Your organisation must be incorporated Only organisations that are incorporated (are a corporation) can apply to become an approved provider of residential care, home care and/or flexible care. This means that if you are a sole trader, your organisation cannot be approved as a provider of aged care under the Act. A corporation is a trading or financial corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(XX) of the Constitution. Your organisation must be able to demonstrate how it is suitable to provide aged care Section 8 of the Act sets out the considerations the department must take when assessing an applicant’s suitability. It is up to you as the applicant to effectively demonstrate how and why your organisation meets these suitability criteria. Your organisation must not have any disqualified individuals as key personnel All applicants must ensure that it understands the meaning of key personnel as detailed under the Act and establish who within the organisation meet this definition. You, the applicant must also be certain that none of your key personnel are disqualified as defined under section 10A the Act. You must apply using the approved form You must use the approved form that is current at the time you make your application. The Act requires that an application for approval to provide residential care, home care and/or flexible care must be made using the approved application form. All application forms are developed to ensure that applicants provide the necessary information to allow an assessment against the suitability criteria and reflect current legislation. Forms that are incomplete or have been altered will not be accepted. The application form can be found on . An approved provider of aged care is an organisation that has been approved to provide residential care, home care and/or flexible care under the Act. The approved provider is responsible for the decisions about the delivery of care and financial management and has responsibilities and obligations to deliver the care in line with the standards that are specified in the Act and Aged Care Principles. Approved providers receive subsidies for the delivery of care to approved care recipients. To gain approval as a provider of aged care under the Act, the applicant must be assessed by the department as suitable to provide aged care. I I No. If your organisation would simply like to display its service(s) on My Aged Care, do not complete the Application for Approval to Provide Aged Care. Information about registering with , including fact sheets, FAQs, user guides, quick reference guides and videos are available on .
Your organisation must be incorporated Only organisations that are incorporated (are a corporation) can apply to become an approved provider of residential care, home care and/or flexible care. This means that if you are a sole trader, your organisation cannot be approved as a provider of aged care under the Act. A corporation is a trading or financial corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(XX) of the Constitution. Your organisation must be able to demonstrate how it is suitable to provide aged care Section 8 of the Act sets out the considerations the department must take when assessing an applicant’s suitability. It is up to you as the applicant to effectively demonstrate how and why your organisation meets these suitability criteria. Your organisation must not have any disqualified individuals as key personnel All applicants must ensure that it understands the meaning of key personnel as detailed under the Act and establish who within the organisation meet this definition. You, the applicant must also be certain that none of your key personnel are disqualified as defined under section 10A the Act. You must apply using the approved form You must use the approved form that is current at the time you make your application. The Act requires that an application for approval to provide residential care, home care and/or flexible care must be made using the approved application form. All application forms are developed to ensure that applicants provide the necessary information to allow an assessment against the suitability criteria and reflect current legislation. Forms that are incomplete or have been altered will not be accepted. The application form can be found on . An approved provider of aged care is an organisation that has been approved to provide residential care, home care and/or flexible care under the Act. The approved provider is responsible for the decisions about the delivery of care and financial management and has responsibilities and obligations to deliver the care in line with the standards that are specified in the Act and Aged Care Principles. Approved providers receive subsidies for the delivery of care to approved care recipients. To gain approval as a provider of aged care under the Act, the applicant must be assessed by the department as suitable to provide aged care. I I No. If your organisation would simply like to display its service(s) on My Aged Care, do not complete the Application for Approval to Provide Aged Care. Information about registering with , including fact sheets, FAQs, user guides, quick reference guides and videos are available on .
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