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Accountability Principles 2014
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Aged Care Act 1997
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F2023C00353 (C24)
30 March 2023
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31 March 2023
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name of principles
3 Authority
4 Definitions
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Part 1A—Allowing delegates of Secretary access to service to assess care needs of care recipients
4A Purpose of this Part
4B Access to service
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Part 2—Information to be given to Quality and Safety Commissioner
5 Purpose of this Part
6 Information about unexplained absence of care recipients
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Part 3—Information to be given to Secretary
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Division 1—Information about residential care services
24 Purpose of this Division
26 Information about quality of residential care
27 Document about a care recipient to be provided with palliative care
27A Information or documents relating to care recipient with palliative care status
27B Information about allocated places in respect of which approved provider is, or will be, unable to provide residential care
28 Period for notifying Secretary about entry of care recipient to residential care service
28A Period for notifying Secretary about the cessation of the provision of certain residential care
Division 2—Information about home care services
29 Purpose of this Division
30 Notification of start of home care through a home care service
30A Notification of cessation of home care through a home care service
Division 3—Information about vaccinations
30B Purpose of this Division
30BA Reports about service staff—influenza vaccinations
30C Reports about service staff—COVID 19 vaccinations
30CA Reports about residential care recipients—influenza vaccinations
30D Reports about residential care recipients—COVID 19 vaccinations
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Part 4—Aged care financial report
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Division 1—Preliminary
31 Purpose of this Part
31A Application of this Part
32 What is an approved provider’s financial year
33 Reviewable decision
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Division 2—Responsibilities of approved providers
34 Purpose of this Division
35 Aged care financial reports—general
35A General purpose financial reports for non government approved providers of residential care services
36 Auditing of general purpose financial reports
37 Provision of aged care financial report to Secretary—general
37A Provision of general purpose financial report to care recipients etc.
37B Publication of general purpose financial reports and audit opinions
38 Service provided during part only of financial year
39 Provision of financial support statements
40 What is a financial support statement?
40A Permitted uses reconciliation
41 Provision of further information and documents to Secretary
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Part 4A—Quarterly financial report
42 Purpose and application of this Part
43 Quarterly financial report
44 Provision of further information and documents to Secretary
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Part 5—Participation in aged care workforce census
45 Purpose of this Part
46 Participation in aged care workforce census
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Part 6—Responsibilities in relation to certain staff members and volunteers
47 Purpose of this Part
48 Requirements in relation to new staff members and volunteers
49 Arrangements for new staff members or volunteers who do not yet have a police certificate or an NDIS worker screening clearance
50 Continuing responsibilities of approved providers
51 Spent convictions
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Part 7—Responsibilities relating to the suitability of key personnel of approved providers
52 Purpose of this Part
53 Record of consideration of suitability matters
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Part 7A—Responsibilities of certain approved providers relating to their governing bodies etc.
53A Purpose of this Part
53B Requirements about membership of quality care advisory bodies
53C Report about quality of aged care provided
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Part 7B—Responsibilities relating to the giving of information relating to reporting periods
53D Purpose of this Part
53E Providers of residential care and home care—responsibility relating to the giving of information relating to reporting periods
53F Providers of flexible care—responsibilities relating to the giving of information relating to reporting periods
53G Responsibilities to prepare and provide statements
53H Service provided during part only of reporting period
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Part 8—Application, transitional and savings provisions
54 Application—amendments made by the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Reporting) Principles 2017
55 Transitional—approvals of auditors
57 Application—amendments made by the Accountability Amendment (Financial Information) Principles 2021
58 Application—amendments made by the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Financial Information) Principles 2022
59 Application—amendment made by the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Palliative Care Classification and Other Measures) Instrument 2022
60 Amendments made by the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Governance and Reporting for Approved Providers) Principles 2022
61 Amendments made by the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Quarterly Financial Reports) Principles 2023
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history