Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet
Psychology Board Code of conduct for psychologists. Edition held: Code of conduct for psychologists, effective 1 December 2025 (advance copy published November 2024; PDF dated 13 November 2025); checked current on 6 October 2026 (our build record of the held copy: current on the Psychology Board site as read 6 October 2026).
Source: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/psychology-board-of-australia-code-of-conduct-for-psychologists-2025. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/psychology-code-of-conduct/8-8-legal-insurance-and-other-assessments/
| 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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| 8.8 | Where a third party engages a psychologist to assess someone who is not their client, for an insurance, legal or other purpose, the usual psychologist and client relationship is absent. Effective practice then means the psychologist: (a) makes clear their role and how they stand in relation to the third party; (b) applies this code's standards to the assessment, being respectful and alert to the person's concerns; (c) explains to the person their role, what the assessment is for, what it involves and how far it goes and their reporting duties; (d) anticipates and corrects any misunderstanding about the assessment and report; (e) explains what refusing consent could mean and states plainly that the third party will be told of any refusal; (f) gets the person's explicit consent to the assessment and report, or records their reasons if they decline; (g) writes an impartial report (section 8.9); and (h) recognises a duty of care to tell the person or their treating practitioner about any serious, previously unrecognised health problem found during the assessment. | Engagement letter from the third party defining the psychologist's role and the report's purpose; Signed explicit consent from the person assessed, or a record of reasons for refusal; File note of the explanation given about role, purpose, reporting and the consequence of refusal; Record of any serious health issue found and to whom it was communicated | Examinee believed the assessor was their treating psychologist; No record that refusal consequences were explained; Report wording that reflects the instructing party's position rather than the findings | ☐ 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.