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{{Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual TOC|expanded=chapter5}} | {{Legal Issues in Residential Care: An Advocate's Manual TOC|expanded=chapter5}} | ||
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 have a general responsibility under the Residential Care Regulations to perform a criminal record check and obtain character references before hiring any employee. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|1]]) Operators also have an ongoing responsibility to monitor their employees’ performance. ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|2]]) | ||
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 ([[ | * Regulated Health professionals identified under the Criminal Records Review Act ([[{{PAGENAME}}#References|3]])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. | ||