NDIS Practice Standards
Core module: support provision environment
core-27.3 Waste: emergency plan for clinical waste or hazardous substance accidents
Clause and reference core-27.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
An emergency plan covers clinical waste or hazardous substance problems and accidents; when it is used, its effectiveness is evaluated and it is revised if needed.
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
- Spill response plan and spill kit locations
- Post-event evaluation records after the plan was activated
- Version history of the plan showing revisions
What assessors commonly find
- Spill kits missing or unchecked
- Plan not evaluated after use
What evidence do I need?
For core-27.3 Waste: emergency plan for clinical waste or hazardous substance accidents, the evidence to bring is: Spill response plan and spill kit locations. It sits under Core module: support provision environment and our reference for it is core-27.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me spill response plan and spill kit locations, 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