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.
Standards library: 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-money-and-property/
| 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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| Core 25.1 | Where the provider has access to a participant's money or property, it develops, applies, reviews and communicates processes that manage, protect and account for it, and uses it only with the participant's consent and for purposes the participant intends. Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00631/latest/text | Participant money handling policy and procedure; Transaction ledgers with receipts and reconciliations; Signed consent for each type of money or property handling; Records of audits of participant funds | Missing receipts or unreconciled balances; Shared household purchases charged without consent | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 25.2 | If required, the provider supports each participant to access and spend their own money as the participant decides. Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00631/latest/text | Support plans describing the help needed with money; Records of supported shopping or banking activities; Participant interviews about control of their spending | Workers deciding what participants may buy; Participants with no access to their own funds | ☐ yes ☐ partly ☐ no ☐ n/a | ||||
| Core 25.3 | The provider does not give participants financial advice or information beyond what is reasonably needed under the participant's plan. Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00631/latest/text | Code of conduct or policy prohibiting financial advice; Worker training records on financial boundaries; Conflict of interest declarations by workers | Workers advising on investments, loans or wills; No guidance to workers on where advice must stop | ☐ 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.