Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 - SECT 181F

    The Commissioner's registration and reportable incident functions are as follows:

  (a)   the functions conferred on the Commissioner by Division   2 of Part   3A of Chapter   4 (about registered NDIS providers);

  (b)   the functions conferred on the Commissioner by section   73U (about approved quality auditors);

  (c)   to monitor registered NDIS provider compliance with their conditions of registration, including in relation to the screening of workers in accordance with the NDIS Practice Standards;

  (d)   to provide education, guidance and best practice information to NDIS providers in relation to compliance matters;

  (e)   the functions relating to the notification and management of reportable incidents conferred on the Commissioner by the National Disability Insurance Scheme rules made for the purposes of section   73Z;

  (f)   to support registered NDIS providers to develop and implement effective incident management systems and to build provider capability to prevent and manage incidents;

  (g)   to collect, correlate, analyse and disseminate information relating to incidents, including reportable incidents, to identify trends or systemic issues.