NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 - SECT 181F Commissioner's registration and reportable incident functions
NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 - SECT 181F
Commissioner's registration and reportable incident functionsThe 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.