Legislation, rules and policies
The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission is a new independent agency established to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and services.
Legislation
The legislation that established our agency sets out our core functions and framework:
Rules
The NDIS Rules provide further necessary details:
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Code of Conduct) Rules 2018 [F2018L00629]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 [F2018L00631]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Quality Indicators) Guidelines 2018 (Notifiable Instrument) [F2018N00041]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 [F2018L00632]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation Conditions) Rules 2018 [F2018L00627]
- Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Design Category Requirements Guidelines
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Specialist Disability Accommodation – Participating Jurisdictions) Rule 2018 [F2018L00626]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme NDIS (Quality and Safeguards Commission and Other Measures) Transitional Rules 2018[F2018L00630]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Incident Management and Reportable Incidents) Rules 2018 [F2018L00633]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Complaints Management and Resolution) Rules 2018 [F2018L00634]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Definition) Rule 2018 [F2018L00628]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Protection and Disclosure of Information - Commissioner) Rules 2018 [F2018L00635]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Practice Standards – Worker Screening) Rules 2018 [F2018L00887]
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (Approved Quality Auditors Scheme) Guidelines 2018 [F2018N00114]
A short summary of the NDIS Rules is a useful resource.
Policies
- NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework
- Intergovernmental Agreement on Nationally Consistent Worker Screening for the NDIS
We will add important documents and links as they become available, including our corporate policies.
Other information
The Resources page has other useful information, including fact sheets.
