NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 89/19

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 89/19

Children, Youth and Families Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Children, Youth and Families Act

(Filed December 19, 2019)

Under the authority of section 107 of the Children, Youth and Families Act, I make the following regulations.

Dated at St. John's, December 19, 2019.

Lisa Dempster
Minister of Children, Seniors and Social Development

REGULATIONS

Analysis

NLR 38/19
as amended

1. Section 20 of the Children, Youth and Families Regulations is amended by adding immediately after subsection (2) the following:

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(f), a registered social worker who was employed by a family-based placement provider licensee at the time of the coming into force of these regulations, is not required to provide proof that he or she has worked a minimum of 5 years as a registered social worker.

2. (1) Subsection 23(5) is repealed and the following substituted:

(5) A licensee shall ensure that all staff and caregivers at a facility operated by the licensee obtain the certifications referred to in subsection (4) within 6 months of the date the licensee was issued a licence.

(2) Section 23 of the regulations is amended by adding immediately after subsection (8) the following:

(8.1) Notwithstanding subsection (4) and paragraph (6)(b), a provincial director may exempt a caregiver or a caregiver applicant from the requirement to obtain or renew one or more of the certifications referred to in subsection (4) where

(a) the licensee submits a written request to a provincial director; and

(b) the provincial director is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist which justify granting the exemption.

(9) An exemption granted under subsection (8.1) may be subject to the terms and conditions that a provincial director may impose.