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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Treatment in emergencies

Ahpra shared Code of conduct. Edition held: Shared Code of conduct, June 2022, in effect from 29 June 2022; checked current on 30 September 2026 (Ahpra code page read 30 September 2026: a review of the codes is under way, no revised version published).

Under review, not in force: A review of the shared code is under way; the June 2022 code stays in effect until a revised one is published.

Standards library: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/ahpra-shared-code-of-conduct-2022. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ahpra-code-of-conduct/1-4-treatment-in-emergencies/

RefRequirement (our statement of the clause)Evidence an auditor or the regulator asks forCommon gap to checkHeld (yes, partly, no, not applicable)Where it is keptOwnerLast reviewedNext review
1.4In an emergency the practitioner offers help, weighing their own safety, what they are able to do, whether others can help, and the effect on other patients in their care, and keeps helping until their services are no longer needed.
Source: https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Code-of-conduct/Shared-Code-of-conduct.aspx
Current first aid or basic life support certification appropriate to the profession; Emergency equipment checklist and practice emergency procedure; Clinical notes of any emergency assistance given, including when care was handed overNo emergency procedure or equipment check in the practice; Emergency care given with no record of the handover to ambulance or hospital☐ yes
☐ partly
☐ no
☐ n/a

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.