NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2: Specialist behaviour support
m2-4.1 Restrictive practices (specialist): knowledge of regulated practices and authorisation
Clause and reference m2-4.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider knows and understands the regulated restrictive practices described in the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 and any state or territory legislation, policy and processes for obtaining authorisation (however described) for restrictive practices included in a behaviour support plan.
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
- Procedure describing each regulated restrictive practice type and the authorisation process in each jurisdiction served
- Practitioner training records on seclusion, chemical, mechanical, physical and environmental restraint
- Jurisdiction-specific authorisation guidance held and current
What assessors commonly find
- Staff cannot distinguish environmental from mechanical restraint
- Authorisation process for a jurisdiction where the provider operates is not documented
What evidence do I need?
For m2-4.1 Restrictive practices (specialist): knowledge of regulated practices and authorisation, the evidence to bring is: Procedure describing each regulated restrictive practice type and the authorisation process in each jurisdiction served. It sits under Module 2: Specialist behaviour support and our reference for it is m2-4.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me procedure describing each regulated restrictive practice type and the authorisation process in each jurisdiction served, 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