Governance & Peopless12–13, 152, 157–161

Responsible Persons

Know who's responsible — and prove their suitability.

The Aged Care Act 2024 places significant obligations on providers to identify, assess, and monitor every responsible person — from executive decision-makers to nursing management. Statura Care's Responsible Persons module gives you a structured system to track suitability, manage screening compliance, and notify the ACQSC within statutory deadlines.

The Challenge

Under the Aged Care Act 2024, providers must maintain a register of all responsible persons, conduct suitability assessments across 10 statutory matters, and notify the ACQSC within 14 days of any changes. Manual tracking across spreadsheets and emails creates gaps that put your registration at risk.

Key Capabilities

What the Responsible Persons module does.

01

Responsible Person Register

Maintain a complete register of all responsible persons across five categories: executive decision-makers, those with significant influence, nursing management, day-to-day operations, and prescribed others. Track their role, appointment date, and current status.

02

Suitability Assessments

Structured assessment workflow covering all 10 matters defined in s13 of the Act. Each matter tracked as clear, flagged, not applicable, or pending — with supporting evidence and narrative reasoning for every response.

03

Worker Screening Compliance

Track police certificates, NDIS Worker Screening clearances, and statutory declarations with expiry monitoring. Escalating alerts fire at 90, 60, 30, and 14 days before expiry so no screening lapses.

04

ACQSC Notification Tracking

Auto-generated notifications when reportable events occur — new appointments, cessations, suitability changes, and circumstance changes. Built-in 14-day deadline countdown with escalating alerts.

05

Governing Body Skills Matrix

Map competencies across your governing body: clinical, financial, governance, aged care operations, consumer perspective, risk management, HR, and technology. Identify skill gaps and generate board governance reports.

06

Self-Service Portal

Responsible persons can log in via secure magic link to complete self-declarations, upload documents, and notify of circumstance changes — reducing the administrative burden on your compliance team.

How It Works

The Responsible Persons workflow.

01
Step 01Day 0

Person Identified

A new responsible person is appointed or identified. Their record is created in the register with role category and appointment details.

02
Step 02Day 1–7

Screening Initiated

Police certificates, NDIS Worker Screening, and statutory declarations are requested and tracked. Expiry dates are set automatically.

03
Step 03Day 7–14

Suitability Assessed

A structured assessment against all 10 statutory matters is conducted with evidence documented for each matter.

04
Step 04Within 14 days

ACQSC Notified

The system calculates the 14-day deadline and auto-generates the notification. Review, approve, and submit with full audit trail.

05
Step 05Ongoing

Ongoing Monitoring

Screening expiry alerts, annual reassessment triggers, and circumstance change monitoring run continuously.

Regulatory Requirements

What the law requires.

The Aged Care Act 2024 (ss12–13, 152, 157–161) sets specific obligations that this module helps you meet systematically.

Annual Suitability Assessments

All active responsible persons must be reassessed annually, or earlier when circumstances change.

14-Day ACQSC Notification

Providers must notify the ACQSC within 14 days of new appointments, cessations, suitability changes, or circumstance changes.

Screening Validity

All responsible persons must hold current screening clearances. Expired screenings may constitute a registration condition breach.

Governing Body Competencies

The governing body must collectively possess the skills and experience needed to govern the organisation effectively.

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