Territory Equipment Program (TEP) and the Seating Equipment and Technical Service (SEAT)

This page includes health professional information, guidelines, forms, policies and procedures for the Territory Equipment Program (TEP) and the Seating Equipment and Technical service (SEAT).

Territory Equipment Program (TEP)

The Territory Equipment Program, formerly the Disability Equipment Program, provides community equipment and aids to children and adults who live in the community and have a functional impairment that requires prescribed equipment, aids and appliances that assist in maintaining and improving their capacity to live and participate in everyday activities.

TEP approved prescribers

• AP-1 TEP Professional Criteria for Approved Prescribers
• AP-2 TEP Application for App Prescriber Registration
• AP-3 Approved Prescriber Registration

TEP clinical guidelines

• CG-1 Communication Aids and Devices
• CG-2a ADLs Toileting Aids
• CG-2b ADLs Showering Aids
• CG-2c ADLs Transfer Aids and Lifting Devices  
• CG-2d ADLs Miscellaneous Items  
• CG-3 Bed Equipment
• CG-5 Pressure Management Equipment
• CG-6 Wheeled Mobility Aids
• CG-7 Ambulant Mobility Aids and Standing Position Equipment
• CG-8 Personal Emergency Response System  
• CG-9 Home Modifications
• CG-11 Oxygen
• CG-12 Continence Aids

TEP fact sheets

• AE - Alternate Equipment Sources
• TEP Repair and Maintenance Fact Sheet
• TEP Repair and Maintenance Fact Sheet (Easy Read)
• FS-1 TEP Fact Sheet
• FS-P TEP Moving Interstate Aids and Equipment Fact Sheet
• National Portability Fact Sheet

TEP forms and agreements

• A1 TEP Application Form
• A1-E TEP Application for special consideration form
• ACT-1 TEP Approved Prescriber Action Advice
• EA-O TEP Optometry Assessment
• EA-O TEP Driving Assessment
• FC-1 TEP Flowchart
• FC-2 TEP Eligibility Flowchart
• GL-TEP Glossary
• GR-C TEP Grab Rail Owner Landlord Consent
• GR-D TEP Grab Rail Disclaimer Form
• HD Home Modification Diagram
• HM-1 TEP Home Mods Agreement Owners and DEP with deed
• HM-1A TEP Home Mods Agreement Owners and Builder Schedule A
• HM-C TEP Home Mods Certificate of Completion
• HM-D TEP Home Modifications Disclaimer Form
• O2 Oxygen Delivery/Collection Request
• OW-1 Transfer Ownership to TEP
• OW-2 DEP Transfer Ownership from TEP
• SF-1 TEP Satisfaction form
• SL-1 Equipment Register Template
• SL-2 Returned Equipment Advice
• SL-3 TEP Hold Equipment Advice
• Tier 1 Request for Quotation Template
• T1 TEP Trial Request
• T2 Agreement to Trial TEP Equipment  
• T3 TEP Trial Log for Powered Mobility Aids

TEP policies

• PO-1 TEP Policy
• PO-2 TEP Financial Eligibility Policy
• PO-3 TEP Access to Services Policy
• PO-4 TEP Prioritisation Policy
• PO-5 TEP Client Contribution Policy
• PO-6 TEP Ownership and Portability Policy
• PO-7 TEP Management of Equipment Policy
• TEP Approved Equipment List

TEP prescription

• P-1 Communication Aids Devices
• P-2 ADLs
• P-3 Bed Equipment
• P-5 Pressure Management Equipment  
• P-6 Wheeled Mobility Aids
• P-7 Ambulant Mobility Aids and Standing Positioning Equipment
• P-8 Personal Emergency Response System
• P-9 Home Modifications
• P-11 Oxygen.docx
• P-12 Continence Aids
• P-13 Prescription Form for Multiple Level 1

Seating Equipment and Technical Service (SEAT)

The Seating Equipment and Technical Service (SEAT) is a Northern Territory Government service that provides customised pressure care, mobility, and seating equipment to children and adults who have a functional impairment with intermediate to complex seating, wheeled mobility, pressure care and assistive technology needs.  SEAT Service provides necessary modifications to prescribed wheelchairs as well as fabrication of customised seating systems and pressure cushions.

The SEAT service provides clinical consultancy and technical services and will individually assess each client referred to them, in consultation with the treating therapist and or carer/family member to ensure the prescription is the most suitable.

Therapists can contact SEAT at any time for advice on customisations and modifications to seating and wheelchairs.  Training and SEAT Service clinics are provided in urban and remote locations throughout the Northern Territory.

SEAT Contacts

Top End

Phone: (08) 89228228
Email: SEATDarwin.THS@nt.gov.au

Central Australia

Phone: (08) 89516744
Email: centralaustraliaintake.THS@nt.gov.au