Requirements

QIC Accreditation certifies that an organisation is participating in an ongoing Review Cycle, including a successful external assessment against the QIC Standards.

Hence the requirements for accreditation are that the organisation:

• is a formal ongoing participant in the QIC Program
• actively participates in all stages of the QIC Review Cycle within the specified timelines*
• is assessed by a review team coordinated by a Licensed Provider as meeting all the Core Standards
• demonstrates continuous quality improvement.

*    Note that 'active participation in the QIC Review cycle' means that the organisation satisfactorily completes an Internal Review, External Review and Quality Workplan, with assessment against all applicable standards. Applicable standards include the QIC Core Standards plus QIC's Service Specific Standards and/or QIC endorsed standards which apply to the services provided by the organisation.

QIC's Service Specific Standards are:

• Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Services Standards
• Community and Primary Health Care Services Standards
• Home and Community Care Services Standards
• Integrated Health Services Standards
• Maternal and Child Health Services Standards
• Mental Health Services Standards

To order a copy of these standards click Publications

Additionally, QIC has a process for formally endorsing standards produced by other bodies. QIC has endorsed the following standards (the Standards' auspice is in brackets):

• Community Hospital Standards (New Zealand Ministry of Health)
• Community Services Module (Quality Management Services Inc.)
• Home and Community Care National Service Standards (Australian Department of Health and Ageing)
• National Health and Disability Sector Standards (New Zealand Ministry of Health)
• Palliative Care Standards (Palliative Care Australia )
• Problem Gambling Services Standards (Victorian Department of Human Services)
• Problem Gambling Treatment Services Standards (New South Wales Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation)
• Psychiatric Disability Support Services Standards (Victorian Department of Human Services)
• Psychosocial Rehabilitation Support Service Standards (South Australian Department of Health)
• Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Standards (New South Wales Department of Community Services)
• Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Standards (Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services)
• Te Wana Programme Community and Voluntary Sector Standards Module (Health Care Aotearoa NZ)
• Te Wana Programme Mental Health Standards Module (Health Care Aotearoa NZ)
• Victorian Centres Against Sexual Assault Standards (Victorian Department of Human Services)
• Victorian Standards for Disability Standards (Victorian Department of Human Services)
• Women's Health Centre Standards Module (NSWHealth)

For more information about these requirements, contact the QIC Secretariat or a Licensed Provider.