110Audit requirements

110  Audit requirements

 (1) The rules may prescribe requirements relating to conducting an audit of an entity’s ability to conform with the Aged Care Quality Standards for a provider registration category.

 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the rules may prescribe requirements about the following:

 (a) how an audit for a provider registration category must be conducted, including required audit activities;

 (b) the type and scope of audits that can be conducted for a provider registration category and the circumstances in which a particular type of audit is to be conducted;

 (c) fees payable by an entity for an audit for a provider registration category;

 (d) audit timeframes for a provider registration category;

 (e) requirements (including qualifications) that a person conducting an audit must meet.

Note: For the matters that can be dealt with in the Aged Care Quality Standards: see section 15.

 (3) Without limiting subsection (1), the rules may prescribe different requirements for different kinds of registered providers.

Note: Examples of different kinds of registered providers include:

(a) providers delivering funded aged care services under a specialist aged care program; and

(b) providers delivering funded aged care services at a specified number of residential care homes; and

(c) providers that have previously been registered providers in a provider registration category; and

(d) providers that have not previously been registered providers in a provider registration category.

Division 2—Applications for approval of residential care homes

Subdivision A—Applications for approval

111  Approval of residential care homes

 (1) An entity may apply to the Commissioner to approve a residential care home in relation to the entity if:

 (a) the entity is a registered provider; or

 (b) the entity has made an application under subsection 104(1).

Note 1: The Commissioner is not required to make a decision on the application if this subsection is not complied with: see section 589.

 (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the application must specify:

 (a) each residential care home that the entity is applying for approval of; and

 (b) for each residential care home specified in the application in accordance with paragraph (a):

 (i) the total number of beds to be covered by the approval; and

 (ii) any other information prescribed by the rules.

112  Commissioner must decide whether to approve the home