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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - section 34E - Variation of Operational Standards for Rehabilitation Program Providers (29/09/2006)
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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - section 34E - Variation of Operational Standards for Rehabilitation Program Providers (29/09/2006)
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REHABILITATION PROGRAM PROVIDERS
In this determination:
“employee” has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
“provider” means a person (including a partnership or company) who has been approved as a rehabilitation program provider under subsection 34F(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 or has had such approval renewed under subsection 34L(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
“rehabilitation authority” has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
“relevant authority” has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
“approval period” means the interval between renewal dates as determined by the Minister under section 34 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. These operational standards are applicable during the approval period commencing on 1 July 2007 and ending on 30 June 2010
Explanatory Note
Comcare has developed a model of occupational rehabilitation to assist employers meet their responsibilities under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (the SRC Act). Effective occupational rehabilitation is a managed process combining early intervention with appropriate, adequate and timely services based on the assessed needs of the individual and seeks to either maintain an employee at work or to quickly and safely return an employee to work on usual duties and hours.
Comcare is required to establish operational standards which all persons that are approved as rehabilitation program providers need to comply with. These standards include outcome and service standards. The outcome standards establish the effectiveness, availability and cost measures that an approved rehabilitation program provider should meet. The service standards balance qualitative and quantitative measures and set out efficiency, effectiveness and quality standards to be met.
Comcare may revoke approval where an approved rehabilitation program provider has failed to comply with the conditions to which the provider’s approval is subject under section 34P(a) i.e. compliance with the standards in force under section 34E.