This guide walks through all 36 NDIS registration groups, explains what each one covers, and tells you whether it triggers a Verification or Certification audit.
What Is an NDIS Registration Group?
When you apply to become a registered NDIS provider, you’re registering for specific categories of support. Those categories are called registration groups.
There are 36 registration groups in total. Each group corresponds to a type of service, from therapeutic supports and household tasks through to specialist disability accommodation and behaviour support. Your registration grants you approval to deliver the supports within the groups you’ve selected, however if you want to add a new service type later, you’ll need to apply to expand your registration.
Why does it matter which groups you choose, and why shouldn’t you just choose them all? Because your combination of registration groups determines your audit pathway. Some groups are assessed as lower-risk, and providers registered only for these groups complete a Verification audit, which is a desktop review of your documentation. Other groups are assessed as higher-risk, and providers registering for these groups must complete a Certification audit, which involves document review, site visits, and interviews with staff and participants.
If any of your selected groups requires Certification, your entire audit is at the Certification level. A speech pathologist who also wants to deliver community participation doesn’t get one Verification audit and one Certification audit, they get a Certification audit which covers everything. That changes the cost and complexity of registration considerably. This isn’t a reason not to do it, but it’s good to keep in mind.
Verification vs Certification: A Quick Summary
Verification applies to lower-risk, lower-complexity supports. The audit is a desktop review, where the auditor looks at your documentation remotely against the four standards of the Verification module: human resources, incidents, complaints and risk. There are no participant interviews or site visits required. A verification audit typically costs around $900 to $1,500.
Certification applies to higher-risk supports, and the audit happens in two stages: a document review followed by a site visit. Auditors also interview key personnel, workers, and participants. You’re assessed against the Core Module of the NDIS Practice Standards (20+ standards) and, depending on your services, additional Supplementary Modules. For this kind of audit, providers are typically paying a minimum of $8,000, but potentially a lot more depending on the organisation’s size and scope.
The next section covers each group in detail.
The 36 NDIS Registration Groups
The groups below are organised by service type, roughly the order in which most providers think about what they deliver. Each entry notes the audit pathway.
Personal Care and Daily Living
0107 – Daily Personal Activities (Certification)
Assistance with daily personal tasks, including self-care, dressing, personal hygiene, meal preparation, overnight support, and night-time assistance.
0104 – High Intensity Daily Personal Activities (Certification and Module 1)
This is a subset of daily personal care for participants who need support with complex or medically delegated tasks, like PEG feeding, tracheostomy care, complex bowel management, ventilator support, and severe dysphagia management. This group requires workers with specific high-intensity training and triggers the High Intensity Daily Personal Activities supplementary module (Module 1) in addition to the Core Module at audit.
0115 – Assistance with Daily Life Tasks in a Group or Shared Living Arrangement (Certification)
This includes direct support delivered in a home where participants live alongside others who also receive funded supports – what most people know as SIL (supported independent living). The group covers personal care, overnight support, short-term accommodation and assistance (STA/respite), and host arrangement supports. From 1 July 2026, registration for this group becomes mandatory for all SIL providers.
0120 – Household Tasks (Verification)
Domestic assistance, such as house cleaning, yard maintenance, laundry, meal preparation assistance, and linen services. The the focus for this support is on the household rather than personal care. This is commonly selected by cleaning businesses, lawn care providers and home maintenance workers entering the NDIS space.
0117 – Development of Daily Living and Life Skills (Certification)
Includes capacity building support to develop daily living and life skills, such as skills development and training in self-management.
Community and Social Participation
0125 – Participation in Community, Social and Civic Activities (Certification)
This registration group covers support for participants to access community activities, social events, recreation, and civic life.
0136 – Group and Centre Based Activities (Certification)
Includes supports delivered in group settings, like day programs, activity centres, group activities.
0116 – Innovative Community Participation (Verification)
A capacity-building group covering supports that help participants develop skills and confidence for community participation through innovative approaches.
Accommodation and Housing
0101 – Accommodation/Tenancy Assistance (Verification)
Support to help participants find and secure appropriate housing, navigate tenancy agreements, and develop the skills to live independently, including budgeting, paying bills, communicating with landlords.
0131 – Specialised Disability Accommodation (Certification and Module 5)
Registration for providers who own or manage SDA-enrolled dwellings (purpose-built or modified housing designed for people with high support needs). This is registration for the housing itself, not for any supports delivered inside those homes (covered under SIL/0115). This group triggers the SDA supplementary module (Module 5), and you may be entitled to an SDA-only audit if you do not register for any other groups.
Therapy and Allied Health
0128 – Therapeutic Supports (Verification)
The core group for allied health professionals – occupational therapists, speech pathologists, physiotherapists, psychologists, dietitians, counsellors, social workers, and others. Covers assessment, therapy, capacity building, and training.
Assessment items under 0128 include a broad range of allied health assessment and therapy, from home modification assessments to mealtime management to standard therapeutic supports across all therapy types.
0118 – Early Intervention Supports for Early Childhood (Certification and Module 3)
A specific, philosophically distinct service model for children aged under 9 and their families. Supports are key worker-based, family-centred, delivered across home, childcare, and community settings. The goal is building family capacity alongside direct support, not just therapy with the child. This group triggers Certification assessment against the Core Module plus the Early Childhood Supports supplementary module (Module 3).
This is not a group for any provider working with young children. It is specifically for providers delivering the early childhood early intervention model, which has its own distinct assessment items and therapeutic approach separate from standard therapeutic supports under 0128.
0126 – Exercise Physiology and Personal Training (Verification)
These supports are delivered specifically by exercise physiologists and personal trainers. Note that personal training sits within this group alongside exercise physiology, not as a separate registration group.
0114 – Community Nursing Care (Verification)
Nursing supports delivered by enrolled or registered nurses, covering health care tasks that fall within a nurse’s scope of practice. Verification pathway despite involving clinical care, as nurses hold their own professional registration and operate within that regulated scope.
0135 – Customised Prosthetics (Verification)
Includes the assessment and provision of complex customised prosthetics (Level 3 or 4 under the NDIS complexity classification). Typically delivered by orthotists/prosthetists, OTs, physiotherapists, or podiatrists.
0119 – Specialised Hearing Services (Verification)
Provision of hearing services by an audiologist, including higher-complexity hearing assessment and support. This is distinct from hearing equipment provision (0122) and standard hearing services (0134).
0134 – Hearing Services (Verification)
Provision of hearing services by audiologists and audiometrists, covering standard hearing assessments and support. Overlaps in some ways with 0119 (Specialised Hearing Services), so check with your auditor to confirm which applies to you.
Behaviour Support and Coordination
0110 – Specialist Positive Behaviour Support (Certification and Module 2)
This registration group includes assessment, behaviour support plan development, and oversight delivered by registered behaviour support practitioners. Practitioners must hold separate registration with the NDIS Commission as behaviour support practitioners, which is a distinct process from general provider registration. Triggers Certification assessment against the Core Module plus the Specialist Behaviour Support supplementary module (Module 2).
0106 – Assistance in Coordinating or Managing Life Stages, Transitions and Supports (Certification)
This group covers both Support Coordination (Level 1 Support Connection and Level 2 Coordination of Supports) and Individualised Living Options (ILO) – exploration and design.
Note: Specialised Support Coordination (Level 3) is a separate group – 0132.
0132 – Specialised Support Coordination (Certification and Module 4)
Level 3 support coordination, which is a higher-complexity coordination service for participants with complex needs or in crisis delivered by practitioners with specialist skills. Assessed against the Core Module at Certification level. Distinct from the standard coordination covered under 0106 and triggers the Specialised Support Coordination supplementary module (Module 4).
0127 – Management of Funding for Supports in Participants’ Plans (Verification)
Plan management: managing NDIS funding on behalf of participants, paying provider invoices, and maintaining financial records.
Employment
0102 – Assistance to Access and Maintain Employment or Higher Education (Certification)
Includes support to help participants prepare for and maintain employment or access further education. This covers employment assistance, school leaver employment supports (transitional), and transport associated with employment. Not the same as on-the-job support in a supported employment setting which is covered under 0133.
0133 – Specialised Supported Employment (Certification)
Ongoing support to participants working in a supported employment setting, including in Australian Disability Enterprises (ADEs). Includes weekday, evening, Saturday and Sunday support in employment.
Transport
0108 – Assistance with Travel/Transport Arrangements (Verification)
Transport for participants to access their supports, including specialised transport to school or educational facilities, and general transport.
0129 – Specialised Driver Training (Verification)
Specialised driver training supports for participants, distinct from general transport assistance (0108).
Home and Vehicle Modifications
0111 – Home Modifications (Verification)
Includes structural changes to a participant’s home, such as grab rails, ramps, bathroom modifications, widened doorways, to improve accessibility and safety. Builders and tradespeople must hold a current licence for their state or territory.
0109 – Vehicle Modifications (Verification)
Modifications to vehicles to enable a participant to travel safely as a passenger or drive independently. Must be carried out by appropriately qualified and licensed trades.
Assistive Technology and Equipment
These groups cover the supply, assessment, and provision of assistive technology and equipment. Most are priced through the NDIS Assistive Technology, Home Modifications and Consumables Code Guide rather than the standard pricing catalogue.
0103 – Assistive Products for Personal Care and Safety (Verification)
Specialised equipment to help participants with personal care tasks and personal safety, such as shower chairs, transfer aids, bed rails, and personal alarms. Also covers assistive technology mentoring to support participants in using their equipment.
0105 – Personal Mobility Equipment (Verification)
Mobility aids: wheelchairs, scooters, walking aids, and other equipment to support independent movement.
0112 – Assistive Equipment for Recreation (Verification)
Equipment for recreational and sporting activities: adapted sporting equipment, leisure aids, and similar items.
0113 – Vision Equipment (Verification)
The provision of specialised equipment related to vision impairment, including low-cost AT for vision-related assistive technology.
0122 – Hearing Equipment (Verification)
The provision of hearing equipment, such as hearing aids and related devices.
0123 – Assistive Products for Household Tasks (Verification)
Equipment to help participants manage household tasks, including adapted kitchen tools, robotic vacuums, and other assistive household items.
0124 – Communication and Information Equipment (Verification)
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices, speech generating devices, and other communication and information technology for participants.
Other
0121 – Interpreting and Translation (Verification)
Interpreting and translation services for participants who communicate in languages other than English, including Auslan and other signed languages.
0130 – Assistance Animals (Verification)
Provision of trained assistance animals that meet the NDIS definition: trained to perform at least three tasks that reduce the functional impact of a participant’s impairment and assessed by an authorised body. The assistance animal must pass a public access test before NDIS approval.
How Registration Groups and Audit Pathways Connect
If your entire registration consists of Verification-pathway groups, you’ll complete a Verification audit, but as soon as you add a Certification group, your whole audit moves to Certification. As mentioned earlier, this doesn’t mean you shouldn’t add Certification groups, but it is good to understand the significantly more complex audit requirements you’ll face.
Providers can be surprised to discover that groups they assumed were lower-risk like community participation (0125) and development of daily living and life skills (0117) trigger a Certification audit.
You don’t have to register for everything you might deliver one day. Registering for the groups that match your current practice, completing your audit successfully, and expanding your registration later is a good approach. Adding groups later requires a scope change and potentially a further audit.
What Auditors Actually Look For
For Verification-pathway providers, the audit focuses on four areas:
Human Resource Management – qualifications, credentials, NDIS Worker Screening Checks, right-to-work documentation, insurance, and professional development evidence. For allied health practitioners, this includes proof of professional registration or membership and compliance with your professional body’s requirements.
Incident Management – a documented process for recognising, managing, and reporting incidents, including NDIS reportable incidents.
Complaints Management – an accessible process for participants to raise concerns, and a clear process for how you respond.
Risk Management – a risk register and processes for identifying and managing risks specific to your service context.
For Certification-pathway providers, the scope is considerably wider – 22+ standards across the Core Module, covering governance, rights, human resource management, service delivery, and safeguarding. Depending on your registration groups, you may also be assessed against Supplementary Modules: High Intensity Daily Personal Activities, Specialist Behaviour Support, Early Childhood Supports, Restrictive Practices, Specialised Disability Accommodation, or Specialised Support Coordination.
In both cases, the documentation auditors review needs to reflect how your business actually operates.
Practical Guidance for Selecting Your Groups
A few things worth thinking through before you finalise your application:
- Start with what you actually deliver now, or what you’re ready to start delivering now.
- Understand the audit implications of each group before you add it. Check whether each group you’re considering is Verification or Certification pathway.
- Think about what your participants need. Registration groups exist to ensure providers are assessed against standards appropriate to the services they deliver. If the services your participants need sit clearly within one or two groups, that’s probably what you should register for.
- If you’re unsure, ask your auditor before you submit. Approved Quality Auditors can advise on scope before the formal application begins. Their job is to make sure the audit matches what you actually do, so are happy to have this conversation.
A Note on Mandatory Registration Changes
From 1 July 2026, transition to mandatory registration begins for providers delivering Supported Independent Living supports (group 0115) and platform providers.
Mandatory registration for support coordinators was under active consultation but has been paused. The current position is that support coordinators are not required to register, and comments from the Minister for Health in May 2026 indicate the model of support coordination may be undergoing significant changes. Stay up to date with updates from the NDIS and NDIS Commission to confirm how upcoming changes may impact you as a provider.
