Aged Care Provider Requirements Search tool
The Aged Care Provider Requirements Search tool can help aged care providers understand their requirements under the Aged Care Act 2024.
Frequently asked questions
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New aged care regulatory model – Frequently asked questionsThis document answers questions from providers about the new aged care regulatory model.
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New aged care regulatory model: how it will work – Webinar Q&AsThis document outlines the department’s responses to questions asked by providers at the New aged care regulatory model: how it will work webinar, held on 14 November 2024.
Videos
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Provider requirements search tool – How to videoThe Aged Care Act 2024 is a rights-based Act that puts older people who need aged care services at the centre of the system.
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Aged Care Provider Requirements Search tool introductionThis introduction provides you with information about the search tool and how aged care providers can find their requirements under the new Aged Care Act and Aged Care Rules.
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Associated providers under the new Aged Care ActOn 1 November 2025, the new Aged Care Act starts and third-party providers and subcontractors will be known as associated providers. This video explores the roles of associated providers as they deliver services on behalf of registered providers.
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Provider registration and the new regulatory model under the new Aged Care ActThis video explains the aged care provider registration process and other key features of the new regulatory model, which take effect when the new Aged Care Act starts on 1 November 2025.
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Provider registration preview – VideoIn this video, Assistant Secretary Robert Day from the Department of Health and Aged Care’s Harmonisation and Regulatory Strategy Branch, provides guidance about the provider registration preview. The preview is part of the deeming process of aged care providers under the new Aged Care Act.
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Valerie Braithwaite on relational regulation – VideoWatch emeritus professor Valerie Braithwaite explain the importance of relational regulation in the new model for regulating aged care.
Guidance
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The new regulatory model – Guidance for NATSIFAC providersThis document provides guidance for NATSIFAC providers about the new regulatory model.
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The new regulatory model – Guidance for CHSP providersThis document provides guidance for Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) providers about the new regulatory model. It includes updates that address the deferral of the new Aged Care Act to 1 November 2025.
Webinars
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Aged Care Provider Requirements Search tool – WebinarThis webinar will introduce the Aged Care Provider Requirements Search tool. The tool has been designed to help providers understand the rules, obligations and other requirements which will apply to them under the new Aged Care Act, which starts on 1 November 2025.
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New aged care regulatory model – provider obligations and rules – WebinarThis webinar was for aged care providers. It covered rules and provider obligations under the new regulatory model.
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New aged care regulatory model – Questions and answers – WebinarThe new aged care regulatory model comes into effect with the new Aged Care Act from 1 November 2025. This webinar was an opportunity for providers to engage directly with the department to understand how the new regulatory model works , via a Q&A session with the panel.
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New aged care regulatory model: how it will work – WebinarThis webinar gave providers and workers an overview of the new aged care regulatory model, the new registration process and categories.
Aged care regulatory and governance roles
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Aged care regulatory and governance rolesThis guide helps you understand aged care regulatory and governance responsibilities of the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, and the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission.
Background on developing a new regulatory model
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A new model for regulating aged care – Consultation paper 2 – Details of the proposed new model – Summary reportThis report summarises stakeholder feedback received during public consultation related to Consultation Paper No. 2 Details of the proposed new model and the department’s response.
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A new model for regulating aged care – Consultation paper 2 – Details of the proposed new model – Full reportThis second consultation paper outlines the details of the proposed approach to regulating aged care.
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A new model for regulating aged care – Consultation paper 1 – Summary reportThis paper provides a summary of the key issues contained in A new model for regulating aged care – consultation paper 1 – Full report
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A new model for regulating aged care – Consultation paper 1 – Full reportThis paper opens consultation with stakeholders to inform a new model for regulating aged care.
Concept paper
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Concepts for a new framework for regulating aged care – Plain EnglishThis plain English concept paper outlines a new, improved approach to regulating aged care.
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Concepts for a new framework for regulating aged careThis concept paper outlines a new, improved approach to regulating aged care.
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