Registration audit results
September 9, 2013
THE Australian Health Practitioner
Regulation Agency has released the
outcome of an audit of pharmacists
undertaken in July this year, with
the pilot study used to develop an
overall auditing framework which
will roll out to all regulated health
professions.
The audit focused on compliance
with certain registration standards
including criminal record
checks, continuing professional
development, recency of practice
and professional indemnity
insurance.
The pilot also included optometry
and chiropractic audits.
The pharmacy audit involved a
fixed sample size, with participants
selected from all pharmacy
registrants who had renewed
at least once with the national
Pharmacy Board of Australia.
The majority (92.2%) of audited
pharmacists were sent a successful
renewal outcome letter, while
2.7% didn’t respond to the renewal
request meaning their registration
will be administratively withdrawn.
1.4% of practitioners audited
changed to a ‘non-practising’ status
during the audit period, while 1.2%
withdrew their application for
registration after seeking further
information from the audit team.
2% were found not to comply
with one or more standards - and
of those, one in five failed the CPD
requirement, one in five didn’t
have suitable indemnity insurance,
while the rest failed the recency of
practice requirement.
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