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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

No claims to be a registered health practitioner by unregistered persons

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law. Edition held: Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld), reprint current as at 10 April 2026; checked current on 30 September 2026 (our build record of the held copy: no later reprint listed on 30 September 2026).

Source: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-health-practitioner-regulation-national-law-2009. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/national-law/s116-no-claims-to-be-a-registered-health-practitioner-by/

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
s 116A person who is not a registered health practitioner does not knowingly or recklessly use the title 'registered health practitioner', any title, name, initial, symbol or description indicating they are a health practitioner or are authorised or qualified to practise a health profession, claim or hold themselves out as registered under the Law, or claim to be qualified to practise as a health practitioner; and no person makes such claims about another unregistered person. Same maximum penalties as s 113.Role descriptions and titles for unregistered support staff (assistants, technicians, students) that avoid any suggestion of registration; Patient-facing information explaining who in the team is and is not a registered practitioner; Complaint or incident records of any holding-out concern and the correction madeUnregistered assistants introduced to patients as 'the therapist' or 'the clinician'; Post-nominals or 'Dr' used in a way that implies registration in a profession the person does not hold☐ 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.