Baseball Ontario - Volunteer Screening Policy
(Vulnerable Sector Screening)

For the 2022 playing season, every volunteer and/or paid employee 18 years of age or older working with or for a local baseball association, affiliate association or Baseball Ontario must have completed Volunteer Screening in order to be eligible to be insured under the Baseball Ontario liability policy.

Every volunteer will fall into one of three risk groups, as determined by their local association. Below is an excerpt from the Volunteer Screening Policy:

Risk Level   Description   Requirements
Level 1 Low Risk:

Volunteers who are never alone with children or Vulnerable Individuals, and only interact on the field of play in the duty to the game, for example:

  • Parents, youth, or volunteers who are helping out on a non-regular or informal basis
  • Programs where volunteers are never left unsupervised with Vulnerable Individuals, and activities do not include travel without the VI’s parent/guardian.
  • Volunteers and employees involved with Adult Leagues (i.e. Leagues where no participants are under the age of 18
  • Umpires who are never alone with children or Vulnerable Individuals, and only interact on the field of play in the duty to the game
  • Tournament personnel who are never alone with children or Vulnerable Individuals and only interact on the field of play in the duty of the tournaments
  1. Complete a Screening Disclosure Form
  2. Complete Safe Sport Module through Coaches Association of Canada
Level 2 Medium Risk:
  • Non-coach employees, managers or supervisors
  • Directors
  • Coaches or support personel of non-travelling teams
  1. Complete a Screening Disclosure Form
  2. Complete Safe Sport Module through Coaches Association of Canada
  3. Complete and provide a CPIC or EPIC
Level 3 High Risk:
  • Coaches or support personnel (i.e. trainers or first aiders) who travel with athletes (travelling teams)
  • Coaches or support personnel who could be alone with athletes
  • Chefs de mission accompanying teams to national championships
  • Umpire Leaders (Umpire In Chief, Umpire Supervisor) who work with children under the age of 18
  • Baseball Ontario Umpire Clinicians
  1. Complete a Screening Disclosure Form
  2. Complete Safe Sport Module through Coaches Association of Canada
  3. Complete and provide a VSC or a CPIC/EPIC