---
title: "Behaviour support plan and restrictive practice authorisation review checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law/behaviour-support-plan-and-restrictive-practice-review-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a55-behaviour-support-plan-and-restrictive-practice-review-checklist"
area_id: "A55"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A55-N20261018-9"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Behaviour support plan and restrictive practice authorisation review checklist

> A checklist for reviewing a behaviour support plan that contains regulated restrictive practices: registration, plan timeframes, consultation and functional behaviour assessment, the conditions each practice must meet,…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law/behaviour-support-plan-and-restrictive-practice-review-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

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A checklist for reviewing a behaviour support plan that contains regulated restrictive practices: registration, plan timeframes, consultation and functional behaviour assessment, the conditions each practice must meet, state or territory authorisation, lodgement, monthly reporting and plan review.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [NDIS & Disability Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when advising a participant, family, guardian or provider about a behaviour support plan that includes a regulated restrictive practice, or auditing a provider's compliance. The state or territory authorisation process must be checked separately for where the participant lives.

## Used for these tasks

- [Review a behaviour support plan and its restrictive practice authorisation](https://ailawframework.com/practice/ndis-and-disability-law.md#A55-N20261018-9)

## How AI may be used

AI may extract each restrictive practice, date, authorisation and report from the plan and the provider's records into the checklist; the lawyer decides whether each requirement is met and what to advise.

**AI may:**

- List each regulated restrictive practice in the plan with its description, triggers and fade-out strategy
- Build a timeline of first use, engagement of the practitioner, interim and comprehensive plans, authorisation, lodgement and monthly reports
- Flag missing documents and gaps between the plan and incident or monthly reports

**AI must not:**

- Must not assess whether a practice is the least restrictive option, proportionate or a last resort
- Must not decide whether a use was authorised under the state or territory framework
- Must not summarise behavioural or health information about the participant beyond what the lawyer needs

**The lawyer checks:**

- The implementing provider is registered for implementing behaviour support plans, and the plan was developed by an NDIS behaviour support practitioner
- Each practice is clearly stated, authorised by the state or territory body, and meets the conditions of last resort, shortest time, risk reduction, proportionality and least restriction
- Interim and comprehensive plans were in place within the required times, and the comprehensive plan has been reviewed at least every 12 months
- Any use outside the plan or without authorisation has been treated as a possible reportable incident

## Authorities

- [NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Rules for implementing providers (registration; plan timeframes; state or territory authorisation and lodging evidence; monthly reporting), referring to the NDIS (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 ss 9, 11 and 14](https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/rules-and-standards/behaviour-support-and-restrictive-practices/rules-implementing-providers)
- [NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, Rules for specialist behaviour support providers and NDIS behaviour support practitioners (timeframes; consultation and functional behaviour assessment; conditions for regulated restrictive practices; review at least every 12 months), referring to the Rules ss 19 to 22](https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au/rules-and-standards/behaviour-support-and-restrictive-practices/rules-behaviour-support-and)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law/behaviour-support-plan-and-restrictive-practice-review-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*