Territory Equipment Program (TEP) and the Seating Equipment and Technical Service (SEAT)
This page includes information for health professionals, 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, 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 DOCX (79.7 KB)
- AP-2 TEP Application for App Prescriber Registration DOCX (70.0 KB)
TEP clinical guidelines
- CG-1 Communication Aids and Devices DOCX (81.0 KB)
- CG-2a ADLs Toileting Aids DOCX (78.1 KB)
- CG-2b ADLs Showering Aids DOCX (77.8 KB)
- CG-2c ADLs Transfer Aids and Lifting Devices DOCX (75.7 KB)
- CG-2d ADLs Miscellaneous Items DOCX (76.2 KB)
- CG-3 Bed Equipment DOCX (80.8 KB)
- CG-4 Pressure Management Equipment DOCX (81.5 KB)
- CG-5 Wheeled Mobility Aids DOCX (85.4 KB)
- CG-6 Ambulant Mobility Aids DOCX (75.9 KB)
- CG-7 Home Modifications DOCX (83.0 KB)
- CG-8 Personal Emergency Response System DOCX (80.3 KB)
- CG-11 Oxygen DOCX (64.6 KB)
- CG-12 Continence Aids DOCX (77.9 KB)
TEP fact sheets
- AE - TEP Alternate Equipment Sources DOCX (58.7 KB)
- FS-2 TEP Repair and Maintenance Fact Sheet DOCX (86.1 KB)
- FS-2 TEP Repair and Maintenance Fact Sheet (Easy Read) DOCX (56.9 KB)
- FS-1 TEP Fact Sheet DOCX (57.1 KB)
- FS-P TEP Moving Interstate Aids and Equipment Fact Sheet DOCX (57.9 KB)
TEP forms and agreements
- A1 TEP Application Form DOCX (72.5 KB)
- A1-E TEP Application for special consideration DOCX (53.9 KB)
- EA-O TEP Optometry Assessment DOCX (55.1 KB)
- EA-D TEP Driving assessment for powered mobility aids DOCX (56.0 KB)
- FC-1 TEP Flowchart DOCX (82.6 KB)
- FC-2 TEP Eligibility Flowchart DOCX (88.2 KB)
- GL-TEP Glossary DOCX (63.9 KB)
- GR-C TEP Grab Rail Owner Landlord Consent DOCX (52.4 KB)
- GR-D TEP Grab Rail Disclaimer Form DOCX (50.6 KB)
- HD Home Modification Diagram DOCX (55.4 KB)
- HM-1 TEP Home Modifications Agreement Owners and DEP with deed DOCX (48.7 KB)
- HM-1A TEP Home Modifications Agreement Owners and Builder Schedule A DOCX (49.2 KB)
- HM-C TEP Home Modifications Certificate of Completion DOCX (48.7 KB)
- HM-D TEP Home Modifications Disclaimer Form DOCX (50.9 KB)
- O2 Oxygen Delivery/Collection Request DOCX (55.2 KB)
- OW-1 Transfer Ownership to TEP DOCX (55.5 KB)
- OW-2 DEP Transfer Ownership from TEP DOCX (55.7 KB)
- SF-1 TEP Satisfaction form DOCX (67.2 KB)
- SL-1 Equipment Register Template DOCX (48.2 KB)
- SL-2 Returned Equipment Advice DOCX (54.8 KB)
- SL-3 TEP Hold Equipment Advice DOCX (59.4 KB)
- T1 TEP Trial Request DOCX (52.0 KB)
- T2 Agreement to Trial TEP Equipment DOCX (51.1 KB)
- T3 TEP Trial Log for Powered Mobility Aids DOCX (59.1 KB)
TEP policies
- PO-1 TEP Policy DOCX (93.8 KB)
- PO-2 TEP Financial Eligibility Policy DOCX (90.2 KB)
- PO-3 TEP Access to Services Policy DOCX (92.8 KB)
- PO-4 TEP Prioritisation Policy DOCX (88.5 KB)
- PO-5 TEP Client Contribution Policy DOCX (92.3 KB)
- PO-6 TEP Ownership and Portability Policy DOCX (92.5 KB)
- PO-7 TEP Management of Equipment Policy DOCX (91.5 KB)
- TEP Approved Equipment List DOCX (93.1 KB)
TEP prescription forms
- P-0 Prescription Form for Multiple Level 1 DOCX (71.0 KB)
- P-1 Communication Aids and Devices DOCX (68.2 KB)
- P-2 Aid for Daily Living DOCX (68.6 KB)
- P-3 Bed Equipment DOCX (73.2 KB)
- P-4 Pressure Management Equipment DOCX (76.3 KB)
- P-5 Wheeled Mobility Aids DOCX (73.5 KB)
- P-7 Home modifications DOCX (62.3 KB)
- P-8 Personal Emergency Response System DOCX (74.8 KB)
- P-9 Continence aids DOCX (69.5 KB)
- P-11 Oxygen DOCX (66.0 KB)
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
Last updated: 25 August 2022
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