Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00396:reg:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00396
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18
Character Range: 59965–61388

18  NDIS Provider Certification or Verification Decision

     (1) An approved quality auditor shall not issue a NDIS provider certification or verification decision to the NDIS provider.

     (2) An approved quality auditor shall issue a NDIS provider certification or verification decision to the Commission and make a recommendation with the accompanying audit report to the Commission, for consideration in making the registration determination.

            Note: The Commission shall notify the approved quality auditor of its registration decision in regards to NDIS provider the approved quality auditor has audited. For registration approvals, the registration decision will include the date of registration, and the period of registration.

     (3) The decision to continue NDIS provider certification following a mid‑term audit constitutes a certification decision, and requirements of subsections 1 and 2 apply.

     (4) The date of a certification or verification decision is not the same as the registration approval date which is the date on which the Commission decides to approve an application to be registered as a registered NDIS provider or to approve an application to continue that registration.

     (5) Timeframes for the audit program and the audit cycle set out in section 10 are calculated from the registration approval date and not the date of the certification or verification decision.