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SOCIAL SERVICES REGULATION ACT 2021 (NO. 37 OF 2021) - SECT 216

Person nominated

    (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.



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