Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination 2020
15Carer of 1 or more children with a disability or medical condition and a lower ADAT score adult
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15 Carer of 1 or more children with a disability or medical condition and a lower ADAT score adult
(1) This section applies if a person is caring for 1 or more children with a disability or medical condition and a lower ADAT score adult.
(a) professional questionnaire must be completed for each child; and
(3) For the purposes of paragraph 197D(1)(b) of the Act, a qualifying rating of intense is achieved if:
(a) the total combined score for the contributing ACL questionnaires is 85 or more; and
(b) the score on the contributing professional questionnaire for each child is greater than 0.
(4) For subsection (3), the adult is taken to contribute 40 to the total combined score for the contributing ACL questionnaires.
(5) No more than 2 contributing ACL questionnaires and 2 contributing professional questionnaires can be used to contribute to a qualifying rating.
(6) For subsection (3), an ACL questionnaire is a contributing ACL questionnaire only if the total score for that ACL questionnaire is 20 or more.