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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Comply with interim prohibition orders and disclose them before providing services

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/s159o-comply-with-interim-prohibition-orders-and-disclose/

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 159OA person subject to an interim prohibition order does not contravene it (maximum $60,000 or three years' imprisonment) and, before providing any health service, gives written notice of the order to the recipient (or the parent or guardian of a recipient under 16 or under guardianship), to their employer, to any entity they contract or have an arrangement with, and to any entity for which they volunteer (maximum $5,000). No person advertises a health service to be provided by the prohibited person unless the advertisement states the order (maximum $5,000 individual, $10,000 body corporate). Interim prohibition orders were introduced by the 2022 amendments.Pre-engagement check of the national registers and published interim prohibition orders for every health worker, registered or not; Written notices of the order received from the worker and kept on file; Advertising review confirming any required statement of the orderUnregistered workers (for example former practitioners working as assistants) not screened against prohibition orders; Employer receives notice of an order but lets the person continue in a prohibited service☐ 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.