Any facility or location where care is provided to three or more children, not related by blood or marriage, or not a sibling group, is considered a Community Care Facility and requires a licence.
The types of licensed child care facilities include:
Licensed child care facilities are inspected on a regular basis to ensure compliance with the Community Care and Assisted Living Act to determine if minimum standards are being followed with respect to staff qualifications, criminal record checks, supervision, staff-to-child ratios, programming (for physical, intellectual, language, emotional & social development), furnishings & equipment, childcare records, and other requirements. In addition, follow up is done in response to complaints, allegations of abuse, and reportable incidents.
Licensing Officers pay particular attention to ensure that children are cared for in a healthy and safe environment.
Fraser Health does not inspect those child care settings where a licence is not required.
About us:
Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.