9Residential care provider must conduct certain checks—the Act, s 85(2)(d)

9 Residential care provider must conduct certain checks—the Act, s 85(2)(d)

9 Residential care provider must conduct certain checks—the Act, s 85(2)(d)

(1) A residential care provider that proposes to conduct a referee check of an applicant must, before conducting the check, undertake each of the following—

(a) a check to verify the applicant’s relevant details,

(b) a nationwide criminal record check for the applicant,

(c) a check of the residential care workers register to determine if the applicant is a relevant individual for another residential care provider,

(d) if the residential care workers register indicates the applicant is a relevant individual for another residential care provider—a check of the relevant individual with the other residential care provider.

(2) A residential care provider is not required to undertake—

(a) a check of a relevant individual with another residential care provider if—

(i) the provider undertook the check with the other provider in the previous 12 months, and

(ii) the result was satisfactory, or

(b) a nationwide criminal record check if—

(i) the check has been undertaken by the residential care provider in the previous 12 months, and

(ii) the result was satisfactory.

(3) A residential care provider is not required to undertake a check required by subsection (1) if—

(a) the provider is satisfied that the applicant is not suitable to be a residential care worker, or

(b) the applicant withdraws the application.

s 9: Am 2022 (379), Sch 1[2]; 2022 (480), Sch 1[2].