19Records required to be kept

19 Records required to be kept

19 Records required to be kept

(1) The following written records are required for the purposes of section 82 (2) of the Act—

(a) an additional needs resident personal information register setting out the information specified by clause 20,

(b) additional needs resident health records of the kind specified by clause 21,

(c) occupancy agreement records and rental agreement records of the kind specified by clause 22,

(d) staff information records setting out the information specified by clause 23,

(e) complaint information records setting out the information specified by clause 24,

(f) fire safety procedure records setting out the information specified by clause 25.

Note.

Section 82 of the Act provides that it is a condition of a boarding house authorisation that the authorised operator ensures that the requirements of that section concerning records are complied with. The section also requires an authorised operator to ensure that such records as the regulations require are kept in relation to the boarding house.

(2) The relevant custodian for a record referred to in subclause (1) must keep the record in a safe and secure area at an authorised location—

(a) in the case of a record relating to a person who is (or was) an additional needs resident of the assisted boarding house concerned—until the expiry of the period of 7 years after the person ceased to be a resident of the boarding house, or

(b) in the case of a record relating to a person who is (or was) a staff member of the assisted boarding house concerned—until the expiry of the period of 7 years after the person ceased to be a staff member of the boarding house, or

(c) in the case of any other record—until the expiry of the period of 7 years after the record was made.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of a corporation—20 penalty units, and

(b) in any other case—10 penalty units.

(3) However, a person cannot be convicted of both an offence against subclause (2) and an offence against section 43 (5) of the Act in respect of the same act or omission.