sec.47Applying for accreditation

### sec.47 Applying for accreditation After complying with section 45 , a service provider may apply to the chief executive for accreditation of the residential service. The application must— be in the approved form; and state the level or levels at which accreditation is sought; and be signed by the service provider; and be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. The service provider also must provide any other relevant information reasonably required by the chief executive to decide the application. The chief executive must decide the application, in relation to each level at which accreditation is sought, by accrediting the service at that level for a stated period or refusing to accredit the service at that level. The chief executive may grant accreditation on conditions the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, a condition requiring— that the service provider prepare, and give to the chief executive within a stated time of not less than 30 days, a quality improvement plan dealing with stated aspects of the residential service; or that the service provider complete a stated training program within a stated time; or that the service provider ensure that a stated associate of the service provider completes a stated training program within a stated time; or that the service provider take, or refrain from taking, stated actions in the provision of the services to which the accreditation relates; or that the service provider ensure that a stated associate of the service provider takes, or refrains from taking, stated actions in the provision of the services to which the accreditation relates. If the chief executive decides the application by refusing to accredit the residential service, the chief executive must give the service provider a notice of the decision stating the day, not earlier than 7 days after the notice is given, by which the service provider must— for an application for accreditation at level 1—stop conducting the residential service; or for an application for accreditation at level 2—stop providing the food service; or for an application for accreditation at level 3—stop providing the personal care service. In this section— quality improvement plan , for a residential service, means a plan, containing steps to be taken over the period for which the service is currently accredited, for improving particular aspects of the service. (sec.47-ssec.1) After complying with section 45 , a service provider may apply to the chief executive for accreditation of the residential service. (sec.47-ssec.2) The application must— be in the approved form; and state the level or levels at which accreditation is sought; and be signed by the service provider; and be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. (sec.47-ssec.3) The service provider also must provide any other relevant information reasonably required by the chief executive to decide the application. (sec.47-ssec.4) The chief executive must decide the application, in relation to each level at which accreditation is sought, by accrediting the service at that level for a stated period or refusing to accredit the service at that level. (sec.47-ssec.5) The chief executive may grant accreditation on conditions the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, a condition requiring— that the service provider prepare, and give to the chief executive within a stated time of not less than 30 days, a quality improvement plan dealing with stated aspects of the residential service; or that the service provider complete a stated training program within a stated time; or that the service provider ensure that a stated associate of the service provider completes a stated training program within a stated time; or that the service provider take, or refrain from taking, stated actions in the provision of the services to which the accreditation relates; or that the service provider ensure that a stated associate of the service provider takes, or refrains from taking, stated actions in the provision of the services to which the accreditation relates. (sec.47-ssec.6) If the chief executive decides the application by refusing to accredit the residential service, the chief executive must give the service provider a notice of the decision stating the day, not earlier than 7 days after the notice is given, by which the service provider must— for an application for accreditation at level 1—stop conducting the residential service; or for an application for accreditation at level 2—stop providing the food service; or for an application for accreditation at level 3—stop providing the personal care service. (sec.47-ssec.7) In this section— quality improvement plan , for a residential service, means a plan, containing steps to be taken over the period for which the service is currently accredited, for improving particular aspects of the service. - (a) be in the approved form; and - (b) state the level or levels at which accreditation is sought; and - (c) be signed by the service provider; and - (d) be accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. - (a) that the service provider prepare, and give to the chief executive within a stated time of not less than 30 days, a quality improvement plan dealing with stated aspects of the residential service; or - (b) that the service provider complete a stated training program within a stated time; or - (c) that the service provider ensure that a stated associate of the service provider completes a stated training program within a stated time; or - (d) that the service provider take, or refrain from taking, stated actions in the provision of the services to which the accreditation relates; or - (e) that the service provider ensure that a stated associate of the service provider takes, or refrains from taking, stated actions in the provision of the services to which the accreditation relates. - (a) for an application for accreditation at level 1—stop conducting the residential service; or - (b) for an application for accreditation at level 2—stop providing the food service; or - (c) for an application for accreditation at level 3—stop providing the personal care service.