Education and Care Services Regulation 2013
sec.70Duration of time for keeping records— Act , s 128
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sec.70 Duration of time for keeping records— Act , s 128
For section 128 of the Act , a Queensland approved provider of a QEC approved service must ensure that the following records are kept— if the record relates to an incident, illness, injury or trauma suffered by a child while being provided regulated education and care by the QEC service, until the child is aged 25 years; if the record relates to an incident, illness, injury or trauma suffered by a child that may have occurred following an incident while being provided regulated education and care by the QEC service, until the child is aged 25 years; if the record relates to the death of a child while being provided regulated education and care by the QEC service or that may have occurred as a result of an incident while being provided regulated education and care, until the end of 7 years after the death; in the case of any other record relating to a QEC service child, until the end of 3 years after the last date that the child was provided regulated education and care by the QEC service; if the record relates to the approved provider, until the end of 3 years after the last date on which the approved provider operated the QEC service; if the record relates to the staff member of, or a volunteer at, a QEC service, until the end of 3 years after the last date on which the staff member or volunteer provided regulated education and care for the service; in case of any other record, until the end of 3 years after the date on which the record was made.
- (a) if the record relates to an incident, illness, injury or trauma suffered by a child while being provided regulated education and care by the QEC service, until the child is aged 25 years;
- (b) if the record relates to an incident, illness, injury or trauma suffered by a child that may have occurred following an incident while being provided regulated education and care by the QEC service, until the child is aged 25 years;
- (c) if the record relates to the death of a child while being provided regulated education and care by the QEC service or that may have occurred as a result of an incident while being provided regulated education and care, until the end of 7 years after the death;
- (d) in the case of any other record relating to a QEC service child, until the end of 3 years after the last date that the child was provided regulated education and care by the QEC service;
- (e) if the record relates to the approved provider, until the end of 3 years after the last date on which the approved provider operated the QEC service;
- (f) if the record relates to the staff member of, or a volunteer at, a QEC service, until the end of 3 years after the last date on which the staff member or volunteer provided regulated education and care for the service;