Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe following are the kinds of sanctions that may be imposed on an approved provider under section 63N:
(a) revoking or suspending the approval of the provider;
(b) restricting the approval of the provider to the aged care services conducted by the provider at a specified time;
(c) restricting the payment of subsidies under the Aged Care Act to the provision of care to care recipients to whom the provider is providing care, through one or more, or all, specified aged care services, at a specified time;
(d) revoking or suspending the allocation of some or all of the places allocated to the provider under Part 2.2 of the Aged Care Act;
(e) varying the conditions to which the allocation of some or all of the places allocated to the provider under Part 2.2 of the Aged Care Act is subject under section 14 - 5 or 14 - 6 of that Act;
(f) prohibiting the further allocation of places under Part 2.2 of the Aged Care Act to the provider;
(g) revoking or suspending the extra service status in respect of a residential care service, or a distinct part of a residential care service, conducted by the provider;
(h) prohibiting the granting of extra service status in respect of a residential care service, or a distinct part of a residential care service, conducted by the provider;
(i) prohibiting the charging of an accommodation payment, or an accommodation contribution, for:
(i) one or more, or all, specified residential care services conducted by the provider; or
(ii) one or more, or all, specified flexible care services conducted by the provider;
(j) prohibiting the charging of an accommodation bond, or an accommodation charge, for the entry (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act) of care recipients to:
(i) one or more, or all, specified residential care services conducted by the provider; or
(ii) one or more, or all, specified flexible care services conducted by the provider;
(k) if the provider has charged an amount of accommodation payment or accommodation contribution that is more than the amount the provider is permitted to charge under Division 52G of the Aged Care Act--requiring the provider to refund, in accordance with that Division and within a specified period, an amount equal to the excess amount charged by the provider;
(l) restricting, during a specified period, the use by the provider of a refundable deposit, or an accommodation bond, to one or more specified uses that are permitted under Division 52N of the Aged Care Act;
(m) if the provider is required under Division 52P of the Aged Care Act to refund an amount in accordance with that Division and the provider has not done so--requiring the provider to refund the amount in accordance with that Division within a specified period;
(n) requiring the provider to repay any or all of the amount of a grant paid to the provider under Chapter 5 of the Aged Care Act;
(o) any other sanctions specified in the rules.