The current process of becoming an approved provider and applying for reaccreditation will change with the new Aged Care Act.
Under the new Aged Care Act, funded aged care services need to be delivered by a registered provider.
All providers of aged care services will need to be registered by the Commission, including organisations and individuals.
To become a registered provider, an organisation or individual will need to apply and be registered by the Commission in one or more provider registration categories. The categories are based on the types of services a provider intends to deliver.
We will register providers for a set period. The provider will then need to apply to renew their registration after that set period.
Registered providers will have obligations they must comply with, based on their registration categories. The Commission may also add conditions on a provider’s registration.
In preparation for the new Act, and to enable providers to continue to deliver care and services to older people, the department will move existing providers to registration categories based on the current services you deliver. This is known as ‘deeming’.
The department will contact providers to validate the information it has for their organisation to make sure they are placed in the correct category.
There will be opportunities for providers to update the information the department holds or request an adjustment to the proposed registration categories if there may be an error.
This validation process was started in October 2024.
You can read more about provider registration and renewal under the new Act including:
- features of the new model
- new ‘universal’ provider registration
- renewal of provider registration
- registration of existing providers – deeming process
For more information, visit health.gov.au/regulatory-model.
