THE Pharmacy Board of Australia, in conjunction with other Boards and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, has started a new process to consider accreditation arrangements from mid-2019.
The National Scheme covers a range of functions including developing accreditation standards, accrediting programs of study against those standards, and assessing overseas qualified practitioners in various professions.
The last review occurred in 2012.
AHPRA said timeframes for the review are tight, with public consultation expected to start next month for around four weeks and further information on the process to be published shortly.
MEANWHILE the Medical Board of Australia has implemented the final recommendations of the Chaperone Review and added to details published on the national online Register of practitioners.
Professor Ron Paterson led an independent review of the use of chaperone conditions as a regulatory tool to manage allegations of sexual misconduct and has recommended reforms including the introduction of a national committee backed by specialist investigators to handle all sexual misconduct allegations, changing the Board's policy on the use of chaperones, and auditing all cases where chaperone conditions have been previously applied.
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