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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Closing or relocating a practice

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.

Source: 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/4-11-closing-or-relocating-a-practice/

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
4.11When closing or moving a practice, retiring or moving between practices, the practitioner (a) gives notice as early as possible, and (b) arranges continuing care for all current patients, including transfer or proper handling of every record under the privacy and health records law of the jurisdiction.Patient notification letters or notices issued ahead of closure with dates; Records custody or transfer arrangement naming who holds the records and how patients obtain them; List of current patients with the continuing-care arrangement for eachRecords left with no custodian after closure; Patients learn of the closure on arrival☐ 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.