NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2: Specialist behaviour support
m2-4.5 Restrictive practices (specialist): plans include practices only as authorised
Clause and reference m2-4.5, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
A restrictive practice is included in a participant's behaviour support plan only in line with the relevant Commonwealth legislation and policy and with any state or territory legislation and policy requirements for obtaining authorisation (however described).
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
- State or territory authorisation decisions or panel outcomes matched to each plan
- Plan quality checklist confirming authorisation status before finalisation
- Correspondence with authorising bodies on pending authorisations
What assessors commonly find
- Plans finalised containing practices still awaiting authorisation
- Authorisation expiry dates not tracked against plan dates
What evidence do I need?
For m2-4.5 Restrictive practices (specialist): plans include practices only as authorised, the evidence to bring is: State or territory authorisation decisions or panel outcomes matched to each plan. It sits under Module 2: Specialist behaviour support and our reference for it is m2-4.5. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me state or territory authorisation decisions or panel outcomes matched to each plan, 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