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Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans

m2a-7.1 Monitoring and reporting regulated practices (implementer): monthly reporting

Clause and reference m2a-7.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators

The requirement

The implementing provider complies with the monthly online reporting requirements for the use of regulated restrictive practices prescribed in 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

  • Monthly restrictive practice use reports submitted through the Commission portal
  • Reconciliation of use logs against monthly reports
  • Reporting calendar with responsible officers

What assessors commonly find

  • Missed or late monthly reports
  • Reported figures that do not match use records

What evidence do I need?

For m2a-7.1 Monitoring and reporting regulated practices (implementer): monthly reporting, the evidence to bring is: Monthly restrictive practice use reports submitted through the Commission portal. It sits under Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans and our reference for it is m2a-7.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.

Answer the reviewer first

Show me monthly restrictive practice use reports submitted through the Commission portal, 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.

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