Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Senior Practitioner must—
(a) monitor whether the use of a regulated restrictive practice by a disability service provider is in accordance with this Part; and
(b) subject to any guidelines issued under subsection (3), advise the Authorised Program Officer who authorised the regulated restrictive practice as to the intervals, not exceeding 12 months, in which the Authorised Program Officer is to give to the Senior Practitioner a report on the implementation of a person's behaviour support plan or NDIS behaviour support plan.
(2) A report required under subsection (1)(b) must—
(a) be provided within 7 days after the end of the interval advised under subsection (1)(b); and
(b) contain the matters under section 147(2); and
(c) include a record of all instances in which regulated restrictive practices have been used during the period for which the report is prepared; and
(d) specify any details required by the Senior Practitioner in respect of each instance included under paragraph (c); and
(e) have attached a copy of the person's current behaviour support plan or NDIS behaviour support plan if the use of regulated restrictive practices is being continued.
(3) For the purposes of this section, the Senior Practitioner may make and issue guidelines relating to the preparation of reports including enabling the preparation of a consolidated report by an Authorised Program Officer where more than one disability service provider is providing disability services to a person in respect of whom this Part applies involving the use of regulated restrictive practices.
New s. 149 inserted by No. 9/2023 s. 47.