NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans
m2a-4.3 Regulated restrictive practices (implementer): use only per plan and RPBS Rules
Clause and reference m2a-4.3, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Regulated restrictive practices are used only in line with a behaviour support plan and all requirements of the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018, and are implemented, documented and reported in compliance with relevant legislation and policy.
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
- Restrictive practice use records or logs matched to the plan
- Comparison of practices observed on site with practices in the plan
- Reports submitted for each use
What assessors commonly find
- Practices used that are not in the plan
- Use not documented at the time
What evidence do I need?
For m2a-4.3 Regulated restrictive practices (implementer): use only per plan and RPBS, the evidence to bring is: Restrictive practice use records or logs matched to the plan. It sits under Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans and our reference for it is m2a-4.3. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me restrictive practice use records or logs matched to the 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