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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Roles and responsibilities for incidents

NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules. Edition held: NDIS (Incident Management and Reportable Incidents) Rules 2018, F2018L00633 as made, in force 1 July 2018 (no amendments); checked current on 6 October 2026 (Federal Register: latest version on 6 October 2026).

Standards library: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-ndis-incident-management-and-reportable-incidents-rules-2018. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ndis-incident-management-rules/s13-1-roles-and-responsibilities-for-incidents/

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 13(1)The system must set out the roles and responsibilities of everyone the provider employs or engages in identifying, managing and resolving incidents and in preventing them.
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00633/latest/text
Responsibility matrix or position descriptions naming incident duties; Delegation for after-hours incident management and Commission notification; Organisation chart showing incident escalation pointsContractors and volunteers left out of the roles described; No after-hours cover for 24-hour notifications☐ 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.