Aged Care Quality Standards
ACQS25-5.8 Comprehensive, evidence-based clinical care by qualified practitioners
Clause and reference 15-30(8) of the Aged Care Rules 2025 · our reference ACQS25-5.8
The requirement
Each person receives comprehensive clinical care that is safe, of good quality, grounded in evidence and built around the person, given by registered health practitioners, by allied health professionals and assistants, or by nursing assistants.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: Aged Care Quality Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Clinical care records showing who delivered care
- Evidence-based clinical protocols
- Staffing records for clinical roles
What assessors commonly find
- Clinical tasks delegated to unqualified workers
- Protocols not evidence-based
What evidence do I need?
For ACQS25-5.8 Comprehensive, evidence-based clinical care by qualified practitioners, the evidence to bring is: Clinical care records showing who delivered care; Evidence-based clinical protocols. It sits under Standard 5 - Clinical care and the instrument's own clause is 15-30(8). Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me clinical care records showing who delivered care, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading