Verification vs certification
Which audit does each registration group need?
The supports you register for (your registration groups) decide whether you face a lighter verification audit or a deeper certification audit. Here is every group, split by pathway.
The rule that decides your audit type
Your overall audit type is the highest of the groups you pick. If even one of your groups is a certification group, your whole registration becomes a certification audit. So a provider doing therapy (verification) plus community access (certification) is assessed as certification.
Certification groups
The deeper, two-stage audit. Higher-risk supports.
Assistance with daily personal activities
Helping someone with personal care - showering, toileting, dressing, grooming, eating, mobility.
High intensity daily personal activities
Complex/high-needs personal care - e.g. ventilation, PEG feeding, complex wound or bowel care.
Participation in community, social and civic activities
Supporting someone to take part in community, social and recreational activities (community access).
Group and centre-based activities
Running or supporting day programs and group/centre-based activities.
Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement (SIL)
Supported Independent Living - 24/7 or rostered support in a shared home. Mandatory to be registered from 1 July 2026.
Development of daily living and life skills
Building a person’s capacity and independence in daily living skills.
Support coordination (coordinating life stages, transitions and supports)
Helping a participant understand and use their plan, and connect with supports.
Specialised support coordination
Higher-intensity support coordination for participants in complex situations.
Assistance to access and maintain employment or higher education
Supporting a participant into and within work or further study.
Specialised supported employment
Supported employment services (e.g. Australian Disability Enterprises).
Specialist positive behaviour support
Assessing behaviours of concern and writing behaviour support plans. Practitioners must be NDIS-suitable.
Early intervention supports for early childhood
Early childhood early intervention for children with developmental delay or disability.
Specialist disability accommodation (SDA)
Providing specialist housing for people with extreme functional impairment or very high needs.
Verification groups
The lighter, mostly desktop audit. Lower-risk supports.
Therapeutic supports
Allied health therapy - OT, physiotherapy, speech pathology, psychology, podiatry, dietetics, etc.
Management of funding for supports (plan management)
Managing the funding in a participant’s plan - paying invoices, tracking the budget.
Household tasks
Cleaning, laundry, gardening and other domestic help.
Assistance with travel/transport arrangements
Transport to appointments, activities and the community.
Innovative community participation
New or trial approaches to building community and social participation skills.
Exercise physiology and personal training
Exercise physiology, personal training and physical wellbeing programs.
Community nursing care
Nursing care delivered in the community/home.
Accommodation / tenancy assistance
Helping a participant find and keep suitable housing/tenancy.
Assistive products for personal care and safety
Supplying personal-care and safety equipment.
Personal mobility equipment
Supplying wheelchairs, walkers and other mobility equipment.
Vehicle modifications
Modifying vehicles for accessibility.
Home modifications
Modifying a home for accessibility (ramps, rails, bathrooms).
Assistive equipment for recreation
Supplying equipment that supports recreation and leisure.
Vision equipment
Supplying vision-related assistive equipment.
Specialised hearing services
Specialised hearing assessment and services.
Interpreting and translation
Interpreting and translation services for participants.
Hearing equipment
Supplying hearing aids and related equipment.
Assistive products in household tasks
Supplying assistive products that help with household tasks.
Communication and information equipment
Supplying communication aids and information technology equipment.
Specialised driver training
Driver training tailored to people with disability.
Assistance animals
Providing/training assistance animals.
Hearing services
Hearing services under the relevant program.
Customised prosthetics
Designing and supplying customised prosthetics and orthotics.
Source: the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s “Registration Requirements by Supports and Services”. Consultancy blogs often disagree with each other on this - the pathways above follow the Commission’s own table. The Commission confirms your pathway when you apply.
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