Ministry of Health
Office of the Assisted Living Registrar
Legislation
Operators of assisted living residences must comply with all applicable legislation, which includes:
Assisted Living Regulation
The Assisted Living Regulation specifies the length of a registration, application and registration fees, and health and safety standards for medications.
British Columbia Building Code Regulation
The BC Building Code Regulation establishes minimum standards for health, safety, accessibility, fire and structural protections of buildings and protection of the building from water and sewer damage.
British Columbia Fire Code Regulation
The BC Fire Code establishes minimum standards for health, safety and fire protection of buildings and facilities, including assisted living residences.
Community Care and Assisted Living Act
This Act establishes a mandatory registration requirement for all assisted living residences and provides for an Assisted Living Registrar to administer the part of the Act that relates to assisted living residences. It also requires community care facilities, which house a more vulnerable and dependent population, to be licensed under the Act.
Community Care and Assisted Living Regulation
The Community Care and Assisted Living Regulation defines the prescribed services. An assisted living operator may not offer more than two prescribed services to residents. By contrast, an operator of a community care facility may offer three or more prescribed services.
Drinking Water Protection Act and Regulation
The Act sets out certain requirements for drinking water operators to ensure the provision of safe drinking water to their customers.
Food Premises Regulation
This regulation to the Health Act sets out public health requirements for businesses that supply and serve food to the public. Operators of assisted living residences who house seven or more residents must have a food premises permit. Public Health Inspectors (Environmental Health Officers) in the health authorities are responsible for inspecting food premises, issuing permits and investigating complaints.
Health Act
The Health Act and its regulations deal with a range of public health matters relevant to assisted living residence operators, such as food safety, drinking water safety, personal services establishments, communicable disease management, sewerage systems, and pools and spas.
Health Act Communicable Disease Regulation
This regulation sets out what a reportable communicable disease is, and appropriate control measures.
Personal Services Establishment Regulation
This regulation specifies that operators of personal services establishments must maintain and operate their establishments, and equipment and instruments used for the service, in a way that prevents health hazards from occurring. Some health authorities require personal services establishments to be inspected and approved before operating.
Sewerage System Regulation
This regulation to the Health Act applies to private sewerage systems; holding tanks and domestic sewage; waterborne waste from the preparation and consumption of food and drink, dishwashing, bathing, showering; and general household cleaning and laundry.
Swimming Pool, Spray Pool and Wading Pool Regulations
These regulations apply to all pools in B.C., except private residential pools, and to all auxiliary structures and equipment required for the use or operation of pools.
Vancouver Building Bylaw
The bylaw regulates the design and construction requirements of buildings as well as administrative provisions for issuing permits, inspection and enforcement of these requirements.
Top