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 45. (1) This section applies if a society or a child and family service authority is conducting an assessment of a person’s home as a place of safety for a child under clause 74 (4) (b) of the Act. (2) A child shall not be placed in a person’s home as a place of safety unless the society or the child and family service authority, as the case may be, has assessed the home in accordance with the following procedures within 30 days before the placement: 1. A child protection worker, a person designated by the society or an employee of the authority shall obtain information, i. as to the identity of every person who is 18 or older and resides in the home in which the child may be placed, and ii. as to the nature of the relationship between the child who may be placed in the home and every person referred to in subparagraph i. 2. A child protection worker, a person designated by the society or an employee of the authority shall meet with the proposed primary caregiver and conduct an interview of the caregiver. 3. A child protection worker, a person designated by the society or an employee of the authority shall meet in private with the child who will be placed in the home and conduct an interview appropriate to the child’s age and maturity. 4. A child protection worker, a person designated by the society or an employee of the authority shall conduct an assessment of the home environment, including an assessment of the physical aspects of the home. 5. In the case of an assessment conducted by a society, a child protection worker shall conduct a review of the society’s records for information relating to any person who is 18 or older and resides in the home in which the child will be placed. 6. In the case of an assessment conducted by an authority, the following procedures shall be followed: i. The authority shall advise the society that may be placing the child of the name of any person who is 18 or older and resides in the home. ii. The society that is advised under subparagraph i shall, A. conduct a review of the society’s records for information relating to each person, and B. respond as soon as possible to the authority indicating whether or not information relating to the person exists in the society’s records and whether, on the basis of this information, the society has reasonable grounds to suspect that a child may be at risk if placed in the home. 7. A child protection worker, a person designated by the society or an employee of the authority shall obtain the consent of the proposed primary caregiver to, i. a police record check, and ii. the disclosure of information related to the primary caregiver by any society, including any information from the Child Protection Fast Track Information System, and any child welfare authority outside Ontario. 8. As soon as practicable but no later than seven days after the society or authority obtains the consent requested of a person under subparagraph 7 ii, the society shall conduct a search of the proposed primary caregiver’s name in the Child Protection Fast Track Information System. 9. As soon as practicable but no later than seven days after the society or authority obtains the consent requested of a person under subparagraphs 7 i and ii, the society shall, i. make a request to the appropriate authority in any jurisdiction in which the person has resided for the results of the person’s police record check, and ii. if the person has resided in the past in an area outside of the society’s jurisdiction, make a request to any society or any child welfare authority outside Ontario for any information or records they may have relating to the person. (3) As soon as practicable but no later than 30 days after conducting an assessment under this section, a child protection worker, a person designated by the society or an employee of a child and family service authority, as the case may be, shall document the assessment of the person’s home.