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 DEP Professional Criteria for Approved Prescribers
• AP-2 DEP Application for App Prescriber Registration
• AP-3 Approved Prescriber Registration
• AP-CS DEP Application for App Prescriber Registration Cheat Sheet

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-4 Supportive Seating and Alternative Position Equipment
• CG-5 Pressure Management Equipment
• CG-6 Wheeled Mobility Aids
• CG-7 Ambul Mob Aids and Standing Position Equipment
• CG-8 Personal Emergency Response System  
• CG-9 Home Modifications
• CG-10 Vehicle Transfer Aids
• CG-11 Oxygen
• CG-12 Continence Aids

TEP fact sheets

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

TEP forms and agreements

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

TEP policies

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

TEP prescriptions

• P-C Cover Sheet DEP Prescription Form
• P-1 Communication Aids Devices
• P-2 ADLs
• P-3 Bed Equipment
• P-4 Supportive Seating and Alternative Positioning 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-10 Vehicle Transfer Aids
• P-11 Oxygen.docx
• P-12 Continence Aids
• P-13 Prescription Form for Multiple Level 1
• P- 14 Comprehensive Wheeled Mobility Aids

TEP procedures

• PR-1 DEP Application and Eligibility Procedure
• PR-2 DEP Special Consideration Procedure
• PR-3 DEP Prescription and Approval Procedure
• PR-5 DEP Client Contribution Procedure
• PR-6 DEP Ordering and Payment Procedure
• PR-7 DEP Trial and Issue Procedure)
• PR-8 DEP Stock and Re-issue Procedure  
• PR-9 DEP Triage and Repair Procedure
• PR-10 DEP Replacement Procedure
• PR-11 DEP Pick Up Delivery and Cleaning
• PR-12 DEP Cyclical Maintenance Procedure
• PR-13 DEP Complaints Compliments and Suggestions Procedure
• PR-14 DEP Roles and Responsibilities

TEP repair and maintenance

• Triage Form  
• R&M Job Sheet
• CM Job Sheet - Commode
• CM Job Sheet
• CM Job Sheet - MWC
• CM Job Sheet - Scooter
• CM Job Sheet - Stroller
• CM Job Sheet - Hoist
• CM Job Sheet- Hospital Bed  
• CM Job Sheet - Pressure Care Mattress
• CM Guidelines Commode
• CM Guidelines PWC
• CM Guidelines MWC
• CM Guidelines Scooter
• CM Guidelines Stroller
• CM Guidelines - Hoist
• CM Guidelines Hospital Bed
• CM Guidelines Pressure Care Mattress  
• Cleaning Guidelines Summary
• Cleaning Guidelines Detailed

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