NDIS Practice Standards
Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans
m2a-9.1 Reportable restrictive practice incidents (implementer): medical referral and assessment
Clause and reference m2a-9.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
After an incident, the implementing provider supports the participant's immediate referral to and assessment by a medical practitioner where appropriate.
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
- Incident reports showing medical referral decisions
- Records of medical assessment following restraint or seclusion
- Post-incident procedure covering medical review
What assessors commonly find
- No medical check after physical restraint
- Decision not to refer undocumented
What evidence do I need?
For m2a-9.1 Reportable restrictive practice incidents (implementer): medical referral and assessment, the evidence to bring is: Incident reports showing medical referral decisions; Records of medical assessment following restraint or seclusion. It sits under Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans and our reference for it is m2a-9.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me incident reports showing medical referral decisions, 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