Code of Practice for CPAP Suppliers

What is the Code of Practice?

The Sleep Health Foundation's Code of Practice for Suppliers of CPAP Sleep Therapies helps ensure suppliers of sleep disorder therapies adopt consistent standards. Annual Certification and registration as a Sleep Health Foundation Code of Practice adherent will give sleep physicians and their patients confidence when making decisions about where to go for equipment to treat sleep disorders.

Quality practitioners agree that a comprehensive and considered approach to patients and their treatment is required.

The code is endorsed by the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA), the national peak professional body of sleep clinicians and sleep scientists.

Visit the directory of Code of Practice certified suppliers here.

The code enshrines 13 Principles:

• Patient first
• Opportunity for trial before sale
• Provision of after sales support
• Range of masks/devices
• Capacity for face-to-face consultation
• Accurate, confidential record keeping
• Scheduled follow up including provision for data download
• Encourage active patient participation indecision making
• Manage conflicts of interest: separate diagnostic from treatment services. Patient to be independently assessed by an appropriately trained medical practitioner before supply
• Maintain in service development and training
• Act in a professional manner with objectivity and integrity
• Ensure changes to therapy are made in consultation with medical practitioner
• Work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals

The Sleep Health Foundation is not currently accepting new applications for the Code of Practice for Suppliers of CPAP Sleep Therapies.