6Classification of care recipients

6 Classification of care recipients

Each of the following is a prescribed function of the Chief Executive Medicare: (a) on behalf of the Aged Care Secretary, to classify a care recipient in accordance with section 25‑1 of the Aged Care Act according to the level of care the care recipient needs, relative to the needs of other care recipients; (b) on behalf of the Aged Care Secretary, to receive an appraisal of the level of care needed by a care recipient made under section 25‑3 (and for the purposes of sections 26‑1 and 26‑2) of the Aged Care Act; (c) on behalf of the Aged Care Secretary, to decide under subsection 26‑2(2) of the Aged Care Act, and having regard to any relevant information under subsection 26‑2(3) of that Act, whether an appraisal of a care recipient was sent in sufficient time to be received by the Aged Care Secretary, in the ordinary course of events, within the period specified in paragraph 26‑1(a) or (b) as the case may be.