(1) Within 48 hours of a resident's admission to a supported residential service, the provider must ask the resident if the resident wishes to have a person nominated.
Penalty: 10 penalty units, in the case of an individual;
50 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
Note
The role of a person nominated is independent of and additional to the role of any existing guardian or administrator appointed under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 .
(2) If the resident has a person nominated, the provider must record the name and contact details of the person nominated.
Penalty: 10 penalty units, in the case of an individual;
50 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(3) A provider must take reasonable steps to ensure that the details referred to in subsection (2) are kept up to date.
Penalty: 10 penalty units, in the case of an individual;
50 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.