Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law. Edition held: The National Law as the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld), Act No 45 of 2009, Queensland in-force version current as at 10 April 2026 (the host jurisdiction's text, which the other states and territories apply by their own Acts; New South Wales applies its own version with its own complaints scheme); checked current on 6 October 2026 (our build record of the held copy: no later reprint listed on 30 September 2026).
Standards library: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-health-practitioner-regulation-national-law-2009. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/national-law/s141b-treating-practitioners-notify-substantial-risk-of/
Practising in Western Australia: Western Australia applies the National Law under its own Act with local variations, including its own rule for practitioners treating another practitioner or student. This checklist names that variation but does not hold its text, so a practitioner in Western Australia should read the Western Australian Act on the state legislation site. The duty of a practitioner who is not treating the other (s 141) and the employer duty (s 142) are separate pages.
| Ref | Requirement (our statement of the clause) | Evidence an auditor or the regulator asks for | Common gap to check | Held (yes, partly, no, not applicable) | Where it is kept | Owner | Last reviewed | Next review |
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| s 141B | A registered practitioner who, while providing a health service to another registered practitioner, forms a reasonable belief that the patient practitioner is placing the public at substantial risk of harm by practising with an impairment, while intoxicated by alcohol or drugs, or in a way that is a significant departure from accepted professional standards, notifies Ahpra as soon as practicable; likewise for a student patient whose impairment may place the public at substantial risk of harm in clinical training. In judging the risk the treating practitioner may weigh the nature, extent and severity of the impairment, whether the patient is managing it or willing to, whether treatment can manage it, and any other relevant matter. Subject to s 141C. Breach is not an offence but grounds for action. Source: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-2009-045 | Documented risk assessment covering the four factors the Law allows the treating practitioner to consider; Record of the notification decision (made or not made) and its reasons | Notification made for any impairment regardless of substantial risk, deterring practitioner-patients from treatment; No record of the reasoning where the treating practitioner decided the threshold was not met | ☐ 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.