29. The operator of a private seniors’ residence providing services to the residents through subcontractors or who uses the services of third persons to fill the operator’s needs for personnel, in particular the services of a placement agency, must obtain from the subcontractors or other third persons, the guarantee that a police force has verified whether the persons that could be chosen to work in the residence have been charged with or convicted of an indictable or other offence. The operator must also obtain from any subcontractor or other third person the guarantee that a person who has been charged with or convicted of an indictable or other offence related to the abilities and conduct required to work in the residence will not work in the residence, unless, in the case of a conviction, a pardon has been obtained.
The operator must also obtain from the subcontractors or other third persons referred to in the first paragraph the guarantee that the persons chosen to work in the residence as care attendants hold the attestations referred to in section 22. The operator must also obtain from the subcontractors and third persons the guarantee that those persons hold a diploma referred to in subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 23 or have obtained the document confirming that they hold the document certifying competency provided for in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 23 and, where applicable, section 34, or the document referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph of section 23.