Community Care Licensing

Licensing Officers promote the health, safety and well being of adults and children in licensed care facilities such as day care and residential care facilities.  This is achieved by setting and monitoring essential health, safety and care standards for licensed community care facilities.  We work with care providers, families and agencies who share in the goal to ensure quality care  for vulnerable individuals in our communities.

The Act and its Regulations set forth a standard which all licensed facilities are required to meet.  These standards have been developed to ensure a base level of protection for all persons in licensed care facilities throughout the province.

The types of licensed community care facilities include:

• Child Care: Group Child Care (Under 36 Months), Group Child Care (30 Months to School Age). Preschool (30 Months to School Age), Group Child Care (School Age), Family Child Care, Occasional Child Care, Multi-Age Child Care, and In-Home Multi-Age Child Care.
• Residential Care for adults, children and youth.

The legislation governing our activities includes

• Community Care and Assisted Living Act
• Residential Care Regulations
• Child Care Licensing Regulation

Information and links regarding H1N1

http://www.hls.gov.bc.ca/ccf/h1n1.html