NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans
m2a-4.2 Regulated restrictive practices (implementer): authorisation obtained and evidence submitted
Clause and reference m2a-4.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Where state or territory legislation or policy requires authorisation (however described) for a regulated restrictive practice, the implementing provider obtains that authorisation and submits evidence of it.
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
- Authorisation decisions or consent records for each regulated restrictive practice in use
- Commission portal records of authorisation evidence submitted
- Authorisation register with expiry dates
What assessors commonly find
- Practices in use with expired or no authorisation
- Authorisation obtained but evidence never submitted
What evidence do I need?
For m2a-4.2 Regulated restrictive practices (implementer): authorisation obtained and evidence submitted, the evidence to bring is: Authorisation decisions or consent records for each regulated restrictive practice in use. It sits under Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans and our reference for it is m2a-4.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me authorisation decisions or consent records for each regulated restrictive practice in use, 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