sec.138HPrescription of minimum nurse and registered nurse percentages

### sec.138H Prescription of minimum nurse and registered nurse percentages A regulation may prescribe a requirement about the minimum percentage of nurses or registered nurses providing residential care at a State aged care facility prescribed by regulation during each 24-hour period to the total number of nurses and support workers providing residential care at the facility during the period. The regulation— may apply in relation to the delivery of residential care— by stated Services; and at stated facilities or parts of facilities; and at stated times; and in stated circumstances; and may include a requirement about the skills or qualifications of the nurses or support workers. For this section, a nurse or support worker is taken to be providing residential care at a State aged care facility only if the nurse or support worker is directly involved in providing residential care at the facility. In this section— 24-hour period means the period starting at midnight on a day and ending immediately before midnight on the following day. s 138H ins 2019 No. 38 s 69 (sec.138H-ssec.1) A regulation may prescribe a requirement about the minimum percentage of nurses or registered nurses providing residential care at a State aged care facility prescribed by regulation during each 24-hour period to the total number of nurses and support workers providing residential care at the facility during the period. (sec.138H-ssec.2) The regulation— may apply in relation to the delivery of residential care— by stated Services; and at stated facilities or parts of facilities; and at stated times; and in stated circumstances; and may include a requirement about the skills or qualifications of the nurses or support workers. (sec.138H-ssec.3) For this section, a nurse or support worker is taken to be providing residential care at a State aged care facility only if the nurse or support worker is directly involved in providing residential care at the facility. (sec.138H-ssec.4) In this section— 24-hour period means the period starting at midnight on a day and ending immediately before midnight on the following day. - (a) may apply in relation to the delivery of residential care— (i) by stated Services; and (ii) at stated facilities or parts of facilities; and (iii) at stated times; and (iv) in stated circumstances; and - (i) by stated Services; and - (ii) at stated facilities or parts of facilities; and - (iii) at stated times; and - (iv) in stated circumstances; and - (b) may include a requirement about the skills or qualifications of the nurses or support workers. - (i) by stated Services; and - (ii) at stated facilities or parts of facilities; and - (iii) at stated times; and - (iv) in stated circumstances; and