NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2: Specialist behaviour support
m2-5.6 Assessments and plans (specialist): plans with regulated practices lodged with the Commissioner
Clause and reference m2-5.6, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Every behaviour support plan containing a regulated restrictive practice is provided to the Commissioner within the time and in the manner prescribed by the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018.
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
- Commission portal lodgement confirmations for each plan
- Register of plans with development, lodgement and due dates
- Exception records explaining any late lodgement
What assessors commonly find
- Plans lodged after the prescribed timeframe
- Interim plans containing regulated practices not lodged
What evidence do I need?
For m2-5.6 Assessments and plans (specialist): plans with regulated practices lodged, the evidence to bring is: Commission portal lodgement confirmations for each plan. It sits under Module 2: Specialist behaviour support and our reference for it is m2-5.6. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me commission portal lodgement confirmations for 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