Follow the links below to find information on licensing, approvals processes and accreditation for health and medical services and products.
Updated October 2011
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18 Resources Found
| Title: |
Australian Organ Donor Register
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| Publisher: |
Medicare Australia
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| Description: |
The Australian Organ Donor Register is Australia's only national organ and tissue donor register and serves as a lifeline to the people on those waiting lists. |
| Date: |
Jan 2012 |
| Title: |
Accreditation
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The primary objective of the project is to provide Health Ministers with an alternative model of accreditation that can be applied across all sectors of the health care system. |
| Date: |
Aug 2011 |
| Title: |
Pesticides - how to choose a pest control service
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| Publisher: |
Better Health Channel
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| Description: |
It is important to hire a professional pest control operator if you have a pest problem that is too difficult to manage yourself. Look for a pest controller who holds a Licence to use pesticides. In Victoria, this photo ID licence is issued by the Department of Health. |
| Date: |
Jul 2011 |
| Title: |
Media release. Grants to lift awareness of organ and tissue donation
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
Community Awareness Grants totalling $348,000 have been awarded to address barriers to decision-making and discussion about organ and tissue donation in culturally and linguistically diverse communities. |
| Date: |
Jul 2011 |
| Title: |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) growth hormone program
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This page contains the following downloadable PDF documents: PBS growth hormone program guidelines; Prader-Willi Syndrome guidelines; new applications: checklist for clinicians; application form for growth hormone; application form for growth hormone for the treatment of Prader-Willi Syndrome; parent/guardian information consent form. |
| Date: |
Nov 2011 |
| Title: |
Accreditation of Hearing Services Providers
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This is a document that relates to the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997 which makes provision for hearing rehabilitation services to be delivered to voucher holders by contracted service providers. An entity wishing to be contracted to provide these services must be accredited by the Office of Hearing Services before a contract can be offered. |
| Date: |
Feb 2011 |
| Title: |
Including IVD medical devices in the ARTG
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The ARTG is a register of therapeutic goods accepted for importation into Australia, supply for use in Australia, or exportation from Australia |
| Date: |
Aug 2010 |
| Title: |
Licensing and Compliance
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| Publisher: |
National Health and Medical Research Council
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| Description: |
This section of the site contains a comprehensive range of topics relevant to the NHMRC overseeing the use of excess ART embryos in Australia. |
| Date: |
Jun 2010 |
| Title: |
Legislation
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| Publisher: |
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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| Description: |
This page provides links to the legislation that covers the Australian Government Hearing Services Program. |
| Date: |
Apr 2010 |
| Title: |
Information for immunisation providers
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| Publisher: |
Medicare Australia
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| Description: |
Includes information about the benefits of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR), how to send information to ACIR and accessing the information. |
| Date: |
Mar 2010 |
| Title: |
National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC)
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This is the home page for the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council which is managed by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. |
| Date: |
Sep 2009 |
| Title: |
Private health insurance circulars
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The Private Health Insurance Branch of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing produced Health Benefit Fund (HBF) and Private Hospital (PH) and more recently the new system, Private Health Insurance (PHI) circulars on topics of interest to the health industry. |
| Date: |
Feb 2009 |
| Title: |
Requirements for the supervision of pathology laboratories 2007
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This is a publication for the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council (NPAAC) which is managed by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and outlines the retention requirements for laboratory records and diagnostic material. |
| Date: |
Dec 2007 |
| Title: |
Requirements for cytogenetic testing - 2007
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This is a publication of the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council which is managed by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing and defines the requirements for cytogenetic testing. |
| Date: |
Oct 2007 |
| Title: |
Guidelines for Ministerial discretion
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The purpose of the Guidelines is to provide advice to pharmacists who are considering making a Request of the Minister for Health and Ageing to exercise the Discretionary Power under subsection 90A(2) of the National Health Act 1953 (NHA). Issued by the Minister for Health and Ageing, June 2006. |
| Date: |
Aug 2006 |
| Title: |
Requirements for gynaecological (cervical) cytology
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| Publisher: |
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
This document has been prepared for laboratory directors to assist them in relation to the operation of gynaecological cytology services. |
| Date: |
Jan 2006 |