Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet
NDIS Worker Screening Rules. Edition held: NDIS (Practice Standards - Worker Screening) Rules 2018, Compilation No. 4 (F2021C00788), in force 31 July 2021; checked current on 6 October 2026 (Federal Register: latest version on 6 October 2026).
Standards library: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-ndis-worker-screening-rules-2018. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ndis-worker-screening-rules/s20-21-keep-the-worker-list-day-traceable-for-seven-years/
| 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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| ss 20 and 21 | The worker list is kept in a form that lets an auditor tell which workers were in risk assessed roles on any given day in the previous seven years (s 20), and every record under Part 3 is kept for seven years from the date it is made (s 21). A former registered provider must keep records it was required to keep for three years after ceasing to be registered (NDIS Act s 73R). Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00887/latest/text | Historic snapshots or effective-dated register allowing a day-by-day reconstruction of who held risk assessed roles; Records retention schedule stating seven years for worker screening records; Archive of superseded registers | Register overwritten in place so past rosters cannot be reconstructed; Records of departed workers deleted after a year; Retention schedule silent on screening records | ☐ 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.