NDIS Provider Registration Rules
Conditions of registration (Rules Part 4, Act ss 73F to 73J)
s13B Mid-term certification audit within 18 months
Clause and reference Rules s 13B of the NDIS (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 · our reference s13B
The requirement
A provider whose registration covers a class assessed by certification goes through a certification audit halfway through its registration period, run by an approved quality auditor, that starts within 18 months of the period beginning (or later if the Commissioner allows), covering the governance standards in Part 3 of the Core module, any standard that had required a corrective action plan, and any standard the Commissioner names; the report reaches the Commissioner as quickly as it can. It does not apply to early childhood providers who are individuals or partnerships, to SDA-only providers, or to transitioned providers.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Provider Registration Rules on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Mid-term audit engagement letter and start date within 18 months of registration start
- Mid-term audit report and evidence it was given to the Commission
What assessors commonly find
- Mid-term audit booked too late to start within 18 months
- Previous corrective actions not re-tested
What evidence do I need?
For s13B Mid-term certification audit within 18 months, the evidence to bring is: Mid-term audit engagement letter and start date within 18 months of registration start; Mid-term audit report and evidence it was given to the Commission. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me mid-term audit engagement letter and start date within 18 months of registration start, 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.
If this change has to be notified
A change to your contact details or your scale, a significant event or a change of ownership starts a clock. Describe the change once and the notifiable change checker works out who to notify and by when, and shows the rules it rests on.
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