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Management
76 Complaints Management
77 Risk Management
Part 10—Application, saving and transitional provisions
78 Application of amendments made by the National Disability Insurance Scheme Legislation Amendment (Quality Indicators) Guidelines 2021
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

       Part 1 – Preliminary

       1  Name

         This instrument is the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Quality Indicators for NDIS Practice Standards) Guidelines 2018.

       3  Authority

         This instrument is made under subsection 181D(2) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.

       4  Definitions

            Note 1: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 9 of the Act, including the following:
               (a) National Disability Insurance Scheme;
               (b) National Disability Insurance Scheme rules;
               (c) nominee;
               (d) participant;
               (e) restrictive practice.

            Note 2: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the NDIS Practice Standards Rules, including the following:
               (a) regulated restrictive practice;
               (b) worker.

         In this instrument:

         Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.

         behaviour support plan means:
           (a) a comprehensive behaviour support plan; or
           (b) an interim behaviour support plan.

         dignity of risk means the right of the individual to choose to take some risk in engaging in life experiences.

         functional behavioural assessment means the process for determining and understanding the function or purpose behind a person's behaviour, and may involve the collection of data, observations, and information to develop an understanding of the relationship of events and circumstances that trigger and maintain the behaviour.

         high intensity support skills descriptor, for an activity, means the descriptor for the activity described in the NDIS Practice Standards: High intensity support skills descriptors, November 2022 (Version 3), published by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, as existing on 2 July 2024.

            Note: The NDIS Practice Standards: High intensity support skills descriptors could in 2024 be viewed on the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission website (https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au).

         key worker means a person who is chosen by the family of a child receiving early childhood early intervention supports to work with them to coordinate information, services and supports for the child.

         NDIS behaviour support practitioner means a person the Commissioner considers is suitable to undertake behaviour support assessments (including functional behavioural assessments) and to develop behaviour support plans that may contain the use of restrictive practices.

         NDIS Practice Standards Rules means the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018.

         positive behaviour support capability framework means the Positive behaviour support capability framework: For NDIS providers and behaviour support practitioners, published by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, as existing on 1 October 2021.

            Note: The positive behaviour support capability framework could in 2021 be viewed on the NDIS Quality and