S-4.1.1 - Educational Childcare Act

Section 81.2.36 Disposition versions

2024-09-27

81.2.36. A permit holder must immediately suspend any staff member in the following cases:

(1)  if the permit holder is informed that the staff member is implicated in a report that has been accepted for evaluation by the director of youth protection as well as if such a person is implicated in a report leading to a disclosure of confidential information by the director of youth protection to the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions or to a police force provided for in section 72.7 of the Youth Protection Act (chapter P-34.1);

(2)  if the staff member is the subject of an investigation conducted by the Minister with the knowledge of the permit holder on the basis of acts allegedly committed by the staff member that are such that, were they to continue or be repeated, the health, safety or well-being of the children to whom the permit holder provides educational childcare would be seriously compromised; or

(3)  if the staff member is the subject of a complaint filed with the permit holder and which the latter considers admissible, relating to acts allegedly committed by the staff member and that are such that, were they to continue or be repeated, the health, safety or well-being of the children to whom the permit holder provides educational childcare would be seriously compromised.

The permit holder must notify the person in writing and without delay of their suspension and the reasons for it, and give the person an opportunity to submit observations and produce any document as soon as possible and, in all cases, within 10 days.

The suspension lasts until the permit holder makes a final decision about the alleged situation.

2024, c. 6, s. 17.