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SUPPORTED RESIDENTIAL SERVICES (PRIVATE PROPRIETORS) ACT 2010 (NO. 49 OF 2010) - SECT 60

Offence not to monitor health care issues

    (1)     If the proprietor is, or ought reasonably to be, aware that a resident is in need of more health care than can be provided at the supported residential service, the proprietor must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the appropriate health care is provided to the resident.

Penalty:     600 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment or both for an individual;

3000 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.

    (3)     If the proprietor is unsuccessful in securing the provision of appropriate health care for a resident after taking all reasonable steps to ensure that the appropriate health care is provided to the resident, the proprietor must notify the Secretary without delay of the needs of the resident.

Penalty:     240 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;

1200 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.



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