25. Every person wishing to join the staff of a private seniors’ residence or to work there as a volunteer must, before beginning work, provide the operator with a declaration concerning any charge or conviction referred to in section 24 unless, in the case of a conviction, a pardon has been obtained.
The declaration must contain all the information necessary for verification by a police force and include written consent to the verification and to the disclosure of the results of the verification to the operator by the police force.
The operator must have the accuracy of the declaration referred to in the first paragraph verified by the police force before the staff member or volunteer begins work.