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National Registration and
Accreditation Scheme
2010
Presented by: Michelle
Thomas
Why national registration?
Protection of the public
Workforce mobility
Access to services provided by health
practitioners
To enable the continuous
development of a flexible, responsive
[innovative] and sustainable Australian
health workforce
National Registration and
Accreditation Scheme
National system for health practitioner
regulation
Public national register for 10 health
professions
Independence of course accreditation
Functions (NB already the case in Victoria)
National boards to exercise regulatory
functions
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
Agency (AHPRA) provides operation side
National Registration and
Accreditation Scheme
Medical practitioners
Nurses and Midwives
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Podiatrists
Psychologists
Osteopaths
Chiropractors
Optometrists
Dentists (including dental hygienists,
dental prosthetists and therapists)
Four new health professions to be
covered in 2012
Key New Elements
Criminal history and identity checks
Mandatory reporting
Professional indemnity insurance
Student registration
Independent course accreditation
processes
Complaints access for health consumers
Mandatory continuing professional
development
Changes for Nurses and Midwives
Registration cost – unknown*
Renewal date – 31 May commencing 2011
Renewal period – 12 months + one month
Two registers:- Nursing (RN and EN) &
Midwifery
Nurses Board of Victoria (NBV) will become
a state committee of the Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Australia
http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
* All nurses to receive a letter at
the end March. Fees advised here
Registration Standards
Criminal history
Same standards for all health professions
English language skills
Initial course not taught or assessed in English
IELTS 7 or OET B
Professional indemnity insurance
arrangements
Self declaration
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
20 hours annually
If endorsed 10 hours of the 20 hours must be related
to endorsement
Evidence verified
Mandatory activities can be included
Registration Standards
Recency of Practice
Five year period
Practice period of three months full time over
five
years or equivalent
Endorsement Standards
Nurse practitioner
Scheduled medicines (eligible midwives)
Scheduled medicines (registered nurse)
Criminal History and Identity
Checks
From 1 July 2010 boards to complete
criminal and identity history checks for all
health practitioners registering for the first
time in Australia
All other registrants to make an annual
declaration on criminal history matters
when renewing
Boards to have power to conduct ad hoc
criminal history and identity checks
Professional Indemnity Insurance
Must not practice unless the nurse or
midwife is covered in the conduct of their
practice by appropriate professional
indemnity insurance arrangements
All registrants to make an annual
declaration that insurance is or will be
when they practice in place.
Nurse and midwives responsibility to
understand the nature of the cover under
which they are practicing
Mandatory Reporting
Registered Health Practitioners and employers
(e.g. hospitals) must report a registrant who
they believe has engaged in reportable conduct.
Reportable conduct is: Practising while intoxicated by drugs or alcohol
Engaging in sexual misconduct in professional
practice
Placing the public at risk of substantial harm
through practitioners physical or mental impairment
A significant departure from accepted professional
standards
For Students
A student who has an impairment that during clinical
placement may place the public at substantial risk of
harm
Student Registration
National boards will register students
Each board will decide the point in the
program from which students must be
registered according to level of risk for the
public
From 2011 all boards will register students
Complaints Arrangements
Single point of contact for members of the
public with assistance provided where
required – National Agency
Complaints passed to the relevant board
Board and Health Complaints Commissioners
must attempt to reach agreement with
most serious action prevailing
Role of individual Health Complaints
Commissioners continues
Mandatory Continuing
Professional Development
Continuing professional development (CPD)
to be a condition of practice for all
registrants other than non-practising and
students
National boards to determine professionspecific requirements
Requirements in existence at 30 June 2010
will satisfy initial annual renewal
requirements
Self declaration upon renewal
Annual audit
But where does this leave NP
endorsement?
ANMC definition and standards
Masters level of education
Different timing for endorsement
Prescribing authority in Victoria
linked to the individual
Prescribing authority in other
states linked to role with
protocols/CPGs
Contact Details
Nurses Board of Victoria
Website
www.nbv.org.au
Phone
03 8635 1200
STD callers
1300 362 309
Nursing and Midwifery Board of
Australia
Website www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
Victorian Practitioner Regulation website
Website www.health.vic.gov.au/pracreg/natdev