Under the Criminal Records Review Act, individuals working with children or vulnerable adults directly or potentially have unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults must authorize a Criminal Record Check (CRC) for their employer or authorized organization. This authorization is submitted to the Criminal Records Review Program (CRRP) for review.
The Act states under “employer” the following:
“(j) a registered member who employs one or more individuals to assist the registered member in carrying on his or her occupation;”
It is your responsibility to ensure all of your office staff have a CRC completed and cleared every 5 years.
This is separate from the CRC required for CCHPBC registrants. The results of staff CRC are not to be sent to the College.
Details of the CRC program for staff, including application and fees, can be found here: Apply for a Criminal Record Check and Processing Policies
This is a manual process for employees – The Consent to a Criminal Record Check form must be downloaded, completed and mailed.
Note: If an employee has completed a criminal record check through the Ministry of Justice they can complete a Sharing Form. This allows the applicant to share the results of a completed CRC within the last 5 years with another organization at no cost.
The Application Form:
The forms for a CRC are found here: CRC form CRR010
From the form, the following check boxes are required (See page 2 of the application for more information):
- Schedule Type “A”
- Works with “Children and Vulnerable Adults
- Part 1, Applicant Information
- Part 2 (b) – complete ALL of 2(b) using the office name and address. Under ‘organization type’ check “other” and write in ‘health practitioner office.
- Part 3, not applicable
- Employee to sign and date the “Consent for Release of Information and Acknowledgments”
If you have questions, please contact either the BC Ministry of Justice
Criminal Records Review Program
Ministry of Justice
PO BOX 9276 STN PROV GOVT,
Victoria BC V8W9J7 CANADA.
You can also contact them by phone at 250 387-3840 or fax at 250 387-0090.
