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G BookmarksConsultation on health practitioner codes and guidelines
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency is advising that consultations are underway on the Codes and Guidelines to support registrants to meet their obligations under the new national health practitioner registration and accreditation system.
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) at its meeting of 26 March 2008 signed an Intergovernmental Agreement on the Australian health workforce, for the first time creating a single national registration and accreditation system. The following ten health professions will be included in the national system as of 1 July 2010:
- chiropractors
- dental care practitioners
- medical practitioners
- nurses and midwives
- optometrists
- osteopaths
- pharmacists
- physiotherapists
- podiatrists
- psychologists.
The relevant Codes and Guidelines for each profession are published on the respective website of each Board. The closing date for feedback and comment is 7 April 2010.
The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions consists of a Ministerial Council, an independent Australian Health Workforce Advisory Council, a national agency with an Agency Management Committee, national profession-specific boards, committees of the boards, a national office to support the operations of the scheme, and at least one local presence in each State and Territory.
On 5 March 2009 the Ministerial Council appointed an Agency Management Committee, headed by Mr Peter Allen, to govern the national agency. The Agency Management Committee held its first meeting on 23 April 2009. The Ministerial Council appointed the members of the ten national boards on 31 August 2009. The national boards had their first meeting on 20 September 2009.
For more information and links to the National Boards visit www.ahpra.gov.au/index.php
This page was generated on 12 May, 2010
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