The Residential Care Regulation requires an operator (licensee) to immediately report to the medical health officer (Community Licensing) if there is an allegation of abuse or neglect of a resident. However, it is very likely that incidents are internally filtered and will be under reported. According to 2014/15 data provided by the health authorities to Office of the Seniors Advocate, there were only 121 abuse or neglect incidents reported to licensing for the over 27,000 residents in care throughout the province. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|24]])