01_610_0114_1_1
Delivery Of Health Supports By A Registered Nurse - Public Holiday

Line Item Description

This NDIS support item is listed under the Core - Assistance with Daily Life support category. It is for the provision of Disability-Related Health Supports.

Support Details

This line item covers nursing care provided to respond to a participant's disability-related health needs, where that care is not the usual responsibility of the health system. These supports must directly relate to the participant's significant and permanent functional impairment and assist them with activities of daily living.

This item has been duplicated into the Assistance with Daily Life Support Category to provide participants with greater access to these supports when needed.

This item is specifically for supports delivered on a Public Holiday. For NDIS claiming purposes, a Public Holiday Support is defined as any support to a participant that starts at or after midnight on the night prior to a Public Holiday and ends before or at midnight of that Public Holiday (unless it is a Night-time Sleepover Support).

Provider Qualifications

This support item must be used when the nurse delivering the support meets the classification of a Registered nurse - level 1 (RN1) under the Nurses Award 2020 (A.5.1). Under the Award, a registered nurse is defined as a person who has completed the prescribed education preparation, demonstrates competence to practice, and is registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as a registered nurse in Australia.

Claiming Guidelines

This support item can be delivered to individual participants or to groups, subject to the rules for group-based supports.

In addition to the direct delivery of supports, providers can claim using this line item for the following activities:

Non-Face-to-Face Support Provision
Provider Travel
Short Notice Cancellation (2 clear business days)
NDIA Requested Reports

Providers can also claim for the non-labour costs of travel separately using the line item 01_799_0114_1_1.