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NDIS registration group 0131: Specialist disability accommodation

Registration group 0131 is “Specialist disability accommodation” on the NDIS Commission's list of registration groups.¹ Here is the audit it needs, the Practice Standards that apply and the documents to have ready.

The audit

Stage 1 is a desktop audit: the auditor asks for information and evidence, usually off-site.³

Stage 2 is an onsite audit: the auditor looks at how you carry out your policies and procedures. This can include viewing records, visiting your sites, interviewing staff and participants, and observing supports. The Stage 2 onsite audit should take place within 3 months after Stage 1 is complete.³

If you apply for this group together with any certification group, the whole application is audited by certification.¹ Read verification and certification audits compared.

Practice Standards that apply

SDA is the only class registered

Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation, 5 standards⁴

• Rights and responsibilities
• Conflict of interest
• Service agreements with participants
• Enrolment of specialist disability accommodation dwellings
• Tenancy management

SDA plus one or more other classes

Core module, 24 standards⁵

• Person-centred supports
• Individual values and beliefs
• Privacy and dignity
• Independence and informed choice
• Freedom from violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation or discrimination
• Governance and operational management
• Risk management
• Quality management
• Information management
• Complaints management and resolution
• Incident management
• Human resource management
• Continuity of supports
• Emergency and disaster management
• Access to supports
• Support planning
• Service agreements
• Responsive support provision
• Transitions to and from a provider
• Safe environment
• Participant money and property
• Medication management
• Mealtime management
• Waste management

Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation, 5 standards⁴

• Rights and responsibilities
• Conflict of interest
• Service agreements with participants
• Enrolment of specialist disability accommodation dwellings
• Tenancy management

If you use, or are likely to use, a regulated restrictive practice, Module 2A: Implementing behaviour support plans also applies, and it is assessed by certification.²

Documents to have ready

A starting list. The auditor decides what to sample.

• Policies and procedures for each Core standard that applies to you²
• Incident, complaints and risk registers, with real entries²
• Staff files: worker screening clearances, qualifications, induction, training and supervision²
• Participant files: service agreements and support plans²
• An emergency and disaster management plan²
• Records of quality management and continuous improvement²

Good to know

• SDA-only providers are exempt from the mid-term audit.²

Questions

Sources

1. Registration groups or classes of support, NDIS Commission
2. NDIS (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018, as at 1 July 2026, legislation.gov.au
3. The quality audit process, NDIS Commission
4. Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation, NDIS Commission
5. Core module, NDIS Commission

Last reviewed 27 September 2026. Rules change: check the sources before you act.

Based on content from the Federal Register of Legislation and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission website, © Commonwealth of Australia, licensed under CC BY 4.0. CareHelm summarised it in plain English. Check the linked sources for the official text. For the latest legislation go to legislation.gov.au.