Yesterday I wrote a blog regarding the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB). Today I’d like to discuss another tribunal which is similarly named but concerns different aspects of the health-care system in Ontario: the Health Services Appeal and Review Board (HSARB).
The HSARB is established under the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Appeal and Review Boards Act,* 1998, to conduct appeals and reviews under several statutes, including the following:
- Ambulance Act
- Charitable Institutions Act
- Commitment to the Future of Medicare Act
- Healing Arts Radiation Protection Act
- Health Facilities Special Orders Act
- Health Insurance Act
- Regulation 552 (General), to the Health Insurance Act
- Health Protection and Promotion Act
- Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act
- Immunization of School Pupils Act
- Independent Health Facilities Act
- Laboratory and Specimen Collection Centre Licensing Act
- Long Term Care Act
- Nursing Homes Act
- Private Hospitals Act
In my experience, the most common claims to the HSARB are appeals against the decisions made by the General Manager of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). The HSARB is independent of OHIP or any part of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The Board members are not government employees.
Note: Please keep in mind that this article is provided for information and educational purposes. It does not constitute legal advice and should not be regarded as such. The law may have changed since the publication of the article.
*s. 1998, c. 18
PSWLaw represents appellants before the HSARB.
