Schools and child care providers
 19. (1) For the purposes of paragraph 9 of subsection 2 (2) of the Act, the Act does not apply in respect of searches for the purposes of, (a) screening a person who is being considered for a position as a teacher or other employee working in a school, a volunteer or a student on an educational placement in a school in order to determine the person’s suitability for the position; (b) screening a person who holds a position referred to in clause (a) in order to determine the suitability of the person continuing to hold the position; (c) screening a person to determine if the person is suitable to be awarded a contract to provide goods or services in a school or to determine the suitability of any of the prospective contractor’s employees for providing goods or services under the contract in a school; (d) screening a person who has been awarded a contract to provide goods or services in a school, or an employee of the contractor who provides goods or services in a school, in order to determine the suitability of the contractor or employee continuing to provide goods or services in a school; (e) screening a person who is being considered for a position as an employee of a board as defined in the Education Act in order to determine the person’s suitability for the position if the position requires the employee to be in a school in the normal course of their duties; (f) screening a person who holds a position referred to in clause (e) in order to determine the suitability of the person continuing to hold the position; (f.1) screening a person who is being considered for any other position where they will have direct, in-person access to children or other vulnerable persons within the context of their duties; (f.2) screening a person who holds a position referred to in clause (f.1) in order to determine the suitability of the person continuing to hold the position; (g) complying with section 35 of the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014; or (h) complying with a requirement in Ontario Regulation 137/15 (General) made under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014 to obtain a police record check, including a vulnerable sector check. O. Reg. 347/18, s. 19 (1); O. Reg. 454/18, s. 1, 4; O. Reg. 477/21, s. 14 (1, 2). (1.1) For greater certainty, searches for the purposes of screening under subsection (1) shall be limited to the following information a police service may have possession of: 1. Outstanding restraining orders, including family court restraining orders, under the Child Youth and Family Services Act, 2017. 2. Provincial charges and convictions under the Child Youth and Family Services Act, 2017. 3. Provincial charges and convictions under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014. 4. Provincial charges and convictions under the Highway Traffic Act. O. Reg. 477/21, s. 14 (3). (1.2) For searches conducted in relation to schools and child care providers, a police service shall not release mental health contact information, street check information or victim information. O. Reg. 477/21, s. 14 (3). (2) In subsection (1), “school” means a school or a private school as defined in the Education Act. O. Reg. 347/18, s. 19 (2). Exemptions from section 12 of the Act