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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Never use a restrictive practice the State or Territory prohibits

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).

Source: 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/s8-never-use-a-restrictive-practice-the-state-or-territory/

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 8Where a State or Territory prohibits a restrictive practice, a registered NDIS provider supporting a person with disability there must not use that practice in relation to the person.Register of practices prohibited in each State or Territory where the provider operates; Policy listing prohibited practices and instructing workers never to use them; Restrictive practice use records reviewed for any prohibited practiceProvider operating across states unaware of a practice prohibited in one of them; Prohibited practice used informally, for example locking a participant in a room☐ 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.