Activity 2.3 | Childcare Licencing Regulations

There is much to learn regarding licensing regulations and what your licensing officers will look for when they arrive to inspect the facility. 

Explore this sample inspection checklist provided by Island Health to consider what you may need to consider before an inspection. 

Licensing requires specific documentation and records to be stored at your center.

Any practices that are required to deviate from these regulations require an exemption. You must apply to your health authority licensing branch if an exemption is necessary.

Furthermore, you should explore child care licensing resources provided by your local health authority licensing body: 

Community Care Facilities Licensing - Fraser Health Authority

Child Care & Community Care Home Providers | Interior Health

Community Care Facilities Licensing | Island Health

Community Care Facility Licensing | Northern Health

Community Care Facilities Licensing | Vancouver Coastal Health

Finally, explore the Government of British Columbia's (BC) Community Care and Assisted Living Act and record three (3) things that might be new to you in your journal. 

References

Fraser Health Authority. (n.d.). Community care facilities licensing. https://www.fraserhealth.ca/Service-Directory/Services/ltc-al/community-care-facilities-licensing

Government of British Columbia. (2002). Community Care and Assisted Living Act, SBC 2002, c. 75.  https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/00_02075_01

Interior Health. (n.d.). Child care & community care home providers. https://www.interiorhealth.ca/information-for/child-care-and-community-care-home-providers

Island Health. (2023, August 25). Child care licensee self-inspection checklist: Routine inspection. Community Care Facilities Licensing.
https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/care-facilities-licensing/child-care-licensee-self-inspection-checklist-routine-inspection-compressed.pdf

Island Health. (n.d.). Community care facilities licensing. https://www.islandhealth.ca/our-services/community-care-facilities-licensing

Island Health. (2016, August). Records and documentation: Community Care Facilities Licensing Program.  https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/2019-10/records-documentation.pdf

Island Health. (2024, July 8). What is an exemption (Community Care Facilities Licensing Program).https://www.islandhealth.ca/sites/default/files/care-facilities-licensing/what_is_an_exemption.pdf

Northern Health. (n.d.). Community care facility licensing.https://www.northernhealth.ca/services/community-care-facility-licensing?keys=child%20care%20licensing

Vancouver Coastal Health. (n.d.). Community care facilities licensing. https://www.vch.ca/en/service/community-care-facilities-licensing