What evidence does an auditor or the regulator ask for under Incident Rules s 10(3), (4)?

Incident assessment form or register fields for preventability, management quality, remedial action and external notifications; Record of the affected participant's views captured in the assessment; Management sign-off of completed assessments

Rules / NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules

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Requirement

Assess every incident with the affected person's views

NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules s 10(3), (4), stated plainly and cited to the edition held, with the evidence an auditor or the regulator asks for, the common gaps, and a free worksheet to fill in.

Clause

Incident Rules s 10(3), (4)

Regulator

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Edition held

NDIS (Incident Management and Reportable Incidents) Rules 2018, F2018L00633 as made, in force 1 July 2018 (no amendments)

Checked current

6 October 2026, Federal Register: latest version on 6 October 2026

Who it applies to

Registered NDIS providers, every profession. Unregistered providers are not bound by these Rules.

Every clause in the standards library

NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules on the standards library

s 10(3), (4)Assess every incident with the affected person's viewssource

Requirement, our statement of the clause

The system must require every incident to be assessed, taking account of the views of affected persons with disability, for whether it could have been prevented, how well it was managed and resolved, what remedial action is needed to prevent recurrence or reduce impact, and whether other persons or bodies must be notified, and it must set procedures that make sure this assessment happens.

Evidence that typically shows this

Incident assessment form or register fields for preventability, management quality, remedial action and external notifications
Record of the affected participant's views captured in the assessment
Management sign-off of completed assessments

Common gap to check

Assessment fields left blank once the immediate response is done
Participant's view never sought or recorded

Worksheet: what your practice holds, and where

Ref	Held (yes, partly, no, not applicable)	Where it is kept	Owner	Last reviewed	Next review
s 10(3), (4)

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Completing this worksheet records what your practice holds and where. It does not make a practice compliant or ready for audit, and it is not legal advice.

Related requirements

NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules

The same topic in other instruments (incidents)

NDIS Practice Standards Core 14.1 to Core 14.4Core module: Incident management
NDIS Practice Standards Module 6 5.1Module 6: Incident management
NDIS Practice Standards Module 2 8.1, Module 2 8.2Module 2: Reportable restrictive practice incidents
NDIS Practice Standards Module 2A 9.1 to Module 2A 9.7Module 2A: Reportable restrictive practice incidents
NDIS Act ss 73Y and 73ZIncident management system and reportable incident notification
NDIS Code of Conduct s 6(1)(e)Promptly raise and act on concerns about quality and safety

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