Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:2:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 24/53)
Character Range: 398070–400803

Act 1973) is on site, and on duty, at all times at the residential facility.
 (3) The Quality of Care Principles may make provision for, or in relation to, the granting of an exemption from this section to an approved provider in relation to a residential facility.
 (4) Without limiting subsection (3), the Quality of Care Principles made for the purposes of that subsection must:
 (a) provide for the circumstances in which an exemption from this section may be granted (on application or otherwise) to an approved provider in relation to a residential facility, including that:
 (i) such an exemption may be granted by the Secretary; and
 (ii) before granting such an exemption, the Secretary must be satisfied that the provider has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the clinical care needs of the care recipients in the facility will be met during the period for which the exemption is in force; and
 (b) provide that such an exemption that is granted to an approved provider in relation to a residential facility must not be in force for more than 12 months; and
 (c) provide that more than one such exemption may be granted to an approved provider in relation to a residential facility; and
 (d) provide for the conditions that may apply to such an exemption that is granted to an approved provider in relation to a residential facility.
 (5) If an exemption from this section is granted to an approved provider in relation to a residential facility, the Secretary must make publicly available information about the exemption, including:
 (a) the name of the provider and the facility; and
 (b) the period for which the exemption is in force; and
 (c) any conditions that apply to the exemption; and
 (d) any other information of a kind specified in the Quality of Care Principles.

54‑2  Aged Care Quality Standards
 (1) The Quality of Care Principles may set out Aged Care Quality Standards. Aged Care Quality Standards are standards for quality of care and quality of life for the provision of *aged care.
 (2) The Aged Care Quality Standards may set out different standards for different kinds of *aged care.

54‑3  Reportable incidents
 (1) When making provision in relation to an incident management system for the purposes of subparagraph 54‑1(1)(e)(i), the Quality of Care Principles must make provision for dealing with *reportable incidents.
 (2) A reportable incident is any of the following incidents that have occurred, are alleged to have occurred, or are suspected of having occurred, in connection with the provision of *aged care to a care recipient of an approved provider:
 (a) unreasonable use of force against the care recipient;
 (b) unlawful sexual contact, or inappropriate sexual conduct, inflicted