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Screen applicants through the Criminal Records Review Program
Last updated on January 2, 2025Learn how to screen employees, volunteers and others if the Criminal Records Review Act applies to your organization.
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Who needs a criminal record check
People 12 years or older, who spend time with children or vulnerable adults, must be screened.
This includes:
- Employees
- Volunteers
- Contractors and subcontractors
- Teachers
- Post-secondary students on a practicum
- Registered health professionals and social workers
Care facilities, childcare facilities and daycares must also screen people 12 or older who spend time at the facility (for example, family members, tenants or exchange students).
When to do a criminal record check
If someone needs a criminal record check, they must get one:
- Before they work, volunteer, spend time at the facility or become licensed
- Every 5 years
- If they have a new charge or conviction (they can't work with children under 19 or vulnerable adults until they submit a new criminal record check)
Start a criminal record check
You can start a new criminal record check by:
- Sending the applicant an invitation using the organization online platform
- Giving the applicant a secure link to the criminal record check application and your organization’s access code