Hiring staff and volunteers
 13. (1) The police record check required by section 64 of the Act for a staff member or a volunteer working in a retirement home shall be, (a) conducted by a police record check provider within the meaning of the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015; and (b) conducted within six months before the licensee of the home hires the staff member or accepts the volunteer to work in the home, as the case may be.  O. Reg. 166/11, s. 13 (1); O. Reg. 453/18, s. 2 (1, 2). (2) The police record check must be a vulnerable sector check mentioned in paragraph 3 of subsection 8 (1) of the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 to determine the person’s suitability to be a staff member or volunteer in a retirement home and to protect residents from abuse and neglect.  O. Reg. 166/11, s. 13 (2); O. Reg. 453/18, s. 2 (3). (3) Subject to section 1 of the Schedule to the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 with respect to a police record check set out in Column 4 of the Table to section 1 of that Schedule, a licensee of a retirement home shall require that a staff member or volunteer who applies to work or who works in the home provide the licensee with a signed declaration disclosing the following with respect to the period since the day the person’s last police record check was conducted under subsection (1) of this section or, if no such police record check has been conducted, since July 1, 2012: 1. Every offence with which the person has been charged under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or the Cannabis Act (Canada) and the outcome of the charge. 2. Every order of a judge or justice of the peace made against the person in respect of an offence under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or the Cannabis Act
(Canada), including a peace bond, probation order, prohibition order or warrant to arrest. 3.  Revoked: O. Reg. 453/18, s. 2 (7). 4. Every offence of which the person has been convicted under the Criminal Code (Canada), the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada), the Food and Drugs Act (Canada) or the Cannabis Act (Canada).  O. Reg. 166/11, s. 13 (3); O. Reg. 309/18, s. 1; O. Reg. 453/18, s. 2 (4-8). (4) A person who is required to provide a declaration under subsection (3) shall provide it promptly each time that, (a) the person has been made aware that a charge has been laid or an order has been made against the person; or (b) the person has been convicted or the charge is otherwise disposed of, in the case of a charge.  O. Reg. 166/11, s. 13 (4). (5) The requirements of section 64 of the Act and of subsections (1) to (4) of this section do not apply with respect to a person who is to perform work at the retirement home if the person, (a) falls under clause (b) or (c) of the definition of “staff” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act; (b) is only to provide occasional maintenance or repair services to the home; (c) is not to provide direct care to residents; and (d) is to be monitored and supervised by the licensee in accordance with written policies that the licensee has prepared to monitor and supervise persons who provide occasional maintenance or repair services.  O. Reg. 166/11, s. 13 (5). (6) The requirements of section 64 of the Act and of subsections (1) to (5) of this section do not apply with respect to a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, a member of the College of Nurses of Ontario or a member of the Ontario College of Pharmacists.  O. Reg. 166/11, s. 13 (6).