NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: support provision environment
core-26.1 Medication: records of medication, dosage and participant identification
Clause and reference core-26.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Records clearly identify each participant's medication and dosage and include all the information needed to identify the participant correctly and administer the medication safely.
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
- Medication charts or administration records with photo identification
- Prescriber orders or pharmacy-generated medication profiles
- Medication administration signing sheets in the file sample
What assessors commonly find
- Charts without participant photo or allergies
- Gaps in administration signatures
What evidence do I need?
For core-26.1 Medication: records of medication, dosage and participant identification, the evidence to bring is: Medication charts or administration records with photo identification; Prescriber orders or pharmacy-generated medication profiles. It sits under Core module: support provision environment and our reference for it is core-26.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me medication charts or administration records with photo identification, 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