44BReport about registered nurse responsibility at residential facility

44B Report about registered nurse responsibility at residential facility

Provision of report (1) An approved provider who provides residential care through a residential care service to care recipients in a residential facility during a calendar month must give the Secretary a report about the responsibility relating to registered nurses in section 54‑1A of the Act (whether or not the approved provider has been granted an exemption from section 54‑1A of the Act in relation to the residential facility). (2) The report must be given to the Secretary within 7 days after the end of the calendar month, or within a longer period specified by the Secretary by notice in writing given to the approved provider. Form and content of report (3) The report must: (a) be in a form approved, in writing, by the Secretary; and (b) include the following information in relation to the residential facility: (i) each period, on a day during the calendar month on which residential care was being provided to care recipients in the residential facility, of 30 minutes or more that a registered nurse was not on site and on duty at the residential facility; (ii) for each such period, the reason a registered nurse was not on site or not on duty (or both) during the period; (iii) for each such period, the alternative arrangements that were made for the period to ensure the clinical needs of care recipients in the facility were met, or a statement that no alternative arrangements were made; (iv) any other information required by the approved form to be included in the report.