Certain incidents to be reported
15 Certain incidents to be reported
In this section —
reportable incident, in relation to a resident, means —
any ill‑treatment or wilful neglect of the resident; or
any unlawful sexual contact with the resident; or
any unreasonable use of force on the resident;
work, in a declared place, means to provide services at the place —
under a contract of service or a contract for services; or
voluntarily.
A person who works in a declared place and who reasonably suspects a reportable incident has occurred in relation to a resident must report the suspicion to at least one of the following —
the CEO;
a person who is nominated by the CEO for the purposes of this section;
a person who is nominated by the Commission for the purposes of this section;
the Director as defined in the Health and Disability Services (Complaints) Act 1995 section 3(1);
a police officer.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
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