Licensing and Accreditation of Health Professionals

Follow the links below to find information on licensing and accreditation of health professionals, including doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and allied health personnel.

Reviewed Sept 2007

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Title:   Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This fact sheet provides an overview of section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Review of the Medicare provider number legislation
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Medicare provider number legislation is reviewed every five years.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Australian Community Pharmacy Authority (ACPA)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This site provides information about the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority and how a pharmacist can apply for approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits at particular premises.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's report of the inquiry into aged care - quality and equity in aged care
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Response to report of the Inquiry into Aged Care
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Approval as a qualified practitioner - audiologist
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Qualified practitioners are Audiologists employed by hearing service providers contracted with the Australian Government Hearing Services Program.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Doctors - how to complain
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The primary role of the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria is to protect the public. If you feel that professional boundaries have been crossed, and that a doctor's conduct should be investigated, contact the Board and ask for help.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   Draft Community Packaged Care Guidelines (Draft Guidelines)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Draft Guidelines provides a complete guide to Australian Government funded Packaged Care Programs. This document explains the Australian Government's policy and operational context for the Packaged Care Programs.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Statement on credentialling and defining the scope of clinical practice in anaesthesia
Publisher:   Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Description:   Credentialling in anaesthesia allows a medical practitioner to provide clinical services at a healthcare institution. The process of credentialling should be performed by a committee appointed by the institution.
Date:   Dec 2006
Title:   Eye care - optometrists
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Optometrists are health professionals who are qualified to examine your eyes for vision and eye disorders, and for health problems involving the eyes. They can treat these problems and prescribe, supply and fit optical aids. They also provide advice on eye care and eye health.
Date:   Jul 2006
Title:   Biennial Review of the Medicare Provider Number Legislation, December 2005
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report sets out details of the operation of the Medicare provider number legislation as reviewed in 2005.
Date:   Dec 2005
Title:   National Competition Policy Review
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The following page contains information on the National Competition Policy Review of Pharmacy Legislation.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Review of the impact of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act 1974 on the recruitment and retention of medical practitioners in rural and regional Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The review was initiated to ensure that the application of Part IV of the Trade Practices Act (TPA) was not reducing the capacity of rural communities to recruit and retain medical practitioners.
Date:   Nov 2002
Title:   Guidelines for hospitals seeking college approval of posts for vocational training in diving and hyperbaric medicine
Publisher:   Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Description:   A training post in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine is one that has been approved by the College as appropriate to be occupied by a Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine trainee who is registered as such with the College.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Recommendations on essential training for rural general practitioners in Australia proposing to administer anaesthesia
Publisher:   Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Description:   This document considers the objectives of training, trainee selection criteria, minimum training experience and accreditation and maintenance of knowledge and skills.
Date:   Oct 2002
Title:   Moving Forward: Report on Medical Workforce Training and Employment Workshop
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   A report on the Medical Workforce Training and Employment Workshop held on 27 and 28 April 1999 to address selection processes and training schemes for postgraduate clinical vocational training.
Date:   Jan 2000
Title:   Commonwealth submission to National Competition Policy Review of Pharmacy Regulation
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   Full text of the Commonwealth submission to the National Competition Policy Review of Pharmacy Regulation, looking at the following issues: overall objectives of pharmacy regulation legislation; ownership of pharmacies; location of pharmacies; registration of pharmacists.
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