force on the day on which they are filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 18 Feb 83 cH-13 Reg 1 s28. 8 H-13 REG 1 ADULT AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN’S PRINTER Copyright©2011