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Accreditation Grant Principles 2011
New Accreditation Grant Principles effective 20 May 2011
The Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd (the Agency) is responsible for managing the accreditation process for residential care services. Under the Aged Care Act 1997, the Accreditation Grant Principles set out the procedures that the Agency is to undertake to accredit a service as well as the ongoing responsibilities of the Agency for services that have received accreditation.
A recent review of the accreditation process indicated that a rewrite of the Accreditation Grant Principles was required in order to remove or amend outdated provisions and streamline the accreditation process. Consequently, the Accreditation Grant Principles 1999 have been revoked and replaced with new Accreditation Grant Principles 2011, effective 20 May 2011. The Accreditation Grant Principles 2011 and Explanatory Statement can be accessed on the Commlaw website at www.frli.gov.au
The purpose of the Accreditation Grant Principles 2011 is to remove or amend outdated provisions; improve readability; streamline the accreditation process for industry; enhance consumer engagement; and provide greater clarity and consistency of administrative processes.
Transitional arrangements in the new legislation mean that the Accreditation Grant Principles 2011 will apply to all applications for accreditation or reaccreditation that are made to the Agency on or after 20 May 2011. Applications that have been made before that time, and are still under consideration by the Agency as at 20 May 2011, will continue to be dealt with under the Accreditation Grant Principles 1999.
A Guide to changes to Accreditation for Residential Aged Care Services has been prepared to assist approved providers to understand the changes to the accreditation processes detailed in the Accreditation Grant Principles 2011.
PDF version of A Guide to the New Arrangements for the Accreditation Process 2011 (PDF 1108 KB)
HTML version of A Guide to the New Arrangements for the Accreditation Process 2011
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