What evidence does an auditor or the regulator ask for under Qualification guide Speech pathologist?

Certified copy of the speech pathologist's current registration or membership with its expiry date; Supervision and development log kept for the speech pathologist

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Requirement

Speech pathologist: required registration or membership

NDIS Qualification and Professional Associations Required Documentation Guide Speech pathologist, 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

Qualification guide Speech pathologist

Regulator

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Edition held

Required Documentation Guide, updated November 2025 (guidance)

Checked current

1 October 2026, our build record of the held copy

Who it applies to

Registered NDIS providers and applicants with speech pathologists delivering the support. Guidance from the NDIS Commission on the evidence an auditor asks for.

Every clause in the standards library

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Registration groups the NDIS Commission's list associates with a speech pathologist

0128 Therapeutic supports: certification as a practising speech pathologist by the professional association, experience in the profession, and evidence of clinical supervision and professional development.

From the NDIS Commission's verification documentation list (requirements by profession, updated May 2025). The registering body: no National Board (speech pathology is self-regulated). What applies to a speech pathology practice.

The clinician roster (Practice plan) keeps, for each speech pathologist: the certification expiry the practice records (no clause quoted), insurance and screening dates; no Ahpra dates.

Speech pathologistSpeech pathologist: required registration or membershipsource

Requirement, our statement of the clause

Speech pathology is self-regulated, so the evidence is Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP) status approved by Speech Pathology Australia, together with experience in the profession, clinical supervision and professional development.

Evidence that typically shows this

Certified copy of the speech pathologist's current registration or membership with its expiry date
Supervision and development log kept for the speech pathologist

Common gap to check

Speech pathologist registration or membership lapsed between audits
Evidence supplied for a staff member who no longer works for the provider

Worksheet: what your practice holds, and where

Ref	Held (yes, partly, no, not applicable)	Where it is kept	Owner	Last reviewed	Next review
Speech pathologist

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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.

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