Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Legal Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Legal Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Legal Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Dept. of Health. Legal Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Health. Legal Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Health. Legal Services Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1966-

    History

    The Legal Services Branch was first established within the Ontario Department of Health in 1966, and was originally known as the Legal Branch. Prior to 1966, the legal advice for the Department of Health was provided by the solicitor, first appointed in 1935.

    The Legal Branch moved into the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health at its creation in 1972. Sometime between 1985 and 1989, it expanded its name to the Legal Services Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Legal Services Branch provides a range of legal services to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care including the provision of legal advice to the Ministry's various branches, contract preparation, the preparation and interpretation of statutes and other legal documents pertaining to health matters, and representation of the Ministry at tribunals and court appearances.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Health (1924-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA37

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Health controls Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Legal Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1966-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA42

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Legal Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1999

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (1999-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA117

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care controls Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Legal Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1999-

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1414

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Dept./Ministry of Health Annual Reports, 1965-1989; Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1965-1990; KWIC Index to Services, 1982-2000.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Hughey