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Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Rules 2018
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#### 64 Assessment contacts by regulatory officials with providers of services
(1) A regulatory official may make an assessment contact with the approved provider of an accredited service or a previously accredited service, or the home service provider of a home service:
(a) in accordance with the arrangements notified to the provider under section 65; or
(b) at any other time (with or without notice).
> Note: A regulatory official may, for the purposes of this section, enter premises and exercise search powers in relation to the premises in accordance with Division 3 of Part 8 of the Commission Act.
(2) If an approved provider provides a residential care service and also provides a flexible care service through which short‑term restorative care is provided in a residential care setting, a regulatory official may, if the official considers it appropriate to do so, make a single assessment contact with the provider under subsection (1) that covers those services.
(3) If a home service provider provides 2 or more home services, a regulatory official may, if the official considers it appropriate to do so, make a single assessment contact with the provider under subsection (1) that covers those services.
(4) If an approved provider of an accredited service or a previously accredited service is also a home service provider of a home service, a regulatory official may, if the official considers it appropriate to do so, make a single assessment contact with the provider under subsection (1) that covers those services.