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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Base a comprehensive plan on a functional behavioural assessment

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/s20-5-base-a-comprehensive-plan-on-a-functional-behavioural/

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 20(5)In developing a comprehensive behaviour support plan, the specialist behaviour support provider must undertake a behaviour support assessment, including a functional behavioural assessment of the person.
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00632/latest/text
Functional behavioural assessment report with data sources and hypotheses; Plan strategies linked to the assessed functions of behaviour; Observation and data collection recordsComprehensive plan written without a current assessment; Assessment copied from a previous provider without review☐ yes
☐ partly
☐ no
☐ n/a

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