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Community Care and Assisted Living Act

Assisted Living Regulation

B.C. Reg. 189/2019

NOTE: Links below go to regulation content as it was prior to the changes made on the effective date. (PIT covers changes made from September 19, 2009 to "current to" date of the regulation.)
SECTIONEFFECTIVE DATE
Section 1 April 1, 2026
Section 44 September 1, 2020
June 28, 2024
April 1, 2026
Section 61 April 1, 2026
Section 64 April 1, 2026
Section 67 April 1, 2026
Section 83 December 2, 2020
Schedule A September 27, 2022
Schedule E March 30, 2022

 Section 1 definition of "dietitian" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 128/2025, effective April 1, 2026.

"dietitian" means a person who is authorized to practise dietetics under the Health Professions Act;

 Section 44 (3) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 206/2020, effective September 1, 2020.

(b) registrants of the British Columbia College of Nursing Professionals who are subject to

 Section 44 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 132/2024, effective June 28, 2024.

(3) The following are health professionals for the purposes of subsection (2) (a):

(a) medical practitioners;

(b) registrants of the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives who are subject to

(i) the Nurses (Registered) and Nurse Practitioners Regulation, or

(ii) the Nurses (Registered Psychiatric) Regulation;

(c) registrants of the British Columbia College of Social Workers;

(d) registrants of the College of Occupational Therapists of British Columbia;

(e) registrants of the College of Psychologists of British Columbia.

 Section 44 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 128/2025, effective April 1, 2026.

(3) A person who is one of the following is a health professional for the purposes of subsection (2) (a):

(a) a medical practitioner;

(b) a person who is authorized under the Health Professions Act to practise the designated health profession of nursing, psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy or psychology;

(c) a registrant within the meaning of the Social Workers Act.

 Section 61 (5) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 128/2025, effective April 1, 2026.

(5) Nothing in this Division authorizes a registrant to perform an activity that the registrant is prohibited from performing under the Health Professions Act, the Pharmacy Operations and Drug Scheduling Act or any other enactment.

 Section 64 (4) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 128/2025, effective April 1, 2026.

(a) consult with a pharmacist within the meaning of the Health Professions Act for the purpose of making and revising the plan referred to in subsection (1), and

 Section 67 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 128/2025, effective April 1, 2026.

(b) a health professional, or a certified non-registrant within the meaning of the Health Professions Act, who is authorized under that Act to administer the medication.

 Section 83 BEFORE self-repealed by BC Reg 189/2019, effective December 2, 2020.

Transitioned registrants

83   (1) In this section, "transitioned registrant" means a person who, on December 1, 2019, is a registrant.

(2) A transitioned registrant who applies before April 1, 2020 to renew the registration of the transitioned registrant's assisted living residence must include in the written application to be submitted under section 6 (1) (a) [requirements for registration] all content described in Schedule A that was not provided in respect of the current registration.

(3) Until December 1, 2020,

(a) sections 5 (1) [qualifications for registrants] and 15 (2) (a) [if more than one class or non-residents] do not apply to a transitioned registrant, and

(b) section 23 [additional requirements for Supportive Recovery class] does not apply to a transitioned registrant who operates an assisted living residence of the Supportive Recovery class.

(4) This section is repealed December 2, 2020.

 Schedule A, section 2 (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 192/2022, effective September 27, 2022.

(c) a criminal record check and 3 character references

(i) for the applicant, if the applicant is an individual, or

(ii) for each member of the board of directors, if the applicant is a corporation;

 Schedule A, section 2 (c.1) was added by BC Reg 192/2022, effective September 27, 2022.

 Schedule E, section 1 definition of "attempted suicide" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 76/2022, effective March 30, 2022.

"attempted suicide" means an attempt by a resident to take his or her own life;