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Operators have a general responsibility under the Residential Care Regulations to perform a criminal record check and obtain character references before hiring any employee.  Operators also  have an ongoing responsibility to monitor their employees’ performance.  
Operators have a general responsibility under the Residential Care Regulations to perform a criminal record check and obtain character references before hiring any employee. ([[Chapter Five Legal Issues in Residential Care References|55]]) Operators also  have an ongoing responsibility to monitor their employees’ performance. ([[Chapter Five Legal Issues in Residential Care References|56]])
   
   
The following are the  general criminal record  check requirements:
The following are the  general criminal record  check requirements:
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* Newly hired staff must complete the criminal record check process immediately.
* Newly hired staff must complete the criminal record check process immediately.
* Employers must make sure employees get a criminal record re-check every 5 years.
* Employers must make sure employees get a criminal record re-check every 5 years.
* Regulated Health professionals identified under the Criminal Records Review Act are not required to resubmit a new criminal record check application.
* Regulated Health professionals identified under the Criminal Records Review Act ([[Chapter Five Legal Issues in Residential Care References|57]])are not required to resubmit a new criminal record check application.
* Employers are responsible to verify that criminal record checks have been completed.
* Employers are responsible to verify that criminal record checks have been completed.


Revision as of 19:26, 4 July 2014

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Legal Issues in Residential Care:
An Advocate's Manual
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Introduction
Introduction and Forward
Acknowledgements
Chapters
Chapter Resources and Appendices
Chapter One Resources and Appendix
Chapter Three Resources and Appendix
Chapter Four Resources and Appendix
Chapter Five Resources and Appendix
Chapter Six Resources and Appendix
Chapter Seven Resources and Appendix
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Operators have a general responsibility under the Residential Care Regulations to perform a criminal record check and obtain character references before hiring any employee. (55) Operators also have an ongoing responsibility to monitor their employees’ performance. (56)

The following are the general criminal record check requirements:

  • Newly hired staff must complete the criminal record check process immediately.
  • Employers must make sure employees get a criminal record re-check every 5 years.
  • Regulated Health professionals identified under the Criminal Records Review Act (57)are not required to resubmit a new criminal record check application.
  • Employers are responsible to verify that criminal record checks have been completed.

All new criminal record checks are now conducted by the Criminal Records Review Program (CRRP) under the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. This eliminates the option of going to the local police detachment.


This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by BC Centre for Elder Advocacy and Support, June 2014.
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Introduction
Chapter One: Statutory Framework
Chapter Two: Residents' Bill of Rights
Chapter Three: Legal Issues in Admission and Transfer
Basic Issues in Eligibility for Residential Care · Moving to Residential Care · Costs · Agreeing to the Admission · Demonstrating Consent · Assessing Capability to Consent? · What Kind of Decision is Admission to a Residential Care Facility and Who Makes It? · Terms in Admission Agreements and Contracts · Payment Default and Guarantees · Signing as a Substitute Decision-Maker (SDM) · Other Areas · Contractual Protections · Screening · Assessing Capacity for Admission · Consent · Use of the Mental Health Act to Admit Older Adults to Residential Care · What is “Appropriate”? · The Effect of Declining an Offered Placement · Advance Care Planning · Care Plans · Admission of Veterans · Admission of Aboriginal Residents · Admission of Spouses with Different Care Needs · Admission of Sponsored Immigrants Needing Care
Chapter Four: Legal Issues When Living in Residential Care
Chapter Five: Rights, Remedies and Problem Resolution
Chapter Six: Consent and Capacity
Consent: An Area of Confusion · Mental Capacity to Consent · Presumption of Capability · Misuses of Presumptions · How is Capability Determined? · Understanding Tests of Incapability · The Conditions of Health Care Consent · Who Must Seek Consent for Health Care? · What is Meant by “Health Care”? · Consent Rights · The Consent Process · How Does a Person Give Consent? · Exceptions to Requiring Consent · Health Care at the Margins · Areas of Confusion Around Health Care Consent in Residential Care · Information Rights · Exploiting Consent Loopholes? · Consent and Care Plans · Rights Associated with Care Plan Consent · Advance Care Planning - Advance Care Plan and Advance Care Directives · Consent and Advance Care Directives · Common Areas of Misunderstanding for Advance Health Care Consent · What is Personal Care? · Determining a Resident’s Capacity to Make Personal Care Decisions · Intimacy and Sexual Relations · What Constitutes Consent in the Context of Intimacy and Sex?
Chapter Seven: Substitute Decision-Making
Resources, References and Information


The testing of the claims in a court proceeding at a formal hearing before a judge with the jurisdiction to hear the proceeding. The parties present their evidence and arguments to the judge, who then makes a decision resolving the parties' claims against one another that is final and binding on the parties unless successfully appealed. See "action," "appeal," "argument," "claim," "evidence" and "jurisdiction."

In law, the re-examination of a term of an order or agreement, usually to determine whether the term remains fair and appropriate in light of the circumstances prevailing at the time of the review. In family law, particularly the review of an order or agreement provided for the payment of spousal support. See "de novo," "family law agreements," "order" and "spousal support."

In contract law, the fulfillment of an obligation or duty arising from a contract.

A request to the court that it make a specific order, usually on an interim or temporary basis, also called a "chambers application" or a "motion." See also "interim application" and "relief."

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