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Quality of Care Principles 2014

In force

Administered by

Department of Health, Disability and Ageing

This item is authorised by the following title:

Aged Care Act 1997

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F2025C00941 C21

01 October 2025

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
Part 2—Residential care services
Part 3—Home care services
- 12 Purpose of this Part
- 13 Care and services that must be provided
Part 4—Certain flexible care services
Part 4A—Behaviour support and restrictive practices—residential care and certain flexible care
Part 4B—Incident management and prevention
Part 4C—Responsibility relating to registered nurses
Part 5—Aged Care Quality Standards
Part 6—Application, saving and transitional provisions
- Division 1—Amendments made by the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Reportable Incidents) Instrument 2022
Schedule 1—Care and services for residential care services
Schedule 2—Aged Care Quality Standards
Schedule 3—Care and services for home care services
- Part 1—Care and services
- Part 2—Excluded items
  - 4 Items that must not be included in package of care and services
Schedule 5—Care and services for short-term restorative care
- Part 1—Care and services that may be provided in a residential care setting
- Part 2—Care and services that may be provided in a home care setting
  - Division 1—Care and services that may be provided
  - Division 2—Excluded care and services
    - 7 Items that must not be included in package of care and services
Endnotes