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Accountability Principles 2014
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Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
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Aged Care Act 1997
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F2014L00831
26 June 2014
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16 January 2015
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name of principles
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
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Part 2—Access to aged care services
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Division 1—Access to residential care services
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Subdivision A—Access by certification assessors
5 Purpose of this Subdivision
6 Notice of access
7 Consent to access service
8 Certification assessor must show identification
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Subdivision B—Access by CEO of Quality Agency and quality assessors
9 Purpose of this Subdivision
10 Consent to access service
11 CEO of the Quality Agency or quality assessor must show identification
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Subdivision C—Access by the Aged Care Commissioner
12 Purpose of this Subdivision
13 Notice of access
14 Consent to access service
15 Aged Care Commissioner must show identification
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Division 2—Access to home care services
16 Purpose of this Division
17 Consent to access service
18 CEO of the Quality Agency or quality reviewer must show identification
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Division 3—General provisions relating to access
19 Purpose of this Division
20 Hours of access
21 Access to premises, documents etc.
22 Access to staff members and other persons
23 Refusal of access
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Part 3—Information to be given to Minister or Secretary
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Division 1—Information about residential care services
24 Purpose of this Division
25 Information about unexplained absence of care recipients
26 Information about accommodation payments, contributions, bonds and charges
27 Information about building, upgrading and refurbishment
28 Period for notifying Secretary about entry of care recipient to residential care service
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Division 2—Information about home care services
29 Purpose of this Division
30 Notification of start of home care
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Part 4—Financial reports
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Division 1—Preliminary
31 Purpose 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 of residential care services other than State or Territory approved providers
34 Purpose of this Division
35 Approved provider must prepare financial report
36 Auditing of financial reports
37 Provision of financial reports to Secretary etc.
38 Circumstances in which approved provider is taken to have complied with this Division
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Division 3—Responsibilities of State or Territory approved providers of residential care services
39 Purpose of this Division
40 Approved provider must give segment report to Secretary
41 Circumstances in which approved provider is taken to have complied with this Division
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Division 4—Responsibilities of approved providers of home care services
42 Purpose of this Division
43 Approved provider must give financial report to Secretary
44 Circumstances in which approved provider is taken to have complied with this Division
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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 police certificates
50 Continuing responsibilities of approved providers
51 Spent convictions
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Part 7—Circumstances in which requirement to report allegation or suspicion of reportable assault does not apply
52 Purpose of this Part
53 Circumstances in which approved provider is not required to report alleged or suspected reportable assault