Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet
NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators. Edition held: Rules Schedules 1 to 8, Compilation No. 6 (F2026C00527) and Quality Indicators Guidelines Compilation No. 3 (F2026C00528), in force 1 July 2026; checked current on 6 October 2026 (Federal Register: both compilations are the latest version on 6 October 2026).
Under review, not in force: The NDIS Commission's review of the Practice Standards (a proposed quality framework and changes to the standards and how they are assessed) is still being considered; nothing from it is in force.
Source: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-ndis-practice-standards-and-quality-indicators. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ndis-practice-standards/core-emergency-and-disaster/
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core 16A.1 | Measures are in place so supports that are critical to each participant's safety, health and wellbeing continue before, during and after an emergency or disaster. | Register of participants and the supports critical to their safety, health and wellbeing; Individual emergency plans for participants with critical supports; Records from a past emergency or exercise showing critical supports maintained | No list of which participants rely on critical supports; Individual emergency plans not prepared with participants | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.2 | The emergency measures plan for each of: preparing for and responding to the emergency or disaster; changing participant supports; adapting and responding quickly to changes in supports and other interruptions; and communicating changes to workers, participants and their support networks. | Emergency and disaster management plan with sections on preparation, response, support changes and communication; Communication templates and contact trees for workers, participants and support networks; Records showing support changes were communicated during an event | Plan covers fire evacuation only and not wider disasters; No method to tell support networks about changes | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.3 | The governing body develops emergency and disaster management plans, consults participants and their support networks about them, and puts them in place. | Emergency and disaster management plans approved by the governing body; Records of consultation with participants and support networks on the plans; Board or owner minutes adopting the plans | Plans written by staff with no governing body approval; No participant consultation recorded | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.4 | The emergency plans explain and guide how the governing body will respond to an emergency or disaster and oversee the response. | Emergency governance section naming decision-makers, escalation and reporting lines; Emergency meeting records or incident command logs from an event or exercise; Reporting templates to the governing body during an emergency | Plans silent on who decides during an emergency; Governing body not informed during a past event | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.5 | The governing body has mechanisms to actively test the plans and to adjust them for a particular kind of emergency or disaster. | Exercise or drill schedule covering different emergency types; Exercise reports with lessons learned; Version history showing plan changes after testing | Plans never tested; Only fire drills run, no tests for outbreaks, floods or heatwaves | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.6 | The plans include periodic review points so the governing body can respond as an emergency or disaster changes. | Plan section defining review intervals or triggers during an event; Records of reviews held during a past event and decisions taken; Situation reports used at each review point | No mechanism to revisit decisions during a prolonged event; Review points defined but not used | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.7 | The governing body regularly reviews the plans and consults participants and their support networks about those reviews. | Plan review records with dates and approvals; Consultation records with participants and support networks during each review; Change log of plan versions | Plans past their review date; Reviews carried out without participant input | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.8 | The governing body communicates the plans to workers, participants and their support networks. | Distribution records or acknowledgements for workers; Participant-friendly summaries of the plans and records of who received them; Newsletters or meetings where plans were explained to support networks | Workers unaware the plan exists; Participants given no accessible version of the plan | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 16A.9 | Each worker is trained in implementing the emergency and disaster management plans. | Training records on the emergency and disaster management plans for every worker; Drill participation records; Induction content covering the plans | Casual and agency workers not trained in the plans; Training records show only fire safety, not the plans | ☐ 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.