Hospital and Health Boards Regulation 2023
sec.42Minimum nurse and registered nurse percentages— Act , s 138H
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sec.42 Minimum nurse and registered nurse percentages— Act , s 138H
This section prescribes the minimum percentage of nurses or registered nurses providing residential care at a State aged care facility prescribed under section 41 during each 24-hour period to the total number of nurses and support workers (the care staff ) providing residential care at the facility during the period. At least 50% of the care staff must be nurses. At least 30% of the care staff must be registered nurses. (sec.42-ssec.1) This section prescribes the minimum percentage of nurses or registered nurses providing residential care at a State aged care facility prescribed under section 41 during each 24-hour period to the total number of nurses and support workers (the care staff ) providing residential care at the facility during the period. (sec.42-ssec.2) At least 50% of the care staff must be nurses. (sec.42-ssec.3) At least 30% of the care staff must be registered nurses.