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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Use healthcare resources wisely

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/6-1-use-healthcare-resources-wisely/

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
6.1Good practice means the practitioner (a) ensures each service is appropriate, needed and likely to help the patient; (b) upholds patients' right to the necessary level of care and helps them obtain it where possible; (c) supports allocating healthcare resources fairly and openly; and (d) understands that their own use of resources affects other patients' access.
Source: https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Resources/Code-of-conduct/Shared-Code-of-conduct.aspx
Billing and servicing pattern review against clinical indication; Clinical notes recording the rationale for investigations and repeat services; Referral records helping patients reach care the practice cannot giveRoutine repeat services or investigations without documented need; Outlier billing patterns never reviewed☐ 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.