AB-2025-01924 - Protection for Persons in Care Investigators-R4

The Protection for Persons in Care Act (PPC Act) promotes the prevention and requires the reporting of abuse of adult clients who receive care or support services from service providers named or otherwise identified in the PPC Act and Regulation. The PPCA defines abuse as an act or omission that: • Causes serious bodily harm, • Causes serious emotional harm, • Results in the administration, withholding or prescribing of medication for an inappropriate purpose, resulting in serious bodily harm, • Subjects an individual to non-consensual sexual contact, activity or behaviour, • Involves misappropriating or improperly or illegally converting a significant amount of money or other valuable possessions, or • Results in failing to provide adequate nutrition, adequate medical attention or another necessity of life without a valid consent, resulting in serious bodily harm. The Protection for Persons in Care (PPC) unit conducts independent reviews of reports of abuse that fall within the jurisdiction of the PPC Act. PPC's process is focused on the improvement of care or support services to prevent recurrence of abuse.