NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: governance and operational management
core-10.6 Risk management: appropriate insurance held
Clause and reference core-10.6, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider holds appropriate insurance, including professional indemnity, public liability and accident insurance, for the supports it delivers.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Current certificates of currency for professional indemnity, public liability and accident or workers compensation cover
- Insurance schedule showing the covered activities match registered supports
- Renewal tracking records
What assessors commonly find
- Policy lapsed or excludes some registered supports
- Sole traders relying on a subcontractor's insurance
What evidence do I need?
For core-10.6 Risk management: appropriate insurance held, the evidence to bring is: Current certificates of currency for professional indemnity, public liability and accident or workers compensation cover. It sits under Core module: governance and operational management and our reference for it is core-10.6. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me current certificates of currency for professional indemnity, public liability and accident or workers compensation cover, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading