525Approval of places of care

525 Approval of places of care (1) The Minister may approve, in writing, a place operated by an approved residential care organisation as a place of care if satisfied that the place complies with, and is likely to continue to comply with, the care and protection organisation standards. Note Care and protection organisation standards—see s 887. (2) The Minister may ask the residential care service to allow the director-general to inspect the place where the residential care service proposes to operate the place of care. Note An authorised person may, at any reasonable time, enter a place operated by a residential care service if the Minister is deciding whether to approve the place as a place of care under this section and has asked the residential care service to allow the director-general to inspect the place and the residential care service has agreed to allow the director-general to inspect the place (see s 817). (3) If the Minister asks the residential care service to allow the director-general to inspect the place but the residential care service does not allow the director-general to inspect the place, the Minister need not decide whether to approve the place as a place of care. (4) An approval remains in force until revoked by the Minister. (5) If the Minister approves a place operated by a residential care service as a place of care, the residential care service may care for and accommodate children and young people at the place. Note 1 An authorised person may, at any reasonable time, enter premises where Note 2 An official visitor also inspects places of care and handles complaints

Division 15.4.3 Information and items to be kept by foster carers and residential care Division 15.4.3 Information and items to be kept by foster carers and residential care 526 Definitions—div 15.4.3 care entities, for a child or young person for a placement, means the following entities: (a) for a child or young person placed with a foster carer— (i) the foster carer; and (ii) the foster carer’s approved kinship and foster care organisation; (b) for a child or young person placed with a residential care service—the residential care service. placement, for a child or young person, means placement of the child or young person by the director-general with a foster carer or a residential care service under section 512 (Director-general must place child or young person with out-of-home carer).

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