49Additional conditions for continued approval for child care services to which section 50 applies

49 Additional conditions for continued approval for child care services to which section 50 applies

(1) For section 195E of the Family Assistance Administration Act, this section sets out conditions of continued approval for a provider in respect of a child care service to which section 50 of these Rules (certain providers not required to meet State/Territory requirements) applies. (1A) Despite subsection (1), this section does not apply to a provider in respect of any of the following:

a State regulated education and care service within the meaning of the Children (Education and Care Services) Supplementary Provisions Act 2011 (NSW);
a Queensland education and care service within the meaning of the Education and Care Services Act 2013 (Qld);
an early childhood service within the meaning of the Education and Early Childhood Services (Registration and Standards) Act 2011 (SA);
a child care service within the meaning of the Child Care Act 2001 (Tas);
a children’s service within the meaning of the Children’s Services Act 1996 (Vic);
a child care service within the meaning of the Child Care Services Act 2007 (WA);
a childcare service within the meaning of the Children and Young People Act 2008 (ACT).

Commitment to high quality child care (2) The provider must, in the opinion of the Secretary, be equipped to provide high quality child care at the service appropriate to the needs of families and the community having regard to the provider’s ability and commitment to: (a) provide a tailored, individual education program based on each child’s knowledge, ideas, culture, abilities and interests; and (b) develop a program that acknowledges and strengthens the cultural identity of children to whom care is provided at the service; and (c) ensure children are adequately supervised at all times; and (d) ensure reasonable precautions are taken to protect children from harm or injury and any hazard likely to cause harm or injury; and (e) ensure that at least one staff member who holds a current approved first aid qualification is on duty and present at the service at all times that care is being provided by the service; and (f) do anything else the Secretary considers necessary or appropriate for the provision of high quality child care at the service. Serious incidents (3) The provider must implement appropriate arrangements to manage serious incidents (see subsection (4)). (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), serious incident has the same meaning as in paragraph 46AA(b). Notification (4A) The provider must notify the Secretary in writing within 24 hours after:

a serious incident occurs; or
a circumstance occurs that could have resulted in the occurrence of a serious incident; or

(c) the provider receives a complaint in respect of a child care service of the provider alleging that a serious incident has occurred or is occurring; or
(d) any incident occurs where the provider reasonably believes that physical or sexual abuse of a child or children has occurred or is occurring while the child or children are being educated and cared for by a child care service of the provider; or
(e) the provider receives an allegation that physical or sexual abuse of a child or children has occurred or is occurring while the child or children are being educated and cared for by a child care service of the provider.