A10- The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, February 14, 1996

Crime checks ,

affect many
thousands

MORE THAN a quarter million British Columbians who
work with children will now be subject to a criminal
record check.

The Criminal Records Review Act came into force Jan.
1. It applies to all employees and licencees working for ar-
ganizations which are operated by, licensed by or receive
operating money from the province.

That broad sweep takes doctors and nurses, child care
warkess, dentists, and school employees who work with
children. _ oe

However, Criminal Records Review Agency spokesman
Mona Jane confirmed employees of municipatities are spe-
cifically cxempted under the Act,

Nor does it affect volunteers unless they work in a child
daycare, although she conceded it was possible that would
change in the future,

Under the legislation, each affected organization is re-
quired to ask all existing employees - and any new hirings
- to provide written authorization for the criminal record
check.

Current employees who refuse to do so can be fined up
ta $50 per day while applicants for a job cannot be hired if
they refuse,

The record check is carried out under the auspices of a
central agency operated by the Attorney General's office,

If it turns up what the agency judges to be a relevant
record, the employce will be asked to provide fingerprints
so the RCMP can confirm the person's identily,

Should the fingerprints match, both employer and em-
ployee are then informed a relevant record exists and the
matter is referred to an independent adjudicator.

After looking at the details of the criminal record and
any other relevant information, the adjudicator will
determine whether the employee represents a risk.

If the adjudicator decides the employee represents a risk
to children, the employer is required to make sure that per-
son does not work with or have unsupervised access to
children.

Asked if that meant the individual could be fired, Jane

individual couldn't work with children and it was up to the
employer to decide how they dealt with the matter.

For example, Jane pointed out, in a daycare it was un- .

likely there was a position where the individual was not
working with children.

In the case of a school teacher, however, she suggested
the person could be shifted to an administrative position in
the schools or a job in the school board offices.

How the employer dealt with the situation could also
depend on the terms of any labour agreement with its em-
ployees, she added. ,

In cases where the decision is no risk, the employer
would still have been told there was a relevant record.

Asked if that might not prove prejudicial against the em-
ployee in the future, Jane said the government bad tried to
design the legislation so there will be no stigma atlached.

As for whal constituted a relevant record, Jane said 56
criminal code offences were listed in the legislation. Those

,alfences had been selected by legal experts based on the
Act’s objective of protecting children from physical and
sexual abuse.

Given the example, if the record check found the driver
of a school bus had been twice convicted of impaired driv-
ing, she confirmed that would not be considered relevant.

Similarly, a record of an assault might bave no bearing
on whether that individual was a danger to children.

Jane said the record check is a one-time occurence under
the legislation, “There is no requirement to be rechecked
at this time.”’ However, she added, if someone changed
jobs, another check would have to be carried out before
that individual could be hired by the new employer.

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