139Review of behaviour support plan—disability service providers

139 Review of behaviour support plan—disability service providers (1) A disability service provider must ensure that a behaviour support plan prepared under section 138 is reviewed at intervals of not more than— (a) 12 months; or (b) if the Authorised Program Officer or the Senior Practitioner specifies a shorter period, the specified period. (2) A person for whom a behaviour support plan was prepared under section 138 may request a review of the plan at any time. (3) A review under this section must consider— (a) strategies to reduce and eliminate the need for the regulated restrictive practice to be used on the person for whom the behaviour support plan was prepared; and (b) any previous behaviour support assessments; and (c) any other relevant assessments; and (d) changes that could be made to the environment of the person for whom the behaviour support plan was prepared to reduce or eliminate the need for the regulated restrictive practice to be used on the person. (4) The disability service provider must ensure that in a review of a behaviour support plan the following persons are consulted— (a) the person for whom the behaviour support plan was prepared; (b) if the person for whom the behaviour support plan was prepared has a guardian, the person's guardian; (c) if any other disability service providers provide disability services to the person for whom the behaviour support plan was prepared, a representative of each disability service provider; (d) if any registered NDIS providers provide services under the NDIS to the person for whom the behaviour support plan is prepared, a representative of each registered NDIS provider; (e) any other person specified by the person for whom the behaviour support plan was prepared; (f) any other person that the disability service provider considers integral to the review of the behaviour support plan. New s. 140 inserted by No. 9/2023 s. 47.