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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Use a regulated restrictive practice only as the behaviour support plan says

NDIS Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support Rules. Edition held: NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018, Compilation No. 1 (F2020C01087), in force 1 December 2020; checked current on 6 October 2026 (Federal Register: latest version on 6 October 2026).

Standards library: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-ndis-restrictive-practices-and-behaviour-support-rules-2018. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ndis-restrictive-practices-rules/s10-a-use-a-regulated-restrictive-practice-only-as-the/

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 10(2)(a)Where a provider supports a person under a behaviour support plan that includes a regulated restrictive practice, the practice must be used only in accordance with that plan, and the provider must demonstrate this if the Commissioner requires (s 10(3)).
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00632/latest/text
Behaviour support plan accessible to workers at the point of support; Restrictive practice use records compared with the plan's stated practice, triggers and limits; Worker training records on the participant's planPractice used in situations or for durations the plan does not allow; Workers unaware of the plan's contents☐ 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.