Aged Care Act 2024
165AReports about reportable incidents
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165A Reports about reportable incidents
Requirement to report
(1) A registered provider of a kind prescribed by the rules must, if the rules prescribe that reports relating to reportable incidents must be given to the Commissioner, report reportable incidents to the Commissioner in accordance with this section.
(2) A report under subsection (1) must:
(a) be in the approved report form; and
(b) be prepared, and given, in accordance with any other requirements prescribed by the rules.
Note: For approved report form, see section 166A.
Civil penalty
(b) the entity fails to comply with subsection (1).
Note: A registered provider may commit an offence or contravene a civil penalty provision if the provider gives false or misleading information or documents (see Part 7.4 of the Criminal Code and section 591 of this Act).