O1

Responsibility and legal identity

Responsibility plan, real legal entity and location allocation, documented assumption of responsibility.

O2

Roles and economic interests

Remuneration structures, intermediary relationships, bias and disclosure.

O3

Information and communication

Understandable information on services, risks, costs and responsibilities.

O4

Decision making process

Advice, questions, justified decisions not to treat and referral.

O5

Handovers and documentation

Mandatory interfaces and completeness checks.

O6

Aftercare and escalation

Availability, cover arrangements, escalation routes and responsibilities.

O7

Qualification and competence management

Checking actual permissions and assigning tasks.

O8

Data protection and confidentiality

Data flows, access controls and data minimisation.

O9

Complaints and safety learning

Protected, traceable processing and documented improvement.

O10

Internal verification

Effectiveness control, deviation management and implemented changes.

O11

External partners and continuity

Limits of responsibility for platforms, partners and cross-border processes.

O12

Transparent evaluation of results

Understandable definitions and open handling of uncertainty.

Purpose and scope

Assessment covers defined organisational areas and processes. The programme subject, eligible organisations, evidence methods, transitional rules, fees, validity period and monitoring are specified in the assessment agreement.

Decision rule

A positive decision requires compliance with all applicable mandatory requirements. Open material or critical deviations block a positive decision. No freely weighted point sum can compensate for a critical defect.

Versioning

Version 0.1. Changes to the program version are documented with scope, reason and transition rules.

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