B.C. Reg. 342/2004, deposited July 23, 2004, pursuant to the COMMUNITY CARE AND ASSISTED LIVING ACT [Section 34 (3) (b)]. Order in Council 797/2004, approved and ordered July 22, 2004.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Administrator, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Assisted Living Regulation, B.C. Reg. 218/2004, is amended by adding the following sections:

Application fees

3 A person must pay an application fee of $250 when registering an assisted living residence if any of the following circumstances apply:

(a) the assisted living residence has never been registered before;

(b) the assisted living residence has been registered before, but the registrar receives the application to renew the registration after the expiry of the previous registration;

(c) the assisted living residence has been registered before, but

(i) the registrar cancelled the registration under section 27 of the Act,

(ii) the person is applying to register the assisted living residence again, and

(iii) if the registrar approves the application, it will be the first time the assisted living residence is registered since the previous registration was cancelled.

Registration fees

4 (1) In this section, "unit" means each room or set of rooms in an assisted living residence that is

(a) used as the personal living quarters of a resident, or

(b) shared as personal living quarters by more than one resident.

(2) In addition to any fee payable under section 3, a person must pay a registration fee as follows each time the person registers an assisted living residence:

(a) if registration is to begin on or after March 31 but before October 1, $12.50 for each unit;

(b) if registration is to begin on or after October 1 but before March 31 of the following year, $6.25 for each unit.

— C. HANSEN, Minister of Health Services; J. van DONGEN, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

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