Community Care Facilities Licensing
Community care facility licensing protects and promotes the health, safety and well-being of vulnerable children and adults in licensed care facilities. We do this through education, collaboration and regulation.
Licensing officers do the following:
- Issue licences to community care facilities.
- Monitor and inspect facilities on a routine basis.
- Respond to complaints.
- Investigate allegations of unsafe, inappropriate or abusive care (i.e. physical, sexual, emotional, or financial abuse).
- Investigate unlicensed facility complaints.
- Work with other agencies as required (e.g. police, Ministry of Child and Family Development).
- Ensure that licensees follow up with corrective action.
What to expect
All facilities must be in compliance with the Community Care and Assisted Living Act, the Residential Care Regulations and the Child Care Licensing Regulations.
A community care facilities licence is required for all programs and facilities providing care to three or more persons who are not related to the operator by blood or marriage.
Licensing officers must be of the opinion that the designated manager has the training, experience, personality, ability and temperament necessary to operate the community care facility in a manner that will maintain the spirit, dignity and individuality of the persons in care.
An assessment of suitability includes a review of the applicant's qualifications and references, an interview, and for child care facilities a criminal record check.
Resources
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Application for licence - Child care
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Application for licence - Community care
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Licensing Application Guide - FCC or IHMA
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Licensing Application Guide - GCC, school age
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Licensing Application Guide - GCC
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Licensing Application Guide - Recreational Care
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Licensing Application Guide - School Age Care on School Grounds (Board of Education)
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Licensing Application Guide - School Age Care on School Grounds
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Licensing Application Guide - FCC or IHMA - Coastal Areas
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Licensing Application Guide - GCC - Coastal Areas
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Licensing Application Guide - GCC, school age - Coastal Areas
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Licensing Application Guide - Recreational Care - Coastal Areas
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Licensing Application Guide - School Age Care on School Grounds - Coastal Areas
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Licensing Application Guide - School Age Care on School Grounds (Board of Education) - Coastal Areas
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Licensing Application Guide - Residential Care
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Community Care and Assisted Living Act
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Child Care Licensing Regulation
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Community Care and Assisted Living Regulation
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Criminal Records Review Act
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Health Act
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Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation
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Ministry of Healthy Living & Sport
Community Care Facilities Branch
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Find this service near you
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Environmental health & inspections offices601 West Broadway
12th floor, suite 1200, 601 West Broadway Vancouver -
Community health centres
Central Community Health Centre
132 West Esplanade North Vancouver -
qathet General Hospital
5000 Joyce Avenue Powell River -
Other
Richmond Place – 8100 Granville Avenue
8100 Granville Avenue Richmond -
Community health centresSechelt Health Unit
PO Box 1040, 5571 Inlet Avenue Sechelt -
Community health centresSquamish Community Health Centre
1140 Hunter Place Squamish