Registration requirements

Every applicant shall– (a) be an adult and must be at least ten years older than the maximum age for which she/he is licensed; (b) be thoroughly conversant with the provisions of the Act and these Regulations; (c) be of good repute and character; and that this is so witnessed by three references (previous employers, similar agencies, nonfamilial character references); (d) submit together with his application, medical reports, police records, reference letters and any other information requested by the Registrar for all providers, assistants and staff of the residential care facility for children he operates or proposes to operate, if the person is not a resident of Belize that he/she submits police records, medical records and child abuse/neglect checks from the country or countries where he/she was resident for five years prior to the submission of the application; (e) prove the existence of a Board of Directors; 66 Social Service Agencies (f) state the position he holds where the prospective operator is an association, partnership, group of persons, organization. institution, agency, unincorporated entity, corporate entity, or other similar entity; (g) submit, together with his provider, assistants and staff, to an interview in such form, and at such place and time as may be notified to him in writing by the Registrar; (h) allow the Registrar, or any person duly authorized by the Registrar in that behalf in writing, to inspect during business hours the residential care facilities for children after giving at least twenty-four hours prior written notice to the applicant.