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AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 86.11

Publishing star ratings for residential care services

  (1)   The Secretary must publish information about:

  (a)   the quality of residential care provided through residential care services; and

  (b)   the performance of approved providers of such services in relation to responsibilities and standards under this Act.

  (2)   The Secretary may publish information under subsection   (1) in the form of one or more star ratings for a residential care service.

  (3)   The Secretary may use * protected information for the purposes of:

  (a)   creating information for publication under subsection   (1); or

  (b)   calculating a star rating for a residential care service.

  (4)   Information published under subsection   (1) must not include * personal information about an individual.

  (5)   The Secretary is not liable to civil proceedings for loss, damage or injury of any kind suffered by the approved provider of a residential care service, or another person, as a result of the publication of information under subsection   (1).



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