NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans
m2a-4.1 Regulated restrictive practices (implementer): knowledge of practices and authorisation
Clause and reference m2a-4.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The implementing 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) of regulated restrictive practices 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 defining each regulated restrictive practice type with local examples
- Worker training records and competency checks on identifying restrictive practices
- Authorisation process guide for each jurisdiction
What assessors commonly find
- Locked cupboards or door restrictions not recognised as environmental restraint
- PRN medication not recognised as possible chemical restraint
What evidence do I need?
For m2a-4.1 Regulated restrictive practices (implementer): knowledge of practices and authorisation, the evidence to bring is: Procedure defining each regulated restrictive practice type with local examples. It sits under Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans and our reference for it is m2a-4.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me procedure defining each regulated restrictive practice type with local examples, 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