sec.138LStandards about State aged care facility workload management

### sec.138L Standards about State aged care facility workload management The chief executive may make a standard about State aged care facility workload management by Services, including how a Service— calculates its requirements for nurses and support workers; or develops and implements strategies to manage supply and demand for nurses and support workers; or evaluates the performance of its nurses and support workers at its State aged care facility. The standard applies only in relation to the delivery of residential care by a Service to the extent the residential care is the subject of a State aged care facility regulation. The standard may include requirements about reporting State aged care facility workload management information to the chief executive. Subsection (3) does not limit the ways a Service may be required to report State aged care facility workload management information to the chief executive. A Service may be required to report particular information under its service agreement with the chief executive. The Minister must notify the making of the standard. The Minister’s notice is subordinate legislation. The standard takes effect on the day the Minister’s notice commences or, if a later day of commencement is stated in the Minister’s notice, on the later day. The chief executive must publish the standard on the department’s website. The standard is binding on a Service to the extent it applies under subsection (2) . However, if it is not possible to comply with both the standard and a regulation in relation to a particular matter because of an inconsistency between them, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. s 138L ins 2019 No. 38 s 69 (sec.138L-ssec.1) The chief executive may make a standard about State aged care facility workload management by Services, including how a Service— calculates its requirements for nurses and support workers; or develops and implements strategies to manage supply and demand for nurses and support workers; or evaluates the performance of its nurses and support workers at its State aged care facility. (sec.138L-ssec.2) The standard applies only in relation to the delivery of residential care by a Service to the extent the residential care is the subject of a State aged care facility regulation. (sec.138L-ssec.3) The standard may include requirements about reporting State aged care facility workload management information to the chief executive. (sec.138L-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not limit the ways a Service may be required to report State aged care facility workload management information to the chief executive. A Service may be required to report particular information under its service agreement with the chief executive. (sec.138L-ssec.5) The Minister must notify the making of the standard. (sec.138L-ssec.6) The Minister’s notice is subordinate legislation. (sec.138L-ssec.7) The standard takes effect on the day the Minister’s notice commences or, if a later day of commencement is stated in the Minister’s notice, on the later day. (sec.138L-ssec.8) The chief executive must publish the standard on the department’s website. (sec.138L-ssec.9) The standard is binding on a Service to the extent it applies under subsection (2) . (sec.138L-ssec.10) However, if it is not possible to comply with both the standard and a regulation in relation to a particular matter because of an inconsistency between them, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency. - (a) calculates its requirements for nurses and support workers; or - (b) develops and implements strategies to manage supply and demand for nurses and support workers; or - (c) evaluates the performance of its nurses and support workers at its State aged care facility.