NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2: Specialist behaviour support
m2-4.6 Restrictive practices (specialist): plans meet RPBS Rules conditions
Clause and reference m2-4.6, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Every regulated restrictive practice in a behaviour support plan complies with the conditions prescribed in the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018, for example that it is used only as a last resort, is the least restrictive response, is proportionate, and is used for the shortest possible time.
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
- Behaviour support plans showing the RPBS Rules conditions addressed for each regulated restrictive practice
- Plan peer review or quality audit records
- Commission plan quality feedback or plan audit results
What assessors commonly find
- Plan does not explain why the practice is the least restrictive option
- No duration or fading criteria for the practice
What evidence do I need?
For m2-4.6 Restrictive practices (specialist): plans meet RPBS Rules conditions, the evidence to bring is: Behaviour support plans showing the RPBS Rules conditions addressed for each regulated restrictive practice. It sits under Module 2: Specialist behaviour support and our reference for it is m2-4.6. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me behaviour support plans showing the RPBS Rules conditions addressed for each regulated restrictive practice, 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