Vulnerable Sector Search

VULNERABLE SECTOR SEARCH

As part of the application process for registration and licensure all applicants must provide a Vulnerable Sector Search (VSS) with their application form in order for it to be processed by the Provincial Dental Board of Nova Scotia. The VSS must have been issued within the last twelve months. The results of these checks will be considered in the decision to grant an applicant a license. 

For more information about obtaining a VSS please link to the Halifax Police website
http://www.halifax.ca/police/CriminalRecordCheck.php  or the RCMP website 
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cr-cj/index-eng.htm

The applicant is responsible for all fees charged by the police to obtain these records.


If the police service requires documentation regarding the necessity of the VSS please download and print the following document for this purpose.

Download letter