Level 3: Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC)
Level 3: Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC)
This check is restricted to applicants seeking employment and/or volunteering in a position of authority or trust relative to vulnerable persons in Canada only. It is a collection of offence information, including convictions, outstanding warrants, charges, judicial orders and sexual offence convictions for which the individual has received a record suspension where authorized by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. Non-conviction information shall be released only when it meets the Exceptional Disclosure Assessment.
The Police Vulnerable Sector Check will include the following information:
(a) Criminal convictions from CPIC and/or local databases.
(b) Summary convictions, for five years, when identified.
(c) Findings of Guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act within the applicable disclosure period.
(d) Outstanding entries, such as charges and warrants, judicial orders, Peace Bonds, Probation and Prohibition Orders. As per CPIC policy, information obtained from the Investigative Databank must be confirmed and authorized for release by the contributing agency.
(e) Absolute and conditional discharges for 1 or 3 years respectively.
(f) In very exceptional cases, where it meets the Exceptional Disclosure Assessment, non-conviction dispositions including, but not limited to, Withdrawn and Dismissed.
(g) Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder.
(h) All record suspensions as authorized for release by the Minister of Public Safety.
The Police Vulnerable Sector Check WILL NOT include:
(a) Convictions under provincial statutes.
(b) Local police contact.
(c) Ministry of Transportation information (PARIS).
(d) Special Interest Police (SIP) category of CPIC.
(e) Family Court Restraining Orders.
(f) Foreign information.
(g) Any reference to incidents involving mental health contact.
(h) Diversions will not be released as police contact and no reference to the occurrence is permitted (CC S. 717.4).
(i) Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) information beyond the applicable disclosure period.
(j) Any reference to contagious diseases.