BENCH STAFF CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK POLICY
All individuals holding the title of Coach, Assistant Coach, Trainer, Assistant Trainer, Manager shall be subject to Criminal Record Checks which include the Vulnerable Sector Screening and a search of the National Sex Offender Registry. Individuals with outstanding Criminal Code convictions or who have been charged with such offences that have not yet gone to trial, but which continue to be prosecuted, shall not be eligible to hold the above positions.
Criminal Record Check (CRC)/Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS)
ALLIANCE Hockey, the OHF and Hockey Canada requires that all team staff identified in the paragraph above submit a Criminal Record Check including a Vulnerable Sector Screening that has been completed in the six (6) months prior to submission. A CRC/VSS is valid for three (3) years following the initial check. In the two (2) years subsequent to the CRC/VSS check, the team staff identified in the paragraph above need only complete a Criminal Offence Declaration Form (CODF) available on the SHA web site (i.e., Year one CRC/VSS, year two CODF, year three CODF and year four CRC/VSS).
The CRC/VSS or CODF for all bench staff & manager must be submitted before the first on-ice practice of the season for those teams that have Spring tryouts. For those teams that have Fall tryouts, the CRC/VSS or CODF for all bench staff & manager must be submitted before the beginning of the next month after tryouts (i.e., for September tryouts, CRC/VSS or CODF must be submitted before October 1st).
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Any bench staff or manager that has not met the above criteria will be suspended from the team.
Offences which deem the Individual ineligible to participate in any capacity:
(Note this is a reference only and not a complete list of applicable charges)
• Assault with a Weapon
• Assault Cause Bodily Harm
• Aggravated Assault
• Sexual Assault
• Sexual Interference
• Sexual Exploitation
• Invitation to Sexual Touching
• Making, distributing, or possessing child pornography
• Current prohibitions or probation orders forbidding the individual to have contact with children under the age of 14
• Indictable criminal offences for child abuse
• Luring a Child
• Voyeurism
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Production of a Substance (as defined in the Controlled Drug and Substances Act - C.D.S.A.)
• Robbery
• Any other offences pertaining to violence, whether or not involving weapons.
Offences for which disqualification from participation is 3 (three) years from the expiration of the penalty imposed by the courts.
(Note this is a reference only and not a complete list of applicable charges)
• Assault
• Threatening
• Possession of a Substance (as defined in the Controlled Drug and Substances Act - C.D.S.A.)
• Impaired Driving (while Driver’s License is suspended)
• Theft, Fraud and Related Offence (while in a Position of Trust)
• Convictions pertaining to illegal substances, other than for manufacture and/or trafficking.
• Firearm Related Offences (other than use of firearm in the commission of an offence)
The acceptable window of time for the exclusion for these offences as determined by the Member Associations will be 3 (three) years. The exclusion of time commences at the expiration of the penalty imposed by the Courts not the date of the charge or conviction.
It is the obligation of any person subject to screening by virtue of this Policy to advise his or her organization’s Professional Designate responsible for screening of a charge or conviction under any offence listed in this Policy. The designate for SHA is the Chairperson of Sarnia Hockey