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60. (1) Regulations - The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,
 (a)
 respecting the operation, management and inspection of correctional institutions;
 (b)
 respecting the operation, management and inspection of community resource centres;
 (c)
 respecting the establishment, operation, management and inspection of places of open custody, secure custody and temporary detention;
 (c.1)
 with respect to contracts and agreements entered into under subsection 8 (4) or (5), prescribing and governing the powers and duties of the Minister, employees of the Ministry, contractors, employees of contractors, and other persons employed in the administration of this Act, and providing that regulations made under this clause apply despite a contract or agreement entered into under subsection 8 (4) or (5);
 (c.2)
 prescribing provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act that apply, with necessary modifications, to contractors and employees of contractors;
 (c.3)
 prescribing and governing powers and duties of local monitoring boards established under section 14.1, and requiring superintendents of correctional institutions to give the members of the local monitoring board access in accordance with the regulations to the premises of the correctional institution, its records, its employees and its inmates;
 (c.4)
 prescribing, for the purpose of subsection 34.1 (2), circumstances in which the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board may make determinations of whether an inmate has earned remission under subsection 6 (1) of the Prisons and Reformatories Act (Canada) or section 28 of this Act;
 (c.5)
 prescribing substances and tests for the purpose of section 57.9;
 (c.6)
 establishing and governing random selection substance testing programs;
 (c.7)
 prescribing programs or activities involving contact with the community for which a substance test is a requirement for participation;
 (c.8)
 prescribing substance abuse programs for which a substance test is a requirement for participation;
 (d)
 Repealed
 (d.1)
 governing, for the purpose of earning remission under subsection 6 (1) of the Prisons and Reformatories Act (Canada) and section 28 of this Act, active participation in programs designed to promote rehabilitation and reintegration;
 (e)
 respecting the treatment, training, employment, discipline, control, grievances and privileges of inmates and young persons;
 (f)
 requiring the maintenance of records and providing for their destruction;
 (g)
 respecting the retention and disposal of the property of inmates and young persons;
 (h)
 providing for the granting of compassionate allowances;
 (i)
 providing for and establishing criteria for the granting of temporary absences or parole in respect of inmates and temporary release in respect of young persons;
 (j)
 establishing rules of procedure for the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board;
 (j.1)
 for the purpose of section 36.1, authorizing and governing the participation of victims within the meaning of the Victims' Bill of Rights, 1995 and other victims of offences in proceedings of the Board;
 (j.2)
 authorizing persons, other than victims within the meaning of the Victims' Bill of Rights, 1995 and other victims of offences, to attend proceedings of the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board as observers, and governing their attendance;
 (k)
 providing for the appointment and remuneration of members of the Ontario Parole and Earned Release Board;
 (l)
 respecting the duties and powers of directors, superintendents, probation officers, parole officers, correctional officers, other persons employed in the administration of this Act and volunteers;
 (l.1)
 prescribing standards of professional ethics for persons employed in the administration of this Act and requiring compliance with those standards;
 (m)
 prescribing additional duties and functions of provincial directors and youth workers;
 (n)
 prescribing the number of members of the Custody Review Board, their terms of office and the number of members that is a quorum;
 (o)
 prescribing additional powers, duties and procedures of the Custody Review Board;
 (p)
 governing internal complaints procedures to be established under section 55;
 (q)
 establishing procedures for reviews under section 56;
 (r)
 providing for the assessment of inmates and young persons;
 (s)
 prescribing grooming and appearance standards for inmates serving sentences in correctional institutions that are relevant to the security of those institutions or to the health or safety of persons, and requiring compliance with those standards;
 (t)
 providing for the monitoring, intercepting or blocking of communications of any kind between an inmate of a correctional institution and another inmate or other person, where reasonable for protecting the security of the institution or the safety of persons;
 (t.1)
 prescribing procedures for carrying out searches in correctional institutions, prescribing procedures for carrying out searches in places of secure custody or temporary detention and prescribing procedures for carrying out searches in places of open custody;
 (t.2)
 prescribing procedures for the disposition of contraband found during a search;
 (u)
 authorizing designated persons employed in the administration of this Act to disclose personal information about individuals and prescribing the nature of the information that may be disclosed, to whom it may be disclosed and the circumstances in which it may be disclosed;
 (v)
 defining any word or expression used in this Act that is not already expressly defined in this Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. M.22, s. 60; 1997, c. 17, s. 7; 1997, c. 39, s. 10 (1); 2000, c. 40, s. 18; 2002, c. 12, s. 2 (1-3).
     (2) Same - The Minister may by regulation prescribe the form of the warrant for the purpose of section 39. 1997, c. 39, s. 10 (2).
     (3) Forms - Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may require that forms approved by the Minister be used for any purpose of this Act. 1997, c. 39, s. 10 (2).
     (4) Fees and Charges - The Minister may impose and collect fees and charges to recover costs incurred by the Ministry. 1997, c. 39, s. 10 (2).
     (5) Discipline - The fact that an inmate or young person is alleged to have committed an act or omission that is an offence under an Act of Canada or Ontario does not prevent disciplinary procedures from being taken against him or her in respect of the act or omission in accordance with the regulations made under clause (1) (e). 2002, c. 12, s. 2 (4).
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