To provide a database of credentialed* (“registered”) care aides and community health workers who are eligible for employment in publicly funded organizations and settings.
To create a common process for employers in reporting and investigating patient, resident and client abuse complaints.
To suspend from the Registry, and/or remove from the Registry after the completion of the appeal process, any care aides or community health workers who have been terminated by the employer for patient, resident or client abuse. The definition of “abuse” for these purposes is the same as the definition set out in the Residential Care Regulation part 5, division 2, section 52 (1) (a) of the Community Care and Assisted Living Act that states “A licensee must ensure that a person in care is not, while under the care or supervision of the licensee, subjected to
(a) financial abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse or neglect as those terms are defined in section 1 of Schedule D, or
(b) deprivation of food or fluids as a form of punishment.”
To provide easy access, via the Registry website, on the following:
All health care assistants (HCA) on the Registry met registration requirements and were deemed competent at the time of registration.
The Registry has ensured that registrants have completed:
Employers should verify educational credentials and health care assistant work experience prior to hiring registered health care assistants.
Applicants may be required to complete a competency assessment (and additional education) to demonstrate they meet HCA core competencies. While assessed applicants may not have a BC HCA Program Certificate, they meet application requirements for registration.
It is incumbent on employers to screen candidates before hiring to ensure that they are registered and that they meet employer requirements.
