Part 7 — Education Professions and Occupations Division 1 Responsibilities
225.99994 Duty to report to police
reasonably believes that a teacher or teacher leader has engaged in
conduct that involves
(a) physical harm to a student,
(b) sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a student, or
(c) any other matter that may, i n the opinion of the person,
threaten the safety of a student
shall report that conduct to a police service.
(2) The following persons are required to report under subsection
(1):
(a) the Registrar;
(b) the Commissioner;
(c) a superintendent;
(d) the chair of a board;
(e) in the case of a person oth er than a board or an independent
school providing an early childhood services program,
(i) if the person providing the early childhood services
program is an individual, that individual, or
(ii) if the person providing the early childhood services
program is not an individual, the chair of the board of
the society under the Societies Act, the non-profit
company under Part 9 of the Companies Act or the non-
profit corporation incorporated by or under an Act of the
Legislature that is providing the early childhood services
program;
(f) in the case of an independent school,
(i) if the person responsible for the operation of the
independent school is an individual, that individual, or
(ii) if the person responsible for the operation of the
independent school is not an individual, the chair of the
board of the society under the Societies Act, the non-
profit company under Part 9 of the Companies Act or the
non-profit corporation incorporated by or under an Act
of the Legislature that is responsible for the operation of
the independent school;
(g) the executive secretary of The Alberta Teachers'
Association;
(h) the executive director of the College of Alberta School
Superintendents.
(3) When a person referred to in subsection (2)(b) to (h) makes a
report under that subsection, the person shall notify the Registrar of
the following:
(a) that a report has been made;
(b) the name of the teacher or te acher leader who is the subject
of the report;
(c) the nature of the conduct in respect of which the report w as
made.
(4) If a person referred to in subsection (2)(b) to (h) asks the
Registrar whether a report has been made with respect to the
conduct of a teacher or teacher leader, the Registrar may disclose to
the person the fact that a report has been made.
(5) A person referred to in subsection (2)(b) to (h) is not required
to make a report under that subsection with respect to the conduct
of a teacher or teacher leader if the Registrar has disclosed in
writing to the person under subsection (4) that a report has been
made.
(6) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding that the information on
which the belief is founded is confidential and its disclosure is
prohibited under any other Act.
(7) No action lies against a person reporting under this section
unless the reporting is done maliciously or without reasonable
grounds for the belief.
2022 c7 s12;2025 c6 s31